Weird Camouflage in History

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  @hatmcshooty · 4 years ago (edited)

  “You’re all stupid. See, they’re going to be looking for army guys.” -Peter Griffin in a clown costume

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• MA

  @manuelacosta9463 · 4 years ago

  It's great that the HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen has been preserved as a museum ship not only for its unusual and unique story, but also because not a lot of naval vessels of the interwar era exist.

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• WI

  @wilfdarr · 4 years ago

  Even though forests cover only 2.1% of Afghanistan, those lush areas have a disproportionately high concentration of people, meaning that a disproportionately high amount of fighting happens in those areas. Though the decision is definitely suspect, it's not as crazy as it sounds at first.

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• AE

  @Aegian47 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Dazzle camouflage has recently returned to the Royal Navy, both HMS Tamar and HMS Severn sporting the new paintwork.<br><br>Edit: HMS Spey also has a dazzle camouflage.

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• GI

  @giftinggeezer3149 · 4 years ago

  Not a weird camouflage but it his just reminded me of this, I met a man years ago who fought in WW2 during one of my old high schools Veterans Day ceremonies. He told me a story about how when he and his unit went through a German town they found that the Hitler Youth of the town had hidden their radios in piles of wood to keep contact with whoever they were supposed to report into after the US troops had moved on from the town. I believe the man has passed on now sadly because I didn’t see him the next year or the years after.

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• BR

  @brianfinlay5817 · 4 years ago

  Ships during WW2 also painted white &quot;froth&quot; at the bottom bow of the ship to make observers think the ship was moving faster than it was by the splash of the parting water at the front of the bow seeming larger. They also painted blue &quot;waterlines&quot; high on the hull to make observers think the ship was deeper in the water than it was to confuse torpedo target depths. Experienced U-boat captains chose cargo ship targets by how deep they were in the water, indicating a heavier cargo load. Japanese sub captains were wary of high riding ships indicating they may be armed Q-ships that carried no cargo for speed and being too shallow for deep running torpedoes meant to spring a trap for an attacking submarine. The pink color used on British rovers was used because dawn and dusk raids were common on the offensive. Pink is the only color that reflects and absorbs equal amounts of light. I have not seen this myself, but supposedly, the pink trucks would look practically transparent on the horizon at dusk and dawn.

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• CA

  @cannonball666 · 4 years ago

  Soldier 1: &quot;Haha, you are using grannie&apos;s doily as camo?&quot;<br>Soldier 2: &quot;Don&apos;t laugh. The enemy set a candy dish on my head.&quot;

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• BO

  @bobby_turkalino2618 · 4 years ago

  Finally Canada gets some recognition even though they say we have weid camo. Would love to see more History on Canadian military history

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• _M

  @_Matsimus_ · 4 years ago

  Gotta love that CADPAT!! But british have never used digital.

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• TO

  @TotallyNotAFox · 4 years ago

  The german ship &quot;Graf Spee&quot; disguised itself as british ship to approach targets - the first test was done with one of it&apos;s supply ships, which fled when they spotted the Spee. (Interesting: The ship sank 9 allied ships without causing a single casuality before the battle near Montevideo)

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• YO

  @youngmasterzhi · 4 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoAARM0RYPU&amp;t=104">1:44</a> Actually, it has already been recently discovered that the black and white stripes of a zebra were used to deter and repel disease-carrying horse flies, since their compound eyes have difficulty tracking wavy and zig zag patterns as they approach rapidly towards such irregularly patterned surfaces

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  @tommytaylor2084 · 4 years ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoAARM0RYPU&amp;t=709">11:49</a> last time I checked, the British don&apos;t use digitised camouflage. The US and Canadians do, but I&apos;m 99% certain that the UK doesn&apos;t

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