who was the best army to apply camo

diggeraone

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July 2003
From: Ozarks of Arkansas

Posted by diggeraone on Monday, December 22, 2003 3:44 PM

personally the germans were great at using paint camo,but the Brits an U.S. done a far better job at using natuarl landscapes.like trees,mud and sand bags.they came up with very creatied usage of natuarl folage.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 22, 2003 9:40 AM

The Finns had several schemes.

The main two that are coming to my mind are the Gray, Brown, and Green scheme which was their "standard" summer scheme. Then there was the "winter" scheme with the large blue strips.

The British did some interesting schemes in the desert, and there is no doubt that the "Mickey Mouse Ear" scheme is interesting.

The Japanese were all over the place. Different Greens, Browns, and Khaki's.

One I did forget to mention was the French. They had some interesting camo's too.

But, there is no doubt about it. As far as flexability goes for a "official" camo scheme. Nobody beats the German's from 1943 to 1945.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 22, 2003 9:36 AM

Well, panzer gray is a real yawn, but ambush is awsome! I guess the more you have to hide, the more creative your camo gets! I'd rate the Germans as first in this one.

Ron

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 22, 2003 9:07 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Captain Caveman

i would say the bast Army to apply camo to its Armour in WW2 are
1 germans
2 British
3 Finland
4 usa
5 japanese

I pretty much agree with this but I think I would put the Japanese above the British and I can't think of any Finnish schemes at the moment. For some odd reason I like the British "Micky Mouse" scheme.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 22, 2003 8:45 AM

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 22, 2003 7:34 AM

For WWII camo, here's my 2 cents:

1. Germans

2. Finns (Man, the Finns had some weird camo's)

3. Japs

4. Italians (Don't forget some of their weird European Schemes)

5. USA (Most people think of only OD, but good ole Uncle Sam also used browns, blacks, and white (and I'm not talking just for winter))

6. Russians (Just not a lot of variation. Green, some brown, and then white for winter.)

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J-Hulk

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February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Monday, December 22, 2003 5:27 AM

I'm all for that!

~Brian

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Panther 44

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May 2003
From: The Buckeye State

Posted by Panther 44 on Monday, December 22, 2003 5:25 AM

erush,
Joe, gray is the hardest color for the human eye to distinguish so as far as monotone colors go, it's the best choice. Yes in some situations it would stand out but in most is an effective color.
Thanks for the explanation.
Now, my question would be, why not use the grey as a base ( which I know they did in some instances) and use some other colors for a disruptive pattern?
Regards,
Joe

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 22, 2003 5:04 AM

I have to agree, Germans had the best cammo in wwII
2 British...... love those Desert Stuarts
3 Japanese

In the war the germans would feild many differnt colors and patterns on their armor..... this is probably part of their great appeal to modelers.

Herr Gray Whistling [:-^]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 22, 2003 3:51 AM

"i would say the bast Army to apply camo to its Armour in WW2 are
1 germans
2 British
3 Finland
4 usa
5 japanese..."

Finland you say? I´m from Finland myself but never really thought about that (never really studied Finnish camo).

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tigerman

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March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Monday, December 22, 2003 1:59 AM

The Germans. They just had so many far out patterns. I like the ambush scheme.

Eric

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Keyworth

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January 2003
From: NE Georgia

Posted by Keyworth on Sunday, December 21, 2003 9:09 PM

I think that the German schemes of WWII were by far the most interesting. I'm especially fond of the Ambush pattern.

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erush

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May 2003
From: USA, GA

Posted by erush on Sunday, December 21, 2003 8:37 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Panther 44

Hi Ga.modler and all,
I think the germans would have had the most effective schemes. That would be combinations of yellow, red-brown and green.
Can anyone answer why they would have used grey on their armor and uniforms? I'd think that would stand out quite a bit when in the fields.
Regards,
Joe

I agree also that the Germans had the best camo patterns of WW II.

Joe, gray is the hardest color for the human eye to distinguish so as far as monotone colors go, it's the best choice. Yes in some situations it would stand out but in most is an effective color.

Eric

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Dwight Ta-ala

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July 2003
From: Philippines

Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Sunday, December 21, 2003 8:00 PM

I agree that the germans used the best or most interesting camo schemes in WWII but recently a lot of good camo schemes can be found from different nations' armed forces.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 21, 2003 5:32 PM

i would say the bast Army to apply camo to its Armour in WW2 are
1 germans
2 British
3 Finland
4 usa
5 japanese

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Panther 44

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May 2003
From: The Buckeye State

Posted by Panther 44 on Sunday, December 21, 2003 5:19 PM

Hi Ga.modler and all,
I think the germans would have had the most effective schemes. That would be combinations of yellow, red-brown and green.
Can anyone answer why they would have used grey on their armor and uniforms? I'd think that would stand out quite a bit when in the fields.
Regards,
Joe

Just remember, ignorance is no excuse for the law. - Moe