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