Camouflage by Artificial Foliage

Abstract

A program was conducted to develop a pop-up artificial-foliage system compatible with the rural Maryland (summertime) background environment. The result of this Phase I effort was a self-expanding leaf module, a number of which are stored flat in a simple box-like container. Release of the container lid latch allows the leaf modules to pop-up and expand, thus covering the external surface of the vehicle with artificial foliage. Repacking is accomplished by pulling a lanyard threaded through each leaf module. Visual background experiments with the leaf modules deployed verified the overall effectiveness of this camouflage system against visual detection.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA000910

Entities

People

  • D. E. Roop
  • G. R. Riley
  • N. C. Henderson
  • P. M. Grandinetti
  • R. J. Dick

Organizations

  • Battelle Memorial Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Camouflage
  • Environment
  • High Density
  • High Humidity
  • Humidity
  • Land Warfare
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Photographs
  • Physical Properties
  • Plastics
  • Test Facilities
  • Test Methods
  • Two Dimensional
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare
  • Waterproofing

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Forest Ecology
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.