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Originally Posted by Bob Carriere
Although some of the films are very "grainy" by today's standard I was puzzled by the strange camouflage applied to some Sherman tanks....... seems like a soft "mossy" kind of material....... or am I fooled by the pictures quality.....any one knows what was applied as a covering?????....it is on the sides and turret but not the gun barrel.......
Willing to learn...
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From a book by Steve Guthrie and Barry Beldham, Camouflage and Markings of Canadian rmoured Vehicles in WW2: "The tanks are covered in 'horse hair' a material used for packing ammunition and other delicate things. It appears like 3" bristles coated with glue and sprayed into a square mold, bristles at all angles to each other but compressible, springing back into shape after compression"
It was used extensively by the Fort Garry Horse
13-01-23, 17:40
Strange Camouflage
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