"Strange dazzle camoflage" Topic
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| John the OFM | 02 Apr 2014 5:18 a.m. PST |
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| Generalstoner49 | 02 Apr 2014 5:53 a.m. PST |
The Nebraska's dazzle scheme is by far the most catching to the eye but I wonder is it actually did anything because it is so uniform. Are there any statistics out there to show it actually worked though? |
| HistoryPhD | 02 Apr 2014 6:37 a.m. PST |
I see they didn't give an example of Italian camouflage |
| jgawne | 02 Apr 2014 7:46 a.m. PST |
after WW1 the British Navy did a major study of the effectiveness of dazzle. This included looking at every torpedoing, and talking to German U boat commanders. The finding was that they could not find ONE example of a torp. missing a ship, or a captain not taking a shot, because it was dazzle painted. What they did find was that there was a substantial boost in crew morale when their ship was painted, as they felt like they had something to protect them. Thus it was continued for a while, but eventually died out. |
| steamingdave47 | 02 Apr 2014 8:33 a.m. PST |
Interesting then that Germans in WW2 did use variants of dazzle. They obviously did not ask their U boat commanders from WW1 about its effectiveness. Or perhaps they were simply after the morale boost for the crews. |
| Ron W DuBray | 02 Apr 2014 9:12 a.m. PST |
have you ever seen a photo taken from 2 to 5 miles out, it works very well. as long as you don't use pink or red. |
| thosmoss | 02 Apr 2014 5:50 p.m. PST |
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| CCollins | 03 Apr 2014 7:52 p.m. PST |
Was the Partridge Family touring Berlin?
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| rabbit | 03 Jun 2014 11:44 a.m. PST |
Italian ship Zara link rabbit |
| number4 | 23 Jun 2015 6:15 p.m. PST |
The British army in Berlin didn't think it ridiculous link |
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