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Originally Posted by Von Poop
Where I'd argue with the Wiki stuff is on this statement:
Anybody who's actually seen a firefly with that wavy silver half barrel camouflage against a rural background will know that it's exceptionally effective at making the long barrel 'disappear'.
Cheers,
Adam.
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So it does really work then? I know that they used similar zig zagged stripes on the Bismarck to make her look lower in the water before her attempted break out into the Atlantic, but I never knew that is actually worked.
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Tomcat did you check out the reference that the article gave?
Camouflage of 17-pr Gun Mounted in Sherman Tank"
From Middle East AFV Technical Letter, 26 January 1945
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I missed that link mate, I did however see that the above tactics have not been known to be used in action, but I figured that they had to come from somewhere.
I don't understand why they are trying to camouflage the 17pdr in the middle east during 1945? By that the time the war in Europe was well on its way to being won and the North Africian campaign has already be fought and lost. So what was the point of developling that tactic? To hold the stream of Red Army soldiers in the middle east in case of a Soviet and allied war after the capulation of Germany?