Article on Dazzle Camouflage

Sawdust · 07-02-06, 08:21 PM

Here's a website with interesting information on Dazzle Camouflage. That's the strange method of painting ships in high-contrast geometric patterns.

http://web.mac.com/gesamtkunstwerk/i...amouflage.html

Sir Big Jugs · 07-03-06, 02:23 AM

Thanks!

tycho102 · 07-03-06, 11:42 AM

I've always been under the assumption that "dazzle" made it difficult to get a angle-on-the-bow, or a heading in general. Zig-zagging would have made things even more complicated.

Why wasn't it used more often on WWII transports? Was it that tremendous of an undertaking by the paint crews? Did it need that much maintenance to keep it's usefulness?

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Sawdust Planesman Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Quadrant DB22 Posts: 198 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Article on Dazzle Camouflage Here's a website with interesting information on Dazzle Camouflage. That's the strange method of painting ships in high-contrast geometric patterns. http://web.mac.com/gesamtkunstwerk/i...amouflage.html __________________ .-. --- ..- --. .... ... . .- ... .- .... . .- -.. Last edited by Sawdust; 07-03-06 at 05:53 AM.

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Sir Big Jugs Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 895 Downloads: 59 Uploads: 0	Thanks! __________________

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tycho102 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,100 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I've always been under the assumption that "dazzle" made it difficult to get a angle-on-the-bow, or a heading in general. Zig-zagging would have made things even more complicated. Why wasn't it used more often on WWII transports? Was it that tremendous of an undertaking by the paint crews? Did it need that much maintenance to keep it's usefulness? __________________ My little Silent Hunter 4 repository