t68
Well-Known Member
I was looking at the types of ship camouflage or known as dazzle camouflage on how it was used in the past. The main objective was not to make the ship invisible but to create illusions or mislead those trying to either identify the ship or its heading or speed. A number of different techniques were used, very elaborate designs to the subtle.
File:USS West Mahomet (ID-3681) cropped.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
File:HMS Argus (1917).jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
File:HMAS Yarra (AWM 016263).jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
File:USS Northampton (CA-26).jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As well as using deceptive paint schemes on the sides of ships, aircraft carriers used an overall blended colour cover used to conceal aircraft on the decks or make the carrier blend in with the ocean from observation aircraft and sailors wore their dungarees.
In more modern times with improved optics and radar coverage and ships now making use of shapes to reduce their RCS, would some type of painted camouflage still have use in a modern environment, the Visby class corvette make use of both LO and painted techniques.
File:K32 HMS Helsingborg Anchored-of-Gotska-Sandoen cropped.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
File:USS West Mahomet (ID-3681) cropped.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
File:HMS Argus (1917).jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
File:HMAS Yarra (AWM 016263).jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
File:USS Northampton (CA-26).jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As well as using deceptive paint schemes on the sides of ships, aircraft carriers used an overall blended colour cover used to conceal aircraft on the decks or make the carrier blend in with the ocean from observation aircraft and sailors wore their dungarees.
In more modern times with improved optics and radar coverage and ships now making use of shapes to reduce their RCS, would some type of painted camouflage still have use in a modern environment, the Visby class corvette make use of both LO and painted techniques.
File:K32 HMS Helsingborg Anchored-of-Gotska-Sandoen cropped.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia