Military Camouflage Essay

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Camouflage, what is it exactly you may ask. It is to hide or disguise something by covering or painting to make it blend in with the vegetation in the area. For example, if you are in a grassy area you would make your camouflage the color of the vegetation. There are some animals that use camouflage to hunt or to hide from predators. If you can match the colors perfectly, you can hide or hunt anything. This is an essential tool to have for the army or hunters.

There are four types of camouflage that is used by animals and they are Concealing Coloration, Disruptive Coloration, Disguise, and Mimicry. Concealing Coloration is used by animals like the Snowy Owl and the Tree Frog. They both have appearances that blend in to
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If you have anything that stands out you need to cover it with the darkest color in the area without making it the wrong color. You need to cover the lighter areas of your skin or your equipment. If you can match the vegetation with the resources you have then you will be able to camouflage your whole body. If you can master this military grade tenique then you can go very far.

The reason people use camouflage is to hide anyhing you want from a item to a body. You use this skill to hunt or if someone was hunting you. In war the army has camouflage as a special skill or like a trick up their sleeves. You never know when or where you will use this until it happens. Why you use camouflage is a simple question and has a simple answer. Camouflage is used to hide something or someone and you use it for that reason.

In conclusion, there are many aspects of camouflage and it is a very tedious task to master this skill. For one you have to be extremely patient so you can apply the pigments to your body correctly. Second you need to be persistant with your work because if you slack off with half of the camouflage it won't work as well as it can be. Third you need to be observant to your surroundings because you can mess up the coloration on your camouflage and it won't work. Lastly you need to be precise with your painting because the slightest miscoloration

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