I was told by an admin that maps like Kutjevo Refinery, Trijent Dam, and Solaris Ridge (desert maps?) do not allow red headbands. It forces a color change. My character has sentimental attachment to his red headband.
From what I gathered from others, “hypothetically you could change the current one to say camo complaint and just make a red variant as a separate Loadout option, incredibly simple PR you could do”, “Wouldn’t be hard to swap the ones that aren’t red with the red ones, or just add a new type to the loadout menu yeah”, and “The jungle version of the headband is red, the desert version of the headband is that blueish grey you usually see”.