File:Countershaded Rail-mounted Gun Camouflaged by Hugh Cott 1940.jpg

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English: WWII photograph of trial of Hugh B. Cott's approach to military camouflage by countershading (based on Abbott Thayer). The photo shows two large rail-mounted guns. The lower one, highly visible, is camouflaged in normal 1940 British Army style; the upper one, nearly invisible, by Cott.
Date
Source Original publication: report by Hugh Cott to the War Office
Author War Office (United Kingdom)

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The photo shows two large rail-mounted guns. The lower one, highly visible, is camouflaged in normal 1940 British Army style; the upper one, nearly invisible, is countershaded in Cott's style.

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1 August 1940

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