- A U S T R A L I A N A R M Y I N F A N T R Y - - C A M O U F L A G E A N D C O N C E A L M E N T - At a great risk, =MAIM= has managed to bring to you the Australian Army's infantry camouflage and concealment procedure. This information is currently RESTRICTED, and is impossible (until now) for non-authorized civilians to obtain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESTRICTED The information given in this document is not to be communicated, either directly or indirectly, to the Press or to any person not authorized to receive it. 1. Camouflage & Concealment. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Defn: Disguise of guns, ships, etc. by obscuring with splashes of various colours, smoke screens, foliage, etc. and to hide or keep secret. Camouflage and Concealment is used for evasive purposes or penetrating hostile areas. The three (3) areas of personal camouflage are ; (i) Face & Hands - all visible flesh must be camouflaged as it is very distinguishable to the enemy, therefore making you an easy target. This can be achieved through the proper application of camouflage cream, dirt, mud, burnt corks, or anything that will break up the features of the face. (ii) Webbing & Head - the body's webbing and headgear are also easily distinguishable and their shape must be broken up with grass, twigs, leaves. Pieces of hesian over the top of the headgear allows bracken to be placed into breaking up the outline further. (iii) Weapon - the silhouette of the weapon must be broken up as well as the reflecting parts of the weapon covered with non reflecting material such as hesian. The six (6) areas of concealment are ; (i) Shape - avoid contrasts with background especially with webbing and headgear. The breaking up of the body's shape is most important. When on the ground not lying in visible open spaces as opposed to lying in suitable undergrowth. (ii) Silhouette - avoiding the body's outline against the skyline, day or night as it makes an easy target for the enemy. Also avoid body outline against smooth objects (iii) Shadow - avoid open areas when moving and when moving move in the shadows to further break up the body's outline. (iv) Surface - avoid moving near or upon surfaces that will reflect the body's outline giving away your position to the enemy. (v) Spacing - when moving through the bush in a section avoid regular spacing between section members as it is easy to see the strength of the section and plan the appropriate ambush. (vi) Movement - avoid sudden movements as this gives away the position of yourself, move slowly and carefully plan your movements in advance so as not to be caught out of cover. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Ed-after the end of the above document there is the following pages which have been written on a modern word-processor, while the above was typed up on a typewriter. On all pages the word "RESTRICTED" is written at the top and bottom of the page.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DSN 7610-66-058-5570 CAMOUFLAGING YOUR BODY & EQUIPMENT 1 Before camouflage Think SHAPE, SHADOW, SHINE, SURFACE and use it as a checklist. Areas to concentrate on are the shapes of your headgear, rifle, webbing, headgear shadow, and shine from your rifle and L-tool. 2 How to do it Sew elastic strips on your webbing to hold local camouflage. Put your L-tool in a sandbag: it doesn't just shine, it also makes noise! Attach scrim on a piece of hesian to your shoulders to cover the whole of your back. This, like your headgear should be covered with strips of scrim or hesian material. 3 After camouflage Local camouflage secured on equipment and the body with black elastic. It must be secure enough not to fall out when you move or go for cover. COLOUR ~~~~~~ Though most modern combat uniforms are now in a disruptive pattern camouflage, there may be times when this is less helpful. If you are evading capture and are unarmed, drab civilian outdoor clothing will be less conspicuous if you encounter civilians. The trouble with camouflage-type clothing is that in the wrong environment, like cities, it seems to do the opposite it was intended to do. In fighting in built-up areas a camouflage of greys, browns and dull reds would be better. The use of sacking and empty sand bags as scrim covers would help here. Natural vegetation used to garnish headgear and equipment will fade and change colour. Leaves curl up and show their pale under-surfaces. You may have put grass in your hat band and find yourself in dark bush; or be wearing dark green ferns when you are moving across a patch of pale, open grass land. Check and change your local camouflage regularly. The most obvious colour that needs camouflaging is that of human skin, and for that you need cam. paint. A common mistake is to smear paint over the front of the face and to miss the neck, ears and back of the hands. Camouflage cream needs to be renewed as you move and sweat. A simple pattern is to take stripes diagonally across the face - this cuts through the vertical and horizontal lines of the eyes, nose and mouth. Some camouflage creams have two colours, in which case you can use the dark colour to reduce the highlights formed by the bridge of the nose, cheek bones, chin and forehead. The lighter colour is used on areas of shadow. ASSOCIATION ~~~~~~~~~~~ The enemy may not see you, but he might spot your equipment or refuse and associate that with a possible unit on the move. A cluster of radio antennas shows that a company HQ is on the move or dug in. The cans stacked near a vehicle park, perhaps with white tape around them, are likely to be fuel. To a trianed observer the unusual - a flash from a plastic map case, or the smell of cooking - will alert him and he will bring his own sensors to bear on the area. This association must be avoided by such means as disguise, hiding or altercation. If you have a large radio antenna you could disguise it as a sapling, you could hide it behind a tree or outcrop or you could bend it into an abnormal shape. Remember - SHAPE SHADOW SHINE SURFACE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well there you have it. NOTE- the above is only the first six pages of a booklet, the rest I do not, and probably can not, get. However I do have other ADF restricted information on Control Of Movement, Silent Field Signals, RATEL (radio procedure), Map Reading & Navigation, Field Craft-Contact Drill And Tactics (which includes such goodies as ambushes, breaking ambushes, assault and defence). I will put these out if I get a good response from this txt file. I am currently looking for a d00d with a scanner to do some scanning of various documents I have. If you are a bit of an anarchist and own a scanner, you can contact me on aFFiLiaTeD CRiMe, using the account name "MAIM", password "anarchy". .\\orbid .\ngel =MAIM= [DiE Trial]