Galileo Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 The Multi-Coloured Camouflage Scheme (MCDCS) project was launched as a result of our troops’ experience in Estonia, lessons gleaned from the Royal Tank Regiment’s ‘Streetfighter’ experiment, and a long-recognised need to hide, deceive, and survive on the modern battlefield. We know from operational analysis that, in combat, tanks are destroyed from surprisingly short range and that the preservation of our battle-winning capabilities is vital to success. MCDCS is the product of a joint project involving the Dorset-based ATDU, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), and the Tank Museum. The project was devised to create a camouflage scheme which would decrease detection, both by the human eye and artificial intelligence-enabled targeting tools, with a goal of tricking the enemy and creating an advantage for the camouflaged vehicle. more : https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2021/01/future-armoured-camouflage/?fbclid=IwAR0hCrVkv76A4d5CWu8YW7E1rrk1d3tWJlVMeiwwJhdBEKgsljDdsgMC9JU 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bond_Villian Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 without having read the article you link to, the concept seems similar to that behind the 'Berlin Brigade' scheme. If nothing else, it looks pretty sweet 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawes Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 (edited) Hopefully the Multi-Coloured Camouflage Scheme (MCDCS) is not the limit of the Challenger 2 Life Extension Project (LEP) Edited January 29, 2021 by hawes quoted by mistake 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted January 29, 2021 Members Share Posted January 29, 2021 16 hours ago, Galileo said: "We know from operational analysis that, in combat, tanks are destroyed from surprisingly short range" Sheesh. If you're fighting nothing but derka derka insurgents whose idea of sophistication is an RPG-7, of course all of your tanks that do get destroyed are getting destroyed from short distance; they must go in close because they have nothing else to attack you with. I hope this is just sloppy reporting and the actual analysis goes a bit deeper. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssidiver Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 The article that I saw did go a bit deeper. They are adopting anti IR etc paint. A few armies are using camo made up rectangles a squares now, can see it useful in an urban environment; but I can't see how it would be any better in the bush. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apocalypse 31 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Life imitating art 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted January 29, 2021 Members Share Posted January 29, 2021 3 hours ago, ssidiver said: ... I can't see how it would be any better in the bush. I suppose it just doesn't have to be worse, as long as it offers advantages somewhere else. And it doesn't seem to make such a big difference at range if your blobs of olive, brown and black are rounded or composed of smaller pixel clusters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galileo Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 (edited) From the article : MCDCS drastically reduced both detection and recognition in critical short-range (400-1500 metres). Edited January 29, 2021 by Galileo typo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 On 1/29/2021 at 9:30 AM, Ssnake said: Sheesh. If you're fighting nothing but derka derka insurgents whose idea of sophistication is an RPG-7, of course all of your tanks that do get destroyed are getting destroyed from short distance; they must go in close because they have nothing else to attack you with. I hope this is just sloppy reporting and the actual analysis goes a bit deeper. Turkey would beg to differ. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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