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I dont see the Problem (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

This is exactly what they used to do to boats to camouflage them.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Wait, how is this camouflage? I can clearly still see the ship.

[–] ThisSeriesIsFalse 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Dazzle Camo isn't to hide the ship, per say. It's to make it much harder to tell which way the ship is facing, and therefore what its heading is.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I see, thanks for the clarification.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

If you're still interested you should go read the wiki. Fun little rabbit hole to jump down.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

It also probably didn't work. The Allies were assuming that the Germans were using the same rangefinders we were in WWI. The Germans were using a more advanced rangefinder that doesn't have any problems with "Razzle Dazzle" camo.

https://youtu.be/Kw7vq_YD6JM

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It also probably didn't work as well as the Allies in WWI thought it did. It worked pretty well against our rangefinders at the time, that only used one point of reference, but the Germans were using sterioscopic rangefinders that this particular paint scheme doesn't seem to work on.

https://youtu.be/Kw7vq_YD6JM

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