Camouflage

[Wayland]

An article I came across that some may find interesting.

http://petapixel.com/2014/02/26/cam...just-well-sharpshooters-can-hide-plain-sight/

 

[CLEM]

Very interesting that was Wayland mate, thank you for that!

 

[widu13]

Not much skill there. Hiding in strong cover or at a distance.

 

[Mesquite]

Not much skill there. Hiding in strong cover or at a distance.

I'd like to see you do as well as those guys

 

[spandit]

I'd like to see you do as well as those guys

That's the point. You can't see him!

 

[Mesquite]

That's the point. You can't see him!

Fair point but there always seems to be one or two people that like to denigrate a skill like these snipers in camouflage

 

[spandit]

In fairness, most of these were taken from a long way away and of people hiding in bushes. They could have been wearing hi-viz jackets & you wouldn't have seen them. There are much more impressive sniper photos out there and if I can find them (!) I'll post a link

 

[nitrambur]

I would have preferred a proper reveal rather than the red ring, it doesn't prove anything, you could mark any part of those pictures and say he was there. It reminds me of the Monty Python sniper clip

 

[sandbender]

Interesting stuff, thanks for posting.

In my youth, while an army cadet, I once had two regular army soldiers creep past me at a distance of less than a meter and wasn't spotted. I put that down to a Royal Green Jacket sergeant who spent two days with us giving us an intensive 'how not to be seen' course. We all made gillie suits out of scrim and sacking.

I miss being a kid.

 

[widu13]

I'd like to see you do as well as those guys

Been there, done that.

These are skills, close quarters and hardly visible:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ete_in_Sniper_Stalking_Event_Image_5_of_6.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Camouflaged-sniper.jpg

 

[ozzy1977]

It is a hell of a skill regardless of those who moan about long ranges photos who could not do better them selves

 

[spandit]

I like this one:

http://i.imgur.com/5ZIJi9o.jpg

 

[carabao]

Interesting stuff, thanks for posting.

In my youth, while an army cadet, I once had two regular army soldiers creep past me at a distance of less than a meter and wasn't spotted. I put that down to a Royal Green Jacket sergeant who spent two days with us giving us an intensive 'how not to be seen' course. We all made gillie suits out of scrim and sacking.

I miss being a kid.

Sandbender, you had instruction from the finest infantry Regiments in the world. I was a rifleman for 8 years, done my sniper training in battalion and Warminster. Green Jackets invented camouflage in the British army

 

[Joonsy]

interesting article, thankyou. I managed to identify five of the eight, i identified numbers 1/3/4/7/8, i thought number 5 was the hardest (the one in rocky gravel) and even when i saw answer i still could not spot it, the top photo clearly showing sniper was interesting for the fact his unmasked face easliy drew my attention to him, the easiest i thought was number 7. i identified the five not by spotting sniper but by what gave him away such as background cover and shade and most likely place he would be. Good stuff thanks wayland.

 

[Joonsy]

Been there, done that.

These are skills, close quarters and hardly visible:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ete_in_Sniper_Stalking_Event_Image_5_of_6.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Camouflaged-sniper.jpg

interseting in those photos how the those uncovered parts really stood out (gun parts and 'black' thing and finger), i reckon i spotted two snipers in your top link.

 

[decorum]

If I read it correctly, I won't make a daft mistake!

 

[Joonsy]

There are much more impressive sniper photos out there and if I can find them (!) I'll post a link

I like this one:

http://i.imgur.com/5ZIJi9o.jpg

you said ''much more impressive'' that one you've added is dead easy you'd spot him a mile away.

 

[widu13]

interseting in those photos how the those uncovered parts really stood out (gun parts and 'black' thing and finger), i reckon i spotted two snipers in your top link.

That's right bud. That is an example of a sniper team who have kitted out for a multi environment mission and have just taken up a firing position. With long term static positions they would have made use of scrapes and foliage to totally disappear. Very effective though even close up isn't it.

 

[Joonsy]

That's right bud. That is an example of a sniper team who have kitted out for a multi environment mission and have just taken up a firing position. With long term static positions they would have made use of scrapes and foliage to totally disappear. Very effective though even close up isn't it.

yes excellent very effective indeed, keeping perfectly still people would walk straight past them even up close, perhaps discovery through scent to dogs/animals is a bigger concern to someone skilled at remaining unseen but no doubt there is some training to combat that too.

 

[widu13]

yes excellent very effective indeed, keeping perfectly still people would walk straight past them even up close, perhaps discovery through scent to dogs/animals is a bigger concern to someone skilled at remaining unseen but no doubt there is some training to combat that too.

Kind of, it involves a toilet routine that involves plastic bags and trying to stitch your mate up