Product Overview
Whilst most folks are used to using Gore Tex hardshell type fabrics as an outer layer, the unique requirements of snipers who must wear ghillie suits for camouflage purposes prevent hardshells being worn as a outer layer, not to mention the accompanying characteristic ‘whish-whish-whish' noise of nylon outer garments. As such, during the late 1980's British and Dutch snipers pioneered the use of the ‘Stealth Suit'. Designed as an ultra lightweight waterproof-breathable drop-liner type garment that was designed to be worn under a ghillie suit or smock during inclement weather (i.e. the average day for a British Army sniper in a Northern Ireland rural hide).
CPGear has brought this concept over to North America with our Canadian made Stealth Jacket and Trousers. Weighing in at an unbelievably light weight of less than 14 ounces and packing down to a compact 3.5” diameter x 8” roll for the jacket or trousers (based on a size Medium garment), it can be stowed in most 1 quart canteen pouches. Due to its unique nylon tricot Gore-Tex fully seam taped tri-laminate construction the stealth suit also tends to be more breathable than garments with a taslan or supplex nylon face. If you're a sniper, or recce - recon patrolman with an LRS, LRRP, RSTA type organization, the Stealth Suit concept provides you with protection from the elements whilst maintaining a camouflaged posture.
