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The US Army experimented with digital camouflage as early as the 1970s. (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://www.militarytrader.com/mv-101/dual-texture-gradient-camouflage-pattern

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

My current view is that either the people running the tests only wanted a camo that blended perfectly into piles of gravel and old lady couches and absolutely nothing else, or they had legally blind people performing the tests. I strongly doubt this link will change my mind but I'll give it a shot.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

The TLDR is the focus of the design was entirely on defeating NIR, at the expense of other considerations.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

It was somehow worse than I thought.