At 9:44 PM +0000 12/30/01, Richard Notton wrote:
>
>d) The black area grows; it is practice to hand paint yearly so the black
>naturally expands and it is very crudely heaped on whatever is there often mud
>and all. Some 3/16" of paint on disposed vehicles isn't uncommon.
During some of the recent 'getting to know her' inspections of my
Ferret Mk 2/3 I've found paint that was sprayed over oil/mud/dirt
crust deep under the suspension components.
>The best camo is that around you which is why Wehrmacht vehicles in Normandy
>appear to be mobile hedgerows, this needs replacing daily and has been stopped
>for exercises here and on the Euro mainland owing to complaints of
>environmental
>vandalism being levelled at the NATO military.
Makes you wonder why the German army hasn't taken to cultivating
crops of live foliage that can be applied to vehicles for exercises
or in some cases manufacturing plastic foliage that one applies to a
vehicle. Hmm, there's a thought. Silk plants with flame retardant
that are customized for a particular region's foliage types.
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