Razzle Dazzle

[Walsingham]

http://liblog.libraries.claremont.edu/arch...camouflage.html

 

 

I think we hould campaign to ahve ships mandatorily painted in razzle dazzle colours like during the war. It would be absolutely fething awesome.

[Humodour]

http://liblog.libraries.claremont.edu/arch...camouflage.html

 

 

I think we hould campaign to ahve ships mandatorily painted in razzle dazzle colours like during the war. It would be absolutely fething awesome.

 

That's awesome, but I bet the crew got a headache.

[Gorth]

Well, if you weren't sea sick already...

[Sand]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Moatilliatta]

Dazzle camouflage's effectiveness is not entirely certain. The British Admiralty eventually came to the conclusion that the scheme had no material effect on submarine attacks, but proved to be a morale boost for crews. It also served to increase the morale of people who were not involved in fighting, the sight of hundreds of wonderfully coloured ships in dock was like nothing ever seen before (or since). American naval leadership expressed the dissenting opinion that dazzle camouflage was effective. Dazzle camouflage continued to be used until the end of World War II.

 

However effective the scheme was in WWI, it eventually became largely obsolete as rangefinders became more advanced, and, by the time it was put to use again in WWII, the introduction of radar soon made it essentially useless in defeating naval gunnery. However, it may still have possessed some effect in confounding submarines. In a 1919 lecture, Norman Wilkinson explained:

 

"The primary object of this scheme was not so much to cause the enemy to miss his shot when actually in firing position, but to mislead him, when the ship was first sighted, as to the correct position to take up. [Dazzle was a] method to produce an effect by paint in such a way that all accepted forms of a ship are broken up by masses of strongly contrasted colour, consequently making it a matter of difficulty for a submarine to decide on the exact course of the vessel to be attacked.... The colours mostly in use were black, white, blue and green.... When making a design for a vessel, vertical lines were largely avoided. Sloping lines, curves and stripes are by far the best and give greater distortion."

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razzle_dazzle

 

Apparently not as effective as it is cool.

[Laozi]

Nothing cool is effective, thats what makes it cool.

 

You're the coolest Wals

[Humodour]

I would argue it is was still very effective.

 

Did it have a benefit over standard design? Yes.

Is anything more effective that could replace it? No.

 

Therefore, there's really no argument as to whether or not it was of benefit (cost hardly even factors into it).

[walkerguy]

Brilliant. Just don't use queer colors.

[Nick_i_am]

I like the pink one.

[Walsingham]

Brilliant. Just don't use queer colors.

 

May I remind you that homophobia is gay...

[Sand]

Brilliant. Just don't use queer colors.

 

May I remind you that homophobia is gay...

The fear of lesbians is happy?

[Nick_i_am]

They had a whole display of these schemes in the camo exhibition of the Imperial War Musium, great stuff.

[Dark_Raven]

That is neat and stuff. Like trippin.

[Walsingham]

But you can't deny it would look great on civilian ships. Certainly spruce up bloody Portsmouth.

[Dark_Raven]

Sounds like a slum.

[Nick_i_am]

Why stop there, I want more multicoloured aircraft for next time terminal 5 loses my baggage.

[walkerguy]

Not a bad idea. Leopard spots on your cars for the valet, too.

[Colrom]

Paint buildings like that and whole cities might get lost in a fog.