A new system of individual camouflage for soldiers, the invention of an officer of the French Army Reserve, is stated to have passed a series of tests in the field. It is in principle a modification of the netting which was used for camouflage during the Great War, and consists of a small net made of, thin, but tough, whipcord which weighs less than 15oz. Suitable material, such as vegetation, can be rapidly and easily fixed to this base in order to screen individuals from observation from the air, and it is a simple matter to join the nets togothcr if mass production is needed. The inventor .claims that the screen, which takes up little space in a man’s kit, can also ho used as a stretcher, a hammock, a shell or ammunition carrier, or, if several are tied together, as a rope bridge for crossing small streams.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21647, 18 May 1932, Page 14
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148Page 14 Advertisements Column 3 Otago Daily Times, Issue 21647, 18 May 1932, Page 14
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