So it seems we'll be seeing PenCott camo in the new Halo: Nightfall movie. Somebody posted a screen of the trailer with the main cast wearing BDUs in PenCott Badlands camouflage pattern.
Personally, looking at their kit, the only real thing that looks sci-fi is the trademark assault rifle. Without that, they almost would look like soldiers in a post apocalyptic scenario, carrying only bits and pieces of their ruined gear. No matter, I don't really expect much when a movie is made from a game franchise though I do think they're getting better.
In other news, saw recently about a WWII veteran, Ted Gundy, who was honored with a US Army Marksmanship Unit Black Hat which is considered very prestigious considering only 8 other people outside of USAMU have ever been awarded one.
Ted Gundy was a US Army sniper who saw action in the Battle of the Bulge and Bastogne during WWII and in the video he's given a replica M1903A4 Springfield rifle to shoot 300 yards out. Later he shoots with a modern USAMU custom Remington 700 at 1000 yards out. From the video, you can see this old war veteran hasn't lost his skill.
I can imagine quite well how much nostalgia he felt holding that 'A4 after all those years and I'm quite glad there are companies nowadays that make historical replicas of these firearms. We need to get some more WWII replicas out there like FG-42, United Defense M43 or the Polish Blyskawica.