"Tagging" your tanks

Yeah, I stand by EP here. Camo person at 25 yards hard to see. Camo Tank at 25 yards quite obvious. Besides in that picture it is not just the tank's camo paint you are relying on, that tank/arty unit is covered with an amor version of a Ghillie suit, which would cover any painted "tag" out there. If the "tag" is covered up by extempraneous camo, then it really isn't there to be seen. So, to summarize, like EP says, if you can actually read the words of the "tag" then you already know you are looking at a track!

As far as professionalism goes, that is a much more valid arguement. (To be honest, most Americans would call it stuffiness rather than professionalism, but I wouldn't). I would say though, that professionalism is how someone approaches a job, not how well the end result is. I have been alive long enough to know that people you'd never invite to a fancy dinner can still do a terrific job at their work. The individual integrity of a man defines his ability to take an objective in the face of fire far more than how he comes across in public. So, "tag"ged or not, it's the crew that makes the track a fighter, not the snappiness of their dress and/or decorum. And, in my experience, all countries have equal amounts of men with this kind of integrity in their armies.
 
Shadow4ce. i know how you can get that pandoras box on the table, include it in an convoy mission : )


how you get up with the actual mini... dont ask : )
 
cool that you liked it : )

well i guess all you have to do now is to make that box of yours : )
 
Anybody know if Corgi makes the M270? Or anyone make a 1/72 scale one, as those look close enough from most folks pics I've seen on here and over on EvoCommand.com.
 
you can probably manage to proxy one.. you need an armoured transport tank thingy and an box on top..
 
u be surprised how easy it is to miss a well camoflaged vehicle unless somethin blatant like writing is sticking out as wen its under its cover not all of it is hidden but the major give aways are like tracks turrets wheels or anythin else but cuz all vehicles have there own camo some parts are still visible but the general shape is hidden under the cover using a variety of diff methods. u only have so many layers of camo to put on so the more blatant parts u have to cover the more likely somethin is goin to stick out and its always the decals that are secondary to cover and if u walkin by a bush and on quick glnace u see a word ur gona stop and go hmm thats odd lol m8 whos in the reme(UK vehicle mechanic in army) worked with chals for years but wen they in cover an well camo u cannot see them. and the professionalism i meant was that the vast majority of UK troops deployed are full time soldiers and have all their drills far more drilled into them and are far less gun ho, where as alot of US troops deployed are reservists with less training.....diggin myself a grave here lol this is not a dig at US just an observation as we have same problem with our reservists where their not always top notch. 1 TA lad was sent out to iraq with out nade training and was to shit scared to eva use em or even red phos and accidentally threw one in to the following WMIK...he quickly became known as HE **** wont say his name just in case hes reading :p
 
No offense taken as you are right when referring to National Guard troops. But I hope you don't take offense to me saying that regardless of "tag" or not, if you walk within 25 meters of a MBT and don't see it because of it's camo job, then the military is not for you.

3 of the many years I've spent on the sharp end of the stick were in the jungle, which is the easiest terrain there is to hide something in. On numerous occasions, I had opposing personnel walk within 5 feet of me (some close enough I could reach out and touch), without me being seen. This was due to camo/ghillie and remaining perfectly motionless. However, I guarantee you had I tried to hide a track the size of a Challenger II it would have been seen! This is not a slam on professionalism, as I'm all for it. I'm just pointing out tagging will not make a difference on whether a tank is seen or not, unless the letters are huge, as in larger than the examples we've seen. Vehicle camoflage nets are designed to keep aircraft from spotting them, and no pilot in the world will notice writing on the side of a gun-tube or turret face. Now if big letters on top say "bomb here" that might be different, hehe.
 
Shadow4ce said:
BuShips said:
After those last ones, I'm glad I started this topic up. :D

I'm glad you did as well. I still wish Mongoose would make M270 MLRS units! I was going to "tag" one of mine with "Pandora's Box" on the side. 8)
Some real cases of «tagged» (or «crew nicknamed») M270 MLRS units:

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