Camouflage trickery
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Camouflage trickery
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Title: Camouflage trickery
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AMOUFLAGE—that art of conceal-
ment which was long regarded as
merely a defense measure—is taking
new rank today as a powerful aid to offense.
Germany acknowledged that first when
she complained that British bombing planes
were coated with a secret varnish that made
the ships hard to see under the glare of
searchlights. Proof just as convincing
comes from the U. S. Army Engineer Board
at Fort Belvoir, Va., the unit that directs
the task of successfully camouflaging
America’s armed forces.
Artillerymen have offense in mind, for
instance, when they laboriously hide the
position of an antiaircraft battery. They
know that they have done a good job if they
can fool an enemy pilot for ninety seconds,
while he circles above trying to spot his
target.
It is with the thought of offense, too, that
the Army hides its artillery by covering
guns with nets interlaced with twigs and
branches; that it makes costumes of shrub-
bery for its riflemen; that it furnishes scout-
ing troops with black masks so white faces
will not stand out in the darkness. Always
with the slogan: “Hide us from the enemy’s
eyes just long enough to let us strike first!”
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Language (Dublin Core)
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Eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1941-02
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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60-62
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public domain
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Sami Akbiyik
Popular Science Monthly, v. 138, n. 2, 1941
