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They might call it a Jaguar, but that's not Jaguar print. That looks more like Cheetah.

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... Ah, but you may be too young to remember her.
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

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.
Cheers
AK

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Indeed! A good find!.

Taking camo to another level, here's a tank disguised as a truck:

No, I remember Eartha Kitt, my dad had a "thing" about her

Son of a gun-ner wrote:No, I remember Eartha Kitt, my dad had a "thing" about her

Didn't we all?

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? 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. Inflatable tanks, yes, for fooling recon aircraft...but trucks with tracks.
This got me thinking about "Q" ships. Now, they were certainly capable of giving a 'U" Boat commander an unpleasant surprise, especially in WW1. Even today, such ships are a threat, it appears.. WW1 Q ship article can be found here:
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/H ... ery-Ships/

Article on modern threat:https://www.seradata.com/srt-orders-six ... m-aistech/

Estnische wrote:

Son of a gun-ner wrote:No, I remember Eartha Kitt, my dad had a "thing" about her

Didn't we all?

I was too young. . . . But I remember her in Batman

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?

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