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| Ukrainian Navy uses 'dazzling' camouflage from WWI |
| 2024-12-02 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has used a special paint scheme to camouflage a small armored artillery boat and an Island-class patrol vessel. The ministry published the footage on its Facebook page (owned by Meta, a company recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation). The ships, painted in jagged patterns in various shades of grey, appeared in photographs from a meeting between Ukrainian sailors and a delegation of Danish industry representatives. This type of camouflage is called deforming or dazzle. The paint is designed to make it difficult for the enemy to assess the ship's shape, course and speed by using angular shapes and contrasting colors. It has not been established when exactly this camouflage was applied to the Ukrainian boats. The first to use such camouflage was Great Britain during the First World War (1914-1918) due to losses incurred due to threats from German submarines. The pattern technique was developed in 1917. Similar camouflage was also used in the Second World War (1939-1945), but with the development of radar it became ineffective and practically disappeared. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 I disagree, it appears to be "splinter" camo. That has been used by German and Swedish military. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2024-12-02 21:19 |