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Aircorpcamo Tactical sells Ghillie Suits

Posted by Chip C. on 28th Mar 2024

Aircorpcamo Tactical sells Ghillie Suits. Ghillie suits are not cheap, because they are in some cases hand made. The machine made ones (on the low end are $100. On the high end a high quality ghillie can go for upwards of $300. Here is some background on the ghillie I referenced from an online source with links for more information.

The word ghillie is an old Scottish term for a special kind of game warden. Ghillies were tasked with protecting the game on their Lord's lands from poachers. Sometimes worn by the poachers as well.

The ghillie suit was developed by Scottish gamekeepers as a portable hunting blind. Lovat Scouts, a Scottish Highland regiment formed by the British Army during the Second Boer War, is the first known military unit to use ghillie suits.[2] In 1916, Lovat Scouts went on to become the British Army's first sniper unit.[3] The term ghillie references Ghillie Dhu, derived from gille, the Scottish Gaelic for "servant" or a "lad".[4] In English, this term was especially used to refer to those assisting in deer hunting, deer stalking or fly fishing expeditions in the Scottish Highlands.

The Australian Army sniper's outfits are nicknamed "yowies", named for their resemblance to the Yowie, a mythical hominid similar to the Yeti and Bigfoot which is said to live in the Australian wilderness.[5]