junk2drive Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 here is what real life gives you, homemade camo and their uniforms dont match either. now i dont feel so bad about attempting a camo mod. i can do this one 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 They look as marines in a Pacific island. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 I think this is a color pattern for a Stuart for the assault of Namur. A small island. The track-link website has a color verion pic for a model. Very striking. On the uniforms, there was a beach pattern pattern, first used at Tarawa, that was later on reduced to just the helmet cover while the uniform was a lightweight grey. The tent cover around the backpack was also the beach camo. However I have seen drawings and pictures where the jacket was beach camo but the pants were grey. Mike 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junk2drive Posted March 17, 2004 Author Share Posted March 17, 2004 I intended to point out the tank, looks like the stripes were improvised. I should have thought less and typed more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucho Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 I know that torpedo boats and some battleships used an zebra - like camo to confuse the enemy about the ship´s real size and speed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 The camo used at sea has been called razzle-dazzle. Some really bizarre patterns were used in WWI and early on in WWII. However I have read that the patterns were never particularly effective and later on were dropped. MikeT 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holman Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 (Original AP Photo caption:) Stealthily, taking every precaution, US Marines creep up and toilet paper the neighborhood Stuart light tank... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 "The camo used at sea has been called razzle-dazzle." And that's what that blue camou job on the Brit early war tanks in the game is too! Its amazing how razzle-dazzle caught on considering how counter-intuitive it is. I heard/read that the weird scheme played havoc with old optical coincidence rangefinders. In the desert like at sea, if you can't pin down an object's range you're not going to hit it. Over in Europe where you can 'guesstimate' an object's range by comparing its size to nearby structures razzle-dazzle would be ineffective. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkiviadis Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Originally posted by MikeyD: "The camo used at sea has been called razzle-dazzle." And that's what that blue camou job on the Brit early war tanks in the game is too! Its amazing how razzle-dazzle caught on considering how counter-intuitive it is. I heard/read that the weird scheme played havoc with old optical coincidence rangefinders. In the desert like at sea, if you can't pin down an object's range you're not going to hit it. Over in Europe where you can 'guesstimate' an object's range by comparing its size to nearby structures razzle-dazzle would be ineffective. You are correct, artists & especially theatrical set designers ( who really do know how to fool the eye ) developed it under goverment direction. Experiments showed that it in fact, worked at medium/long ranges, the targeting vessel had trouble getting the bearing, range, course, etc ...radar put an end to it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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