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Pre-WWII footage of a smoke curtain, used to hide ships during a naval battle being deploy
Posted on 8/17/20 at 7:00 pm
Posted on 8/17/20 at 7:00 pm
Amazing!
https://twitter.com/Iearnhistory/status/1295068714644037633
Pic below is the beginning of the video....
https://twitter.com/Iearnhistory/status/1295068714644037633
Pic below is the beginning of the video....
This post was edited on 8/17/20 at 8:39 pm
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Posted on 8/17/20 at 7:11 pm to boomtown143
What in the flying frick? That is pretty damn cool.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 7:12 pm to boomtown143
That’s actually a pretty brilliant way to hide your ship. Unfortunately though, radar/sonar make the smoke screen obsolete these days
Posted on 8/17/20 at 7:14 pm to boomtown143
So much stuff like this is unknown to most. I learn something new that happened during WW2 all the time. Railguns, huge curtains of smoke to hide ships, wooden stealth jets and other crazy shite.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 7:15 pm to boomtown143
Master and commander is such a badass movie. Wish they'd make more sea movies
Posted on 8/17/20 at 7:16 pm to red sox fan 13
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Unfortunately though, radar/sonar make the smoke screen obsolete these days
Actually in those days. Radar was being used in WWII and became a big factor.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 7:16 pm to boomtown143
Very satisfying.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 7:28 pm to Tortious
That’s true. Radar did not become popular until during the war though. The Nazis thought the British could pick up their planes because they just had really good eyesight when in reality they were aided by radar
Posted on 8/17/20 at 7:43 pm to TheOcean
if your into naval battles and all that there is a series made in the 40s or 50s i believe called "victory at sea"
Posted on 8/17/20 at 7:49 pm to boomtown143
Thats also a video of me slowly walking past my wife in the living room.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 7:52 pm to boomtown143
My first job in the army was a smoke generator operator. We could mix graphite in and disrupt radar and electronics.
Never used in combat as far as I know. We only had them for a few years before we went all NBC/WMD/CBRNE.
Never used in combat as far as I know. We only had them for a few years before we went all NBC/WMD/CBRNE.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 7:58 pm to boomtown143
What the hell? I didn't even know you could do that.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 8:05 pm to TheOcean
Watch Black Sails. Tv series.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 8:08 pm to red sox fan 13
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The Nazis thought the British could pick up their planes because they just had really good eyesight
The Nazi's arrogance helped defeat them for sure.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 8:08 pm to alajones
Thats what the general lee needed.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 8:36 pm to TheOcean
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Master and commander is such a badass movie. Wish they'd make more sea movies
They did a good job of making the viewer realize how boring being at sea is.
ETA: it was a good movie but come on, it some some boring stretches.
This post was edited on 8/18/20 at 6:09 am
Posted on 8/17/20 at 8:48 pm to boomtown143
The US Army used Huey helicopters with smoke generation equipment in Vietnam to obscure landing zones from the VC and NVA.
Posted on 8/18/20 at 12:14 am to alajones
Looks like those could be useful in Portland to keep the soyboys from videotaping real police work.
Posted on 8/18/20 at 12:19 am to AutoYes_Clown
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Thats also a video of me slowly walking past my wife in the living room.
Awesome post! Well done!
Posted on 8/18/20 at 12:25 am to boomtown143
Awesome stuff man. Those savage Japs.....just unspeakable stuff they did. It boggles the mind why the European front gets so much more attention when America truly paid the price in the Pacificm
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