User blog comment:Griever0311/Ask A Marine Part По-русски/@comment-1790643-20100326002146

I think the reason they didn't go for digital was so it didn't look too much like the American patterns so people can tell the soldiers apart, which IMHO is stupid - it's better to have a more effective camo than to stand out from your allies.

The MTP is actually based on multicam, and was adopted because British troops move between green and desert areas in Afghanistan all the time.