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Old 11-01-07, 12:57 PM   #8
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1.) It remains to be visible on thermal scanners, infrared, radar.
2.) Moving in dust and mud makes the hull being visible by the dirt on it.
3.) Sounds like a very sensible, easily malfunctioning technology.
4.) Camera projections remain to depend on the viewer's position, and so slight changes in angles will produce visual artifacts.

In the SB forum, a guy, an ex-tanker, just commented with this: "It's useless."

http://www.steelbeasts.com/sbforums/...ad.php?t=11012

Active camouflage:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_camouflage (thanks for the heads-up, JAS39! )

It probably makes more sense for aircraft, than for ground combat vehicles.
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