Rabwolves Posted May 17, 2014 Posted May 17, 2014 Maybe a strange question but I was wondering if anyone knew of any colour(s) the UK military DOESN'T use for their berets? My team are looking at developing our look (already have a name and badge) and I can't really find much info regarding them, beret wise. I just don't want to inadvertently offend any veterans or serving by seeming to pretend to be part of a real unit. All help appreciated (oh and the first to say pink gets a one time offer of ten points )
Mike636 Posted May 17, 2014 Posted May 17, 2014 Any colour that's not brown, sand, blue, light blue, black, green, red, maroon pretty much covers most of the Armed Forces Rabwolves 1
Rabwolves Posted May 17, 2014 Author Posted May 17, 2014 Just thinking, do any units use gold or orange?
Mike636 Posted May 17, 2014 Posted May 17, 2014 Nope, pretty sure that's reserved for GoldenEye henchmen Rabwolves 1
CaptainSwoop Posted May 17, 2014 Posted May 17, 2014 Just use a Navy Blue beret. This is a generic colour used by units that don't have 'special colour' After that Khaki is the next most widely worn Beret. It used to be a standard infantry regiment colour. Rabwolves 1
Moose87 Posted May 18, 2014 Posted May 18, 2014 Just man up and go for pink.lol Rabwolves, DX115FALCON and Happy 3
Rabwolves Posted May 18, 2014 Author Posted May 18, 2014 Ten points to you sir plus an extra five for stating the obvious
Supporters jcheeseright Posted May 18, 2014 Supporters Posted May 18, 2014 Really dark blue or black are pretty generic. In reality as long as they're not sandy, green or maroon I doubt anyone's gonna get too butthurt about it. All of the others are regimental and don't require any particularly demanding courses to get. CaptainSwoop 1
The Leprechaun! Posted May 18, 2014 Posted May 18, 2014 Here's a full list ofall the colours used if you're interested too (about halfway down the page, under No.8 Combat Dress): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army_uniform
Rabwolves Posted May 18, 2014 Author Posted May 18, 2014 Here's a full list ofall the colours used if you're interested too (about halfway down the page, under No.8 Combat Dress): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army_uniform Cheers mate, very helpful. Not a lot of choice left, it may have to be pink lol The Leprechaun! 1
Rabwolves Posted May 19, 2014 Author Posted May 19, 2014 According to that guide: Light Grey = Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. Dark Grey = Queen Alexandria's Royal Army nursing corps. So um yeah lol
Russe11 Posted May 19, 2014 Posted May 19, 2014 Black isn't generic, its Royal Armoured Corps. Khaki was the ww2 fallback for any unit (officers only) so I doubt it has any significance now. You could always go for a fake wolf fur trappers hat (Russian style).
Popular Post Mike636 Posted May 19, 2014 Popular Post Posted May 19, 2014 What Navy Blue?!?! How dare you impersonate a member of Her Majesty's Royal Navy? Do understand the 9 weeks of cleaning, polishing and mild inconvenience we have to go though to earn that beret? I think not! CaptainSwoop, GiantKiwi, The Leprechaun! and 2 others 5
CaptainSwoop Posted May 19, 2014 Posted May 19, 2014 Navy Blue is the default beret colour for any army unit that doesn't have a 'special' colour. That's why the Navy has them.
strewthirwin Posted May 19, 2014 Posted May 19, 2014 I don't think people will care really so long as your beret badge is not impersonating one of the armed forces, you should be fine, if you want to play it safe go navy blue or khaki but really only the badge makes a difference ( i think)
Mike636 Posted May 19, 2014 Posted May 19, 2014 It depends, usually it's beret colour that represents a certain qualification such as parachute course or the royal marine course, ect and the cap badge represents your branch or trade or home unit. So you could have a green beret with a logistics cap badge.
Supporters jcheeseright Posted May 19, 2014 Supporters Posted May 19, 2014 I dunno, every time I see a maroon or green beret on a skinny 17 year old I think to myself... "tosser". Which is completely irrational I know, I've never earned either of those berets either, and my navy blue one only took 8 weeks to get (you fcking sprog Mike636, get the wets on) but for some reason it still gets me. Not that I'd ever express it to them, they're entirely within their rights to wear whatever the hell they like to airsoft. Mike636 and The Leprechaun! 2
Mike636 Posted May 19, 2014 Posted May 19, 2014 Which is completely irrational I know, I've never earned either of those berets either, and my navy blue one only took 8 weeks to get (you fcking sprog Mike636, get the wets on) It's 10 weeks now! Sprogs making wets is for dabbers! We have had much more civilised "wheel of tea" SMR wets are always the best !
strewthirwin Posted May 19, 2014 Posted May 19, 2014 Perhaps, although it does differ from branches for instance, the navy and RAF usually wear blue berets whereas the Soldiers on the ground would have green maroon khaki etc ( Excluding the RAF regiment, i dont know what they have as beret colour etc) Also i dont know how practical berets are in airsoft, they might slide about and fall off, but if you have it tight it hurts a bit, i personally wouldn't wear one but if your team wants to,go ahead
Supporters jcheeseright Posted May 19, 2014 Supporters Posted May 19, 2014 It's 10 weeks now! Sprogs making wets is for dabbers! We have had much more civilised "wheel of tea" SMR wets are always the best ! I didn't know you were part of the WAFU master race, or if I did I had forgotten! Still a sprog mind.
Liam1992 Posted May 19, 2014 Posted May 19, 2014 RAF Regiment where the standard RAF Blue Beret. Personally, as someone who wears the generic blue beret (Army, however!) on a daily basis I wouldn't take offence to a Beret being worn, and I don't think anyone else would either. Stable belts and TRF's however, I'm not so sure.
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