And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Friday, September 11, 2015
Dazzle paint camouflage meant to confuse enemy gunners and lurking submarines
But did it work? Guess not, since no one uses this anymore.
Back when you had to hand calculate bullet flight, drop, windage, etc., a minor mistake on distance meant a miss instead of a hit. I'm betting that camo was primarily to distort the size/distance reading which was done manually with special scopes. That camo pattern was rendered obsolete with the first use of radar range finders. My 2 cents. I could also be wrong, just guessing here.
It's clearly annoying.
ReplyDeleteOh, it works! Those ships are everywhere but no one ever sees them.
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ReplyDeleteBack when you had to hand calculate bullet flight, drop, windage, etc., a minor mistake on distance meant a miss instead of a hit. I'm betting that camo was primarily to distort the size/distance reading which was done manually with special scopes. That camo pattern was rendered obsolete with the first use of radar range finders. My 2 cents. I could also be wrong, just guessing here.
ReplyDeleteYou are precisely right. Dazzle lost its usefulness when the Mark I Eyeball was no longer required for naval gunnery above or below the waterline.
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