11-01-07, 01:25 PM
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Frogman 
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Originally Posted by Skybird
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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I was thinking exactly same thing.
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