A local guy here.....Herb Hyman, was a Camo expert in WWII....he and his
staff of Hawaiian women did a number on every installation around after the
Dec. 7 attack. He tells some pretty interesting stories about making a
building look completely different from the air using custom made nets and
such.......As he tells it ..all werer hand made bo local women......
Interesting guy.
Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall Scheffler" <roughdoc@earthlink.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] cammo
>
> The effects on enemy gunners makes your statement generally true.
>
> The multi-color camo jobs make it difficult for enemy gunners to acquire,
> determine range, and in the case of our wire guided missiles, keep the
> sight on the vehicle. The biggest aid to target acquisition is movement,
> so a stationary vehicle can pretty much be any "natural" color. The
> camouflage pretty much aids AFTER the vehicle has been acquired.
>
> We (the allies) did tremendous things with camouflage and deception during
> WW II, but the efforts have pretty much disappeared.
>
> Every once in a while RAND corp or someone else tries to revitalize this
> critical war-winning skill, but to little avail. They are in the process
> of publishing a report on urban camouflage.
>
> In WW II, entire airplane factories were camouflaged. Disney played a
> critical role in fixed site camouflage.
>
> Doc
>
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