Purtiest Aircraft of WW2

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I always thought German camo was interesting. Their airplanes and their uniforms all had some unique camouflage.

Thats interesting you should mention how good the German camo was Eric my old man said he found a building in shore from Arromanche beach with what he took to be at least a 155mm gun sticking out and it was not until he was fifty feet from it the he realised it was just a painting on the side of a house, he also spoke to a tank commander who told him how the Germans put up concrete anti tank traps that where made of painted canvas a tank slowed down and a concealed guy with a panzerfaust whacked it so the next time a tank put a squirt from its MG through the mock up trap as it went to pieces it drove though it, straight over an anti tank mine underneath. Crafty old sods those Jerrys.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

good god that's devilishly cunning

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Interesting too. I new they used deception tactics like that but that is pretty damn good.

 

[P38 Pilot]

Wow. I especially liked the Eastern Front camo the Germans used on their tanks. Spotted camo!

 

[JCS]

I've always liked their desert camo myself...

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Yes me too, and that particular aircrafts paint job has allways been one of my favorites.

 

[plan_D]

I've told you about the German trick with the MG42 haven't I? Well, I'll tell you again just in case;

They used to set up two MG42 positions. During the night they'd fire one off with tracer ammo and they'd set it up too high to hit anyone because they could sneak under it's line of fire. They'd set the other one up lower so it could hit.

The troops would believe that they could sneak under these tracers (which they could) but by the time they realised there was another MG42 firing at them, half their squad had been dropped.

 

[P38 Pilot]

Absoulute genius! Best way to bring down an on-coming squad or platoon or even a division back then.

Here's what i meant by spotted camo on tanks.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Bringing down a Division?! Do you know big a Division is? Obviously not, but you are not going to bring down a division with a MG42.

 

[cheddar cheese]

I love the German camo, especailly that you see on the secret project drawings. The silvery white with green spots.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Yeah it was very neat looking.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

but the germans always did have the best cammo IMO......

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

For WW2 I agree. There combat uniforms today look similar to the SS camo uniforms of WW2. It uses a similar pattern.

 

[P38 Pilot]

but the germans always did have the best cammo

That is very true. I especially like the camo they used in the Werhmacht, SS Waffen, and the Afrika Corps.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

The Afrika Korps did not really have any different cammo. Most of the soldiers still wore feld grau uniforms. Many did have tan khaki uniforms like one of the ones that I have in my collection. Most of the aircraft were just brown. A couple had that really cool chocolate chip cammo that we have seen pictures of.

 

[Nonskimmer]

I think the Waffen SS cammo was the coolest, followed by the Heer and then the Fallschirmjager. Does anyone care? Probably not.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Yeah I like the Waffen SS camo.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

bomber command cammo was effective but sucked it terms of coolness.....

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I like some of the British fighter Camo. From the allies though I liked the Australian Camo the best especially the Aussie Spitfires that we have seen pictures of.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i like FAA cammo with the cream colour......