May 21, 2006

Snipers in Camouflage Nets Difficult for Invaders to Spot (Feb, 1941)

Filed under: War — @ 7:38 am
Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1941
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This guy doesn’t look camouflaged, he looks trapped.

Snipers in Camouflage Nets Difficult for Invaders to Spot
England’s army includes a trained corps of snipers to help impede the progress of attackers. Besides being an expert marksman, a sniper must know many tricks of camouflage, one of which involves covering himself completely with a large-mesh net that effectively conceals him under certain conditions.

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  1. in the right situation, these things actually provide exellent camoflage

    Comment by mickey — December 3, 2008 @ 12:10 pm

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