Deception tactics and camouflage techniques
of World War IIto present
Outline
• The reason for conductingoperations
• History of camouflage • WWII• Present day• Summary• Conclusion
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WHAT IS DECEPTION ?
• A deceptive operation embodies all signsof a real assault
• It makes the enemy believe that pretendhostile activities are genuine
• Induces a false sense of danger in onearea
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METAPHOR
Deception is like a good chess game
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WHY BOTHER
• Why use deception techniques ?•Any edge, however sight, can provedeadly in time of war, where split seconddecisions or hesitation can be thedifference between life and death
• Camouflaging tactics were taken seriouslybecause they worked part of the time
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TACTICAL DECEPTIONTACTICAL DECEPTION
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Camouflage comes from theFrench word camoufler meaning"to blind or veil."
HISTORY
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Dazzle paint schemes were employed in both world wars to confuse and obfuscate range, scale and type estimates by enemy submariners peering through periscopes.
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World War II
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Aerial view of Lydda airfield
World War II
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Lydda airfield after camouflage
World War II
Can you spot the 38 aircraft?16
Early World War II
A dummy Spitfire: key aspect wasto throw a realistic looking shadow
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World War II – Libyan Desert
A lifelike Tomahawk fighter
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Forres Aerodrome in Scotland
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Decoy Refinery Fire
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An oil fire, fed by storage tanks Outside actual refinery in Coventry
Camouflaged Airplane Hangar
A hangar big enough to house two aircraft21
Inflatable Decoys
Dummy landing-craft “Big Bobs”22
Decoys to match signals deceptions
Sherman tank silkscreen print laid over a ramework23
Mobile Frame on Jeep
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Inflatables
Inflatable 3-ton truck25
Q SITE
Near Formby at Downholland Moss26
Present DayPresent Day
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Present DayPresent Day
Swedish camouflage28
SUMMARY
• Deception needs to be part of the plan
• It must appear believable
• Deception is part of every level; visual, SigInt, ElInt, ComINT
• Drawing attention can get you killed
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Conclusion
Deception in war is the art of misleadingDeception in war is the art of misleadingthe enemy into doing something, or notthe enemy into doing something, or notdoing something, so that his strategicdoing something, so that his strategicor tactical position will be weakened.. or tactical position will be weakened..
Deception in WWIIDeception in WWII
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• Deception in WWII, Charles Cruickshank
• Various on-line media
References
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