Israeli camouflage tech makes soldiers ‘invisible’

  • Actual pictures of what it looks like.

    https://polarisolutions.com/2021/01/16/the-new-camouflage-fo...

    Pretty neat, but it’s traditional camouflage which is custom to different environments.

  • > “As far as we know, or as far as we saw in other armies around the world, we are very unique”

    Isn't that the point, though?

  • > we actually registered a patent on it in many countries around the world

    Isn’t this counter-productive for military tech that’s supposed to give your troops an advantage in combat?

  • After the entire mess of the 'Universal Camouflage Pattern' I'm surprised there's not more research in this -

    The $5 Billion Army Camouflage That Failed to Hide its Soldiers https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/army-camou...

    $ idea, start selling Kit 300 cargo pants.

  • More interesting details on the company's 'catalogue': https://polarisolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Rajug...

  • Sort of sounds like a commercial alternative to thermal sheeting and camouflage net over chicken wire, which is something that's often used at the moment but is extraordinarily heavy, especially for dismounted combat.

  • They say that this can be used to safely move injured soldiers out of the battelfield. I am having hard time understanding that. From the looks of it, this seems like something that dwells in well with the background. Moving subject will definitely be visible as background doesn't stay constant isn't it?

    But this is definitely something very innovative and unique.

  • What about infrared?

  • Article doesn't have a lot of information. It reads more like a regurgitated press release. Still, this looks fascinating, i wonder if it will work.

  • old news

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  • Strong middle-eastern Frodo vibes on this one