Gabriel L Romeu wrote: > > 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 > > It broke up their silohuette and made it hard to determine the ship's size which meant the submarine lost perspective and would not know whether the target was 1,000 yards away or 3,000 yards away, complicating aiming and arming of the torpedo. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Aug 03 2000 - 06:53:13 PDT
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