Camouflage, Concealment And Decoys Flashcards
What army field manual covers CCD?
FM 20-3
Is each soldier responsible for camouflaging and concealing themselves and their equipment?
Yes. Practicing good CCD techniques lessens a soldiers probability of becoming a target.
The primary goal of CCD is to avoid enemy detection. What 7 rules are critical when considering how to avoid detection or identification?
Identify the enemy’s detection capabilities
Avoid detection by the enemy’s routine surveillance
Take countermeasures against the enemy’s sensors
Employ realistic CCD countermeasures
Minimize movement
Use decoys properly
Avoid predictable operational patterns
Any change in an existing terrain pattern will indicate the presence of activity. Terrain patterns have distinctive characteristics that are necessary to preserve. What are 5 general terrain patterns?
Agricultural- has a checkerboard pattern when viewed from an aircraft
Urban - characterized by uniform rows of housing
Wooded - characterized by natural, irregular features
Barren - uneven, irregular work of nature w/o the defined patterns of agricultural and urban.
Arctic - snow and ice coverage
What is decoying?
Deploying a false or simulated target within a targets scene or in a position where the enemy might conclude that it had found the correct target. Decoys generally draw fire away from real targets. Depending on their fidelity and deployment, decoys will greatly enhance visibility.
The LCSS is the standard army camouflage net currently available? What do the stainless steel fibers in the LCSS do?
Reduce a vehicles visual and radar signatures. Stainless steel fibers absorb some of the radar signal and reflect most of the remaining signal in all directions. The result is a small percentage of signal return to the radar for detection.
The radar-scattering capabilities of the LCSS are effective on,y if there is how much space between the LCSS and the camouflaged equipment if the LCSS completely covers the equipment?
At least 2 feet of space
When using natural materials to camouflage it is important to what?
Not disturb the look of the natural surroundings and also use materials that are commonly found in that specific area.
What are the 2 types of cover and concealment?
Natural cover - ravines, hollows, reverse slopes, bushes, grass and shadows
Artificial cover - foxholes, trenches, walls, burlap, nets, or natural materials that are moved from their original spots such as leaves, bushes or grass
When do you camouflage a fighting position?
Camouflage as you prepare it
What is cover?
Physical protection from bullets, fragments or exploding rounds, flame, nuclear effects and biological and chemical agents
What is concealment?
Protection from enemy observation
What do you do with the excess dirt when digging a fighting position?
Take excess away from the position to the rear
One of the key factors of good camouflage is blending. What is blending?
Blending is trying to alter a targets appearance so that it becomes a part of the background. Generally, it is arranging or applying camouflage material on, over, and/or around a target to reduce its contrast with the background
Examples of natural materials which can be used to camouflage both you and your equipment:
Leaves, bushes, and grass
