Accession Number:
ADA000910
Title:
Camouflage by Artificial Foliage
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. 6 Jun 1973-6 Jun 1974
Corporate Author:
BATTELLE COLUMBUS DIV OH
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1974-06-01
Pagination or Media Count:
64.0
Abstract:
A program was conducted to develop a pop-up artificial-foliage system compatible with the rural Maryland summertime background environment. The result of this Phase I effort was a self-expanding leaf module, a number of which are stored flat in a simple box-like container. Release of the container lid latch allows the leaf modules to pop-up and expand, thus covering the external surface of the vehicle with artificial foliage. Repacking is accomplished by pulling a lanyard threaded through each leaf module. Visual background experiments with the leaf modules deployed verified the overall effectiveness of this camouflage system against visual detection.
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Subject Categories:
- Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics