Hiding in plain sight...

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They might call it a Jaguar, but that's not Jaguar print. That looks more like Cheetah.
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Son of a gun-ner wrote:Seriously? You have to wonder? It's a Leopard :/
:/ :/ Yes, I know it's a Leopard, Mick. But this gave me an opportunity to refer to Eartha Kitt's leopardskin outfits... :shh: Ah, but you may be too young to remember her. :D
Anyway, it seems to me that someone must have gone to an awful lot of trouble, just to tell us what we already know: the Gepard's based on the Leopard. I guess, it's time someone fitted some giant warts to Bovington's Cromwell :D
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Afrikakorps wrote:Came across these when I was doing my wirbelwind.
I think this would be hard to spot from the air given the surrounding terrain. 8O
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Taking camo to another level, here's a tank disguised as a truck:
Tank clad as a truck
Tank clad as a truck
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No, I remember Eartha Kitt, my dad had a "thing" about her ;)
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Son of a gun-ner wrote:No, I remember Eartha Kitt, my dad had a "thing" about her ;)
Didn't we all?

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;) ;)

Setting Eartha as Catwoman, and 'old fashioned Millionaires' playthings aside, I just wonderingwhat the point of having a 'Q' Tank might be- one disguised as truck, as above, that is? :think: Unless the disguised tank in question was capable of defeating a likely enemy tank threat, (as in a Sherman vs Panther mismatch), the truck disguise would have no real value. :think: Inflatable tanks, yes, for fooling recon aircraft...but trucks with tracks. :eh:
This got me thinking about "Q" ships. Now, they were certainly capable of giving a 'U" Boat commander an unpleasant surprise, especially in WW1. :|
Pain for a WW1 Q ship...
Pain for a WW1 Q ship...
Even today, such ships are a threat, it appears..
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Modern 'Q' She threat
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Article on modern threat:https://www.seradata.com/srt-orders-six ... m-aistech/
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Estnische wrote:
Son of a gun-ner wrote:No, I remember Eartha Kitt, my dad had a "thing" about her ;)
Didn't we all?

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I was too young. . . . But I remember her in Batman :D
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And back on topic. And talking of hiding.

I stumbled on these pictures a year or so ago, I forgot I had them, and this thread reminded me.

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Estnische wrote:
Son of a gun-ner wrote:No, I remember Eartha Kitt, my dad had a "thing" about her ;)
Didn't we all?

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No we all didn't. Some of us remain loyal to Julie Newmar, the Bestest Catwoman.

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