Engineers and camoflage

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Historically, Engineers have been reponsible for concealing equipment, vehicles, and weapons from visual detection from both the ground and the air. Where concealment is difficult such as on a flat, treeless plain or desert changing the silhouette or shape of equipment and vehicles makes them less attractive targets or conceals your strength. Alternately, decoys have been used to draw the enemies attention or fire away from needed kit. This duty continues in the modern era as one of my many duties as an Airfield Engineer was to deploy the CF118 decoy, a steel frame and rubberized canvas replica of Canada's fighter. Here are pictures from WWII of Engineers camoflaging activities:

Pic 1: Decoy P.O.and W. compound.
pic 2: Stores under tarp disguised as a truck, presumably a less attractive target?
pic 3: Tank disguised as a truck


CHIMO! Derek.