I believe that this camouflage did not actually 'mask' the vessel but actually made it difficult to determine where the sensitive or weaker parts of the ships were located to deter an accurate aim. but varied patterns can act as camouflage: as the > British effectively used to their advantage during the Battle of the North > Atlantic with their "dazzle" paint schemes. > > Robb > -- : : Gabriel L Romeu : http://studiofurniture.com furniture from the workshop : http://members.xoom.com/gabrielR life as a tourist, daily journal : http://users.aol.com/romeugp paintings, photographs, etchings, objects *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Aug 02 2000 - 19:19:08 PDT
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