Lone Sentry: Camouflage of Vehicles; Enemy Ground Observation (War Department Field Manual FM 5-20B, April 1944)

[Lone Sentry: Photos, Articles, and Research on the European Theater in World War II]

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CONTENTS

Check List
Introduction
Aerial Observation
[ Ground Observation ]
Tracks
Siting
Dispersion
Shine
Shadows
Natural Materials
Vehicle Painting
Artificial Materials
Use of Nets
Digging In
Snow Camouflage

ENEMY GROUND OBSERVATION

[FIGURE 3.—Vehicles are revealed to both ground and aerial observation by the same factors. (Shine and Shadow)]

FIGURE 3.—Vehicles are revealed to both ground and aerial observation by the same factors. However, because there is a tremendous difference in the appearance of a vehicle when seen from the ground and from the air, different measures must be taken against each kind of observation.

[Shape, Tracks, Color and Value: Ground Observation]



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