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German acoustic/optical locator, 1917. A junior officer and an NCO from an unidentified Feldartillerie regiment wearing combined acoustic/optical locating apparatus.
Japanese ‘War Tuba’ in an air field, 1921. After WWI aircraft detection became increasingly important to warfare. Before radars acoustic amplifiers and mirrors with different designs were used…
Mountbatten Pink Is a naval camouflage color invented by and named after Lord Mountbatten (1900-1979). This colour was best suited to hide vessels during dawn and dusk, often…
WWII Spitfire painted in baby pink. During WWII some spy planes were painted pink to elude the enemy. Some how it was discovered baby colours, specially pink, were…
Soldier in black and white uniform to conceal him while climbing trees. He stands in front of a house camouflaged to represent a fence and trees. Company F,…
Original sketches by Leon Underwood, a british artist who worked for the Royal Engineers in WWI. Artists in the Royal Engineers selected a real tree on the battlefield,…
Original sketches by Leon Underwood, a british artist who worked for the Royal Engineers in WWI. These sketches were then used to built the fake trees. Artists…
British (?) fake tree in no man’s land, during WWI, an advanced outpost, built with steel and iron and then camouflaged. These trees were used as observation posts…