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by kweks 2748 days ago
Zebra skins are also used on prototype cars / unreleased cars - not for traceability, but to obscure their form - very similar to the technique used in WW2 battleships.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTv1x...

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Dazzle camo was more of a WW1 thing.
Thanks for the clarification. I noticed that the Swedish navy still seems to use it ?

https://www-thelocal-se.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w1000/s/www.th...

That's splinter camo. Camouflage is used in general to disrupt outlines, but dazzle camouflage specifically used black and white to accomplish that goal.

http://camopedia.org/index.php?title=Splinter