Camouflage trees (also known as fake trees, false trees, and observation trees) were observation posts invented in 1915 by French painter Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola while leading the French army's Section de Camouflage.
They were used by the armed forces of France, the United Kingdom, and Germany in trench warfare during World War I.
1916 sketch of a tree used to inform a camouflage tree construction.
Camouflagetrees (also known as fake trees, false trees, and observation trees) were observation posts invented in 1915 by French painter Lucien-Victor...
Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or...
German World War II camouflage patterns formed a family of disruptively patterned military camouflage designs for clothing, used and in the main designed...
Military camouflage is the use of camouflage by an armed force to protect personnel and equipment from observation by enemy forces. In practice, this...
Theloderma pyaukkya, the Burmese camouflagedtree frog, Burmese warty tree frog or Burmese bug-eyed frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae...
A camoufleur or camouflage officer is a person who designed and implemented military camouflage in one of the world wars of the twentieth century. The...
warfare was difficult, prompting the invention of technology such as the camouflagetree. The space between the opposing trenches was referred to as "no man's...
development of camouflage in the First World War, working in particular on tree observation posts and arguing tirelessly for camouflage netting. Born in...
background to compare with trees and bushes. Near to the sea surface reflectivity and blue coloration are the most common form of camouflage. Below, countershading...
painted scenes of this work, notably in his 1919 oil painting Erecting a CamouflageTree, which was intended for the, never built, British national Hall of...
warfare was difficult, prompting the invention of technology such as the camouflagetree, a man made observation tower that enables forces to discreetly observe...
(DACCS) Camouflagetrees - World War I military technology This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Artificial tree. If an internal...
dorsal banding. This coloration helps camouflage it in its arboreal habitat. Its color also makes the emerald tree monitor highly prized in both the pet...
a tree. He is not alarmed when the tree asks for a light, speaking in a German accent. The Fairy has to remind him that the enemy can use camouflage too...
German camouflage pattern Platanenmuster ("plane tree pattern"), designed in 1937–1942 by Johann Georg Otto Schick, was the first dotted camouflage pattern...
Tozer Ltd., Phoenix Works, Rotherham by Charles John Holmes Erecting a CamouflageTree by Leon Underwood A German Attack on a Wet Morning, April 1918 (1918)...
Countershading, or Thayer's law, is a method of camouflage in which an animal's coloration is darker on the top or upper side and lighter on the underside...
bright coloration, the red-eyed tree frog is not poisonous. Its bright coloration can thus be more attributed to camouflage amongst the greenery of the surrounding...
issued the basic four-colour "plane tree" pattern (Platanenmuster) of Schick and Schmid in the form of camouflage smocks to units of the Waffen SS.[dubious...
Anacridium moestum, the camouflagedtree locust, is a species of grasshopper belonging to the family Acrididae, that is native to Africa south of the equator...
Camouflage is the concealment of animals or objects of military interest by any combination of methods that helps them to remain unnoticed. This includes...
of the reduviid (assassin bugs), found exclusively on tree trunks, where their bodies camouflage well. There are four genera with about 34 species described...
Disruptive coloration (also known as disruptive camouflage or disruptive patterning) is a form of camouflage that works by breaking up the outlines of an...
Lizards make use of a variety of antipredator adaptations, including venom, camouflage, reflex bleeding, and the ability to sacrifice and regrow their tails...
blotchy or mottled patterning. Cuban tree frogs have the ability to change their color and pattern to camouflage themselves. The inner thighs of these...