Arctic Camouflage

Arctic Camouflage is a weapon camouflage in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
It is seen on some weapons in "Cliffhanger" and worn by the Task Force 141 in "Contingency". It is a multiplayer camouflage option.

The developers at Infinity Ward said they spent a lot of time perfecting the camouflage. It is one of the starting camos in multiplayer. It works best in snowy maps such as Derail, Salvage, and Sub Base.

Call of Duty: Black Ops
Arctic camouflage of a different style is seen on the AUG in the two trailers of Call of Duty: Black Ops, it is given a more horizontal pattern. The same style camouflage is also seen on the Crossbow.

Trivia

 * The Arctic camo is one of the five weapon camouflages that actually helps the weapon blend in natural environments, the others' being Desert, Woodland, Digital, and Fall.


 * In multiplayer, the arctic camo is much lighter in terms of color than in campaign and Spec Ops. The difference is best seen when comparing the starting ACR in "Cliffhanger" and the ACR in multiplayer when applying arctic.


 * In the "Museum" level, an M1014 can be found with Arctic camouflage. This is impossible in multiplayer (without hacking/in a modded lobby) because camouflage cannot be applied to secondary weapons.


 * The camouflage seen in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 level "Cliffhanger" uses a different variant of Arctic Camouflage. Rather than the entire weapon being covered with the design, only the attachments contain the camouflage. The weapon itself, however, is caked with actual snow, assumed to be gathered by the snowstorms.


 * There is a similarly themed camo called White Tape Camouflage, which is used in snowy conditions as a makeshift camo. This camouflage only appears on the FAMAS.


 * In the Spec Ops mission Wetwork and the campaign mission "The Gulag", enemies sometimes drop SPAS-12's with Arctic camo.


 * Some weapons in the single player campaign are always automatically shown with Arctic camouflage once the player picks it up.


 * Achieving Level 20 gives the player a title 'Sgt.' with a Arctic Camo background.