Urban cam

[raafif]

hey guys,
        with so much effort being put into designing urban fighting vehicles (BMPT & Leopard Urban-Warrior), what have they done on appropiate cam for them

We know about ...
the "Berlin Scheme" on BAOR vehicles.
Swedish CV-90 covered in grafitti -- unofficially done by 1 crew but very effective.
Swedish hollow houses on main advance routes to hide tanks in.
a Chinese / Nth Korean "hide" -- a tent painted to look like a normal brick house.

or this

[Sauragnmon]

There's also, if you look, a shot or two of T-80/90 MBT's with either a two or three tone Gray scheme - most gray-pattern camo is actually designed for Urban service rather than Winter as some might suggest, as it blends in rather effectively in concrete environs.

[Mossie]

I've got a pic of the T-80's in the block camo somewhere, I'll see if I can dig it out.  I think there have been some tanks in Afghanistan in similar schemes too, someone posted a pic here a while ago.

Regarding buildings, I've seen pics of hangers that the Germans disguised as houses, see if I can dig that one out too!

Did this Berlin Saracen about a year or so back:

[jcf]

Depends on the neighborhood.









Sometimes its just best to hire the locals.   

Cheers

[Sauragnmon]

BRDM Scout Car, remote weapons station of some form, new headlamps, new main wheels - looks to have lost the traversing wheels.

Scary thing is, that might not be so much if a What If as a Coming Soon, considering it's marked LAPD.

[jcf]

BRDM Scout Car, remote weapons station of some form, new headlamps, new main wheels - looks to have lost the traversing wheels.

Scary thing is, that might not be so much if a What If as a Coming Soon, considering it's marked LAPD.

'Twas my entry in the 2007 1-Week GB.
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,16785.0.html

Backstory:
LAPD SWAT "public safety" vehicle assigned to the 13th precinct(Newton) of the Central Division circa 2015.
The avenues through which the LAPD came to own several surplus Russian BRDM armored cars are still unknown, those who sought answers were encouraged to drop the matter. In what was presented as an act of 'building bridges' and 'community cooperation' (cynics pointed out that it was actually a matter of 'if you can't beat'em - join'em) several custom vehicle shops (notorious chop-shops say the cynics) were contracted to upgrade the vehicles. The upgrades included removal of the chain-driven belly wheels and the mounting of appropriately sized rims and tires. A number of graffiti artists (gang-banger taggers) were also contracted to produce more 'neighborhood friendly' badging for the otherwise ominous black vehicles. Corporate sponsorship and an auction of new precinct naming rights were among the clever funding methods (corrupt sellout) utilized by the city to defray program expenses. The Pink Pearl eraser company won the contract to provide non-lethal rubber bullets for the 25mm chain guns carried by the vehicles. Accusations by civil libertarians that the abrasive hard rubber compound used is anything but 'non-lethal' are have been dismissed by the LAPD and city administration. The LAPD also denies reports that SWAT officers to jokingly refer to the chain gun as the 'Eraser'.

[dragon]

....But does it do that "Lowrider Bounce" thing?