Tec-9 | Army Mesh (Field-Tested)

Skin overview

Army Mesh covers the pistol in green and brown netting, a spray-painted pattern that already looks rough by design. In Field-Tested that roughness works in its favour: small chips on the edges blend into the camouflage and read as natural use. A balanced choice if you like the colours and do not need the paint to look untouched.

Item type: pistol. The weapon is available only on the Terrorist side. Consumer Grade is the lowest tier of the rarity scale: the most common skins, most often used in trade-up contracts.

Spray-Paint: paint sprayed over the metal; scratches and scuffs appear early but look natural.

Appearance in Field-Tested

The whole pistol is sprayed in dark olive green with broad rust-brown and reddish bands, and a fine net texture from the mesh stencil runs over every surface. The perforated barrel shroud stays mostly dark, with olive mesh and brown patches around the holes, while the receiver carries the strongest mix of green and brown.

Visible chips appear on the muzzle, around the shroud holes and on the receiver corners, and the magazine base starts to lose paint. The flat areas of the receiver, magazine and grip still hold their colour and pattern. In game the wear blends into the camouflage and reads as light use. The stripes on the magazine and grip remain the cleanest part.

Field-Tested wear: float 0.15–0.38

The whole float range of Tec-9 | Army Mesh is 0–0.6; Field-Tested takes the 0.15–0.38 segment (38% of the scale). Within the range, copies with a lower float look cleaner and are valued higher.

Origin of the skin

The skin’s collection is The Safehouse Collection with 15 skins in total.

It drops from:

• DreamHack 2013 Souvenir Package
• EMS One 2014 Souvenir Package

What it costs in each quality

Compared with the Field-Tested quality, the others go like this:

• Factory New — 2.5× dearer
• Minimal Wear — about the same
• Well-Worn — about the same
• Battle-Scarred — about the same

The comparison uses our cheapest listing of each quality; where there is none, the market reference.

By price this skin is 4th of 8 skins Consumer Grade Tec-9 in this quality (the first being the dearest).

Souvenir version

There is also a the Souvenir version with tournament stickers.

Which stickers suit it

Olive, khaki, brown and muted orange stickers continue the camouflage palette, while matte gold or black accents stand out without clashing. The receiver side above the trigger and the magazine are the most visible spots.

What to look at before you buy

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since a low float in Field-Tested or Well-Worn keeps noticeably more paint on the shroud and muzzle.
• Look at the muzzle, the shroud holes and the magazine base in inspect, because these lose paint first.
• The pattern is a uniform mesh, so the pattern index barely changes the look and is not worth paying extra for.
• If it is a Souvenir copy, check which stickers it carries and how worn they are.

Who should buy Field-Tested

• Players who want an inexpensive camo for the Tec-9 that looks fine in game.
• Those who like light wear blending into a military pattern.
• Conclusion: a balanced grade for everyday play.