Dazzle Camoflage

Apparently in World War I someone decided that boat camouflage wasn't working because none of them were good in all weather conditions, and so this 'dazzle' paintjob was invented. It doesn't make it less visible, but makes it hard to tell what sort of boat it is, how fast it's going and in which direction. Snazzy stuff I'm sure you'll agree.

A bunch of photos here http://twistedsifter.com/2010/02/razzle-dazzle-camouflage/

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage

also while I'm on the subject I think digital camouflage is pretty IDM too

cool!

Looks at this fucking hipster.

Yeah, I was a big aircraft and military equipment dork as a little kid, and dazzle camouflage always threw me off. Digital can be pretty cool too, but it's effectiveness varies:

Some planes in dazzle and digital...

lol @ "ss war penguin"

I never knew they did that to boats. IDM party boat.

http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-110414-1.html

dazzle camouflage -1

Speed camera

Car prototypes

Urban warfare tank/armored vehicles (last is from Children of men btw)

Gas tank

Old tank

Random

Newer ships

looks very much like graffiti

or zebras

Vagazzle

Riced Out Warfare. i approve

  On 5/31/2011 at 7:22 PM, joshuatxuk said:

i'm sorry but is that guy touching his ding-dong?

  On 6/1/2011 at 2:44 AM, tht tne said:

  On 5/31/2011 at 7:22 PM, joshuatxuk said:

 

i'm sorry but is that guy touching his ding-dong?

fuck yo couch!

  On 5/31/2011 at 7:22 PM, joshuatxuk said:

I saw a woman dressed in the Canadian Forces "forest green" version at the grocery store. She walked in front of the lettuce section and almost disappeared, it was incredible. If I had been expecting it, I would have taken a picture :\

cool thread. those boats are very interesting. the invisible guy dry humping his moms couch cushions is a nice bonus.

Kandinsky does camo.

I never really understand the point of digital camouflage unless they were hiding in a video game.

I think it's because they are expecting the enemy to have our old technology that we sold them including digital binoculars that pixelate when zooming or moving making our guys invisible and thus invincible. i shudder to think where the u.s. would be right now without digital camo.

  On 5/31/2011 at 9:34 PM, joshuatxuk said:

looks like lego

  On 5/31/2011 at 9:34 PM, joshuatxuk said:

Can't help but picture that guy yelling "Cobraaa!!!"

If I saw one of those boats coming my way, I'd get excited thinking that some cool dudes and switched on chicks are rescuing me from military service to go AWOL and get crunk. But then it'd shoot like 3 missiles at my face. So in a way, it's pretty effective.

are you often shot with missiles when boats come near you?

michael bay

  On 5/31/2011 at 9:34 PM, joshuatxuk said:

 

 

 

Lego armored cars? I hope the terrorists don't have one of these:

  On 6/1/2011 at 3:13 AM, chaosmachine said:

  On 5/31/2011 at 7:22 PM, joshuatxuk said:

I saw a woman dressed in the Canadian Forces "forest green" version at the grocery store. She walked in front of the lettuce section and almost disappeared, it was incredible. If I had been expecting it, I would have taken a picture :\

CADPAT is apparently one of the better digital patterns, I can totally see that happening in front of the produce section.

  On 6/1/2011 at 4:00 AM, jules said:

I think it's because they are expecting the enemy to have our old technology that we sold them including digital binoculars that pixelate when zooming or moving making our guys invisible and thus invincible. i shudder to think where the u.s. would be right now without digital camo.

Most forms beyond the US army pattern seem to be faring well, especially seeing as deployed troops are switching to multicam.

Speaking of binocular techology, every hear of this?

  On 6/1/2011 at 4:59 AM, Bob Dobalina said:

  On 5/31/2011 at 9:34 PM, joshuatxuk said:

Can't help but picture that guy yelling "Cobraaa!!!"

lol, yeah reminds me of the "bad guy" micromachine patterns

  On 6/1/2011 at 6:05 PM, MaxChewie said:

  On 5/31/2011 at 9:34 PM, joshuatxuk said:

Lego armored cars? I hope the terrorists don't have one of these:

LOL! On a side not that brick remover save my ass a few times, especially on those narrow thin blocks.

  On 6/1/2011 at 11:48 PM, joshuatxuk said:

LOL! On a side not that brick remover save my ass a few times, especially on those narrow thin blocks.

yeah i nearly chipped my teeth several times as a kid trying to remove those damn thin blocks!