mineofjas:blue-eyed-korra:ultrafacts:Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle or dazzle painti
mineofjas:blue-eyed-korra:ultrafacts:Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle or dazzle painting, was a family of ship camouflage used extensively in World War I and to a lesser extent in World War II and afterwards. Credited to artist Norman Wilkinson, though with a prior claim by the zoologist John Graham Kerr, it consisted of complex patterns of geometric shapes in contrasting colours, interrupting and intersecting each other.Unlike some other forms of camouflage, dazzle works not by offering concealment but by making it difficult to estimate a target’s range, speed and heading. Norman Wilkinson explained in 1919 that dazzle was intended more to mislead the enemy as to the correct position to take up than actually to miss his shot when firing.One example is the SS West Mahomet(Fact Source) Follow Ultrafacts for more factsTHIS PAINT JOB ALWAYS CONFUSED ME. WE ALL THOUGH VARRICK WAS CRAZY FOR DOING THIS BUT HE KNEW HIS SHIT ALL ALONG!!!The ol’ razzle dazzle -- source link