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British Mark I tank with the Solomon camouflage scheme. Crew: 8; Combat Weight: 31.4 tons (28.4 tonnes) Armour: 0.23–0.47 in (5.8–11.9 mm) Armament: two 6-pounder QF, three Hotchkiss Machine Guns; The Gun Carrier Mark I was a separate design, intended to carry a field gun or howitzer that could be fired from the vehicle. In service, it was ...
A British Mark I tank with the Solomon camouflage scheme. During World War I, Solomon was a pioneer of camouflage techniques. Having originally signed-up at the start of the war as a private in The Artists Rifles, a Territorial Force regiment, he promoted his ideas on camouflage, initially in the press and then directly to senior army officers. [9]
Military camouflage is the use of camouflage by an armed force to protect personnel and equipment from observation by enemy forces. In practice, this means applying colour and materials to military equipment of all kinds, including vehicles, ships, aircraft, gun positions and battledress, either to conceal it from observation (), or to make it appear as something else ().
The Mark IV (pronounced Mark four) was a British tank of the First World War.Introduced in 1917, it benefited from significant developments of the Mark I tank (the intervening designs being small batches used for training).
Dazzle under development: the "Outside Viewing-tank" on the roof of the Directorate of Camouflage Naval Section, Leamington Spa. [37] James Yunge-Bateman, 1943. However effective dazzle camouflage may have been in World War I, it became less useful as rangefinders and especially aircraft became more advanced, and, by the time it was put to use ...
NFP Green, Standard issued camouflage since 2019 in the Royal Netherlands Army. [50] [51] This camouflage is designed to be used in green areas, woods, and urban areas in Europe. Three additional colour variations are in use and are shown below. An arctic version of the NFP is being considered. [52] M19. NFP-Multitone. Flecktarn: 2019
The bright spots of British tank design included the Valentine, Churchill (A22), Cromwell (A27M), and Comet I (A34), which together made up a little over half of total British tank production during WWII. The Valentine was a reliable, heavily armoured infantry-support tank used successfully in the desert and by the Red Army as a light tank.
The British Mark V tank [a] was an upgraded version of the Mark IV tank.. The tank was improved in several aspects over the Mark IV, chiefly the new steering system, transmission and 150 bhp engine, but it fell short in other areas, particularly its insufficient ventilation leading to carbon monoxide poisoning for the crew. [5]