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Camouflage for Brown Water Navy

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tigercat

August 03, 2011, 09:08:52 AM
Hi I was just wondering about the best camouflage for River Gunboats. Presumably they have white for peacetime and grey for wartime but these are more colour schemes than actual camouflage. Would  some kind of brown and green tigerstripe be best for rural camouflage if operatijng in a built up area though that wouldn't be quite so effective.

TsrJoe

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August 03, 2011, 09:14:06 AM
have a looksee at the inshore splinter scheme carried by Swedish and Finnish naval craft, it works amazingly well even from quite close range, the browns and greys seem to merge the vessel with the shore in a very effective manner  :wacko:
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August 03, 2011, 12:31:36 PM
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August 03, 2011, 03:51:19 PM
Rather depends on how brown the brown water really is and what the shores look like, I'd have thought.
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Mossie

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August 05, 2011, 04:42:33 PM
Here's a few from the net that fit your ideas:

Uzbek river patrol boat
Belorussian hovercraft (scroll about half way down, the whole thead is relevant although most are drab green or grey)
USN Riverine Patrol Boat
USN Riverine Patrol Boat (different scheme)
Iranian hovercraft
Royal Marines hovercraft
Royal Marines landing craft (several schemes)

Should keep you going for a while! :thumbsup:
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August 05, 2011, 05:14:02 PM
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August 05, 2011, 06:53:11 PM
Quote from: Mossie on August 05, 2011, 04:42:33 PM
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Uzbek river patrol boat<...>

Pleased to see the Uzbek armed forces letting whiffers design their patrol craft.  :thumbsup:
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