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Rysyonok
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Camouflaged ships

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In WW2 IJN used a number of camouflage styles - dark grey, decorating ships with trees, painting ships to resemble atolls, painting smaller ships' shapes on large vessels, even using khaki-style color system - a mix of black, grey, and white. Which one do people like the most?

(Cautionaries' 1.8 large IJN tanker in atoll-style camo)

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RE: Camouflaged ships

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(Combat view)

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LOL, that's a funny camo!! [;)]
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You should see the coastal version. Those had palm trees planted on the main deck! =)
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But shouldn't the enemy ships be able to see the smoke much before the hull?? I don't think it historically worked well... [8|]
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It sure didn't.

Hm.

Version 2 (wasn't too happy with CT spacing)

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Tyozyo Maru Class coastal passenger carriers.

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Nissyo Maru Class 5000-ton AKs - the most frequent camo in IJN was (surprise, surprise) solid dark grey...

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And the last type of camo used by IJN is random shapes.

Bordeaux Maru class AK

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As far as i know, it mostly worked versus ennemy submarines since the stadimeter is very dependent of target aspect.
So a fasle aspect mean a bad estimation and then a bad ranging wich usually mean a wasted torpedo.
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Which is (somewhat, I guess) reflected in higher dud rates in WPO 1.2+.
 
The camo is for looks mostly.
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