Camouflage by Reflectance of the Natural Terrain

Abstract

This report describes a short term feasibility program to determine if a military vehicle could be camouflaged, to the unaided eye, by reflecting the natural terrain in front of the vehicle. A prototype reflective screen, weighing approximately fifty pounds, was fabricated and field tested.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0908941

Entities

People

  • G.L. Macpherson
  • S. N. Peniuk
  • W. J. Degnan

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Assembly
  • Construction
  • Demonstrations
  • Fabrication
  • Land Warfare
  • Materials
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Vehicles
  • Mirrors
  • Observers
  • Prototypes
  • Reflectivity
  • Reflectors
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.