T-Block Skate Deck
Operation Urban Warrior was a USMC program created as to plan and test Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT). Developed in the mid 1990s by the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory in response to growing likelihood of dense inner-city warfare, this program was made especially relevant following the disastrous Battle of Mogadishu in 1993.
An experimental urban camouflage was developed and used during the Urban Warrior exercises. The pattern, nicknamed T-pattern or T-block, consists of three gray tones arranged in a geometric pattern, intended as a 'pattern breaker' to make Marines harder to see against the right angles and concrete background of urban terrain. The pattern was never adopted, and it has since been superseded by MARPAT (and the ultra-rare urban MARPAT.)
Lance Cpl. Chad Codwell, Charlie Company 1st Battalion 5th Marines
With such a legendary pedigree, we figured the best way to immortalize this camouflage was to put it on the best urban fighting platform known to man. A skateboard. The Marines used store-bought, off-the-shelf skateboards during Urban Warrior to detect tripwires in buildings and draw sniper fire (among other uses.)
They used store-bought boards hastily camouflaged with duct tape. But since we aren't limited by government bureaucracy and tight schedules, we had the time and resources to do things a little better with our color-matched T-Block print on 7-ply Canadian pine.
Just slap some trucks and wheels on and get to shredding your local shoot house. The goons™ won't know what hit them.
Specs
- 32" long
- 8.25" wide
- 7-ply Canadian Maple
