by Greg on March 10, 2010
Via Defense Industry Daily I learned that China’s PLA is not the first to paint their vehicles with digital camouflage. Apparently the Jordanians might be the trendsetters, applying “fractal” camo to their vehicles back in 2006 (follow the DID link for a larger image). Honestly though, compared to the Chinese, the Jordanian camo pattern is pretty weak stuff.
– Greg
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All camo is technically 'digital', hence the need for 'fractal' and 'pixel'.
Ummm… no, all camouflage is not "digital"
"Digital" camouflage is actually a misnomer, based on the superficial resemblance of these patterns to quantized or coarse digital images."
Lt Col O'Neill
Yes, I know where the term derives from. I've always thought "pixelated" as a more accurate generic term. I guess "digital camouflage" sounds cooler than "pixelated camouflage pattern" after all.
Yes & Chinese are using spies for more data on digital camo.
Next Air Force units & Naval units?
Also, the Jordanians have a less diverse territory to hide in, so, their cammo doesn't have to be all that extensive. Look how other Arab states, the US and Israel cammo our vehicles — paint them tan and that's it. In the 80's when I deployed on the 1st Bright Star with the 82nd Abn, we had a really neat cammo with tan, peach and yes, purple.
Check out back issues of Armor magazine from the late '70's/early '80's. Look for 'dual-tex'. Our M60A3's in Bamberg (2 ACR) were decked out in a low budget version of same in '84/'85.
That’s correct.
Jsallison is on to something. I hate to break it to you all but the US had "digital" camo tanks in Berlin over 25 years ago.
And didnt the Brits come up with this during the second world war for use on naval ships?
WW2 ships were painted in 'dazzle' also known as 'razzle dazzle' camouflage. Not quite the same. Some ships still sport similar schemes, Swedens Visby corvette.