VEHICLE CAMOUFLAGE | How to employ camouflage and concealment methods to camouflage your vehicle 

Good video. Having spent a large amount of my life being paid to camouflage large military vehicles in all climates, it eventually becomes a well rehearsed procedure.....still a pain and annoying, but more organised. Hessian Sack material, like the stuff used in old sandbags was what we used to provide a visual cover on all the shiny surfaces of our vehicles. This material was tightly rolled up and secured by bungies or cut up rubber strips along the vehicle length ( more relevant on high ground clearance trucks), above all windows, lights and mirrors....reflections can be seen at a great distance. When you pulled into an area, you would look for natural cover like a ground depression, move off the track etc... but not obvious cover....ie do not park next to the only bush in the area If stopping for a short time, the hessian sheets would immediately be dropped into position to cover any chance of a reflection and to break up the vehicles shape and shadow If stopping for longer, then the full camouflage system would be deployed. This we tended to construct as a " Hide " rather than draping it on the vehicle direct, essentially a big tent that the vehicle sits under ( you can do this with normal nets ) initially we used large branches and stakes and later a bespoke designed system of poles, bungies cords and tent pegs to create a camouflaged structure that the vehicle could be driven into and out of without removing the structure......several reasons 1) The vehicle can be bugged out in an emergency without trying to remove the netting 2) the oversized Hide provided provided an area to live and move under unseen around the vehicle 3) Thermal hides were kept off the vehicle to not transmit heat to the camp netting 4) If doing a quick task, the vehicle could be taken out and immediately return to a prepared hide If you are going to have to use this for real situation, do not do half measures, Just get some military grade paint ( IR Paint ) and paint your vehicle, paint those rear side windows

Great video Clarise. Very well explained. There are many scenarios for why a vehicle is camouflaged and if it is to be left behind for a while before coming back, pending on why and where. It is good to remove operating parts of the vehicle to make it inoperable yet when the part is put back in place it’s good to go. Possibly place hidden tape on doors so if the doors are opened the tape seal is broken. Place a tile or tracker so if the vehicle is moved, you are alerted and know where it’s going. Leave a bottle of whisky that is laced with a sedative. If the group get into the whisky you can possibly walk in and take control of the situation. In the Ukraine, Russian soldiers will set up explosives and traps on vehicles left behind.

Great Video Clarise. I appreciate the time you took to make it. You made some very good points and things to add to a vehicles gear list.

Right on the money here Clarise. Ex military vehicles still have shine from glass windows etc. A friend had his 'Tojo' painted od green in a mat/flat paint. The rims are flat black. His camo net covers the roof with spare tires etc creating undulations and it comes down a little past the windows. As you have shown, he pegs the net out where he needs access to the vehicle and some 'shrubery' in between and on the lights. Thank you for another exceptional video.💜👍 Universal Sovereign Citizen

Burlap sheets for the windows, easily kept and deployed over windshields and side glass

Simply paint your vehicle like a speed camera. Nobody sees those fkrs until it's too late. 😂

Very good video. All considerations addressed.

This is great content and well produced. 👍🏻

Good stuff!

Try thin Magnet woodland foiled shields … they fit on metal quick … and they can be put on and off easily… 🍀✌️😜✌️🔥🔥🔥

Good info! Thanks for sharing😎

Good video thanks. Sometimes when I want to keep away from any young hoons I tuck my hilux off a gravel road on an old overgrown 4wd track. Often people will drive right past it without checking 🇿🇦 🇳🇿

Thank you, just discovered your videos. Great for SA conditions, so many American videos but this is the real macoy. Already shared with some of my groups. Thabk you very much🙏

Wiping off the rubble with the wipers might scratch your windshield. I have a silver car as well and I will go for a combination of an od green mylar tarp from the DIY store and a military camou net.🤙

Vaseline or similar can be 'painted' exactly where you want it then dirt thrown at it will stick. Making mud is fun but I want water for me first. Light boot polish with a lighter to warm it and make more malleable. Take your veg from an area away from your location and small bits at a time ti avoid that deforestation effect. 😁

Yes clairise, A white vehicle will stand out like a beacon so will silver. You need earthy colours but not shiny or metalic. Green grey or cambo type patters.

Great presentation!

what we did in the army is get builders hessian rolls and cut it the length of the vehicle and drape it over...then add cam net. if you can get cam net poles, use them to push the net outwards

Hi Clarise, from the USA. I enjoy your channel and thank you for all the work you and your team put into making these videos. It must take a significant amount of time, money and effort. One question on concealing your tire tracks on a dirt track like the one you demonstrated. How would you handle the fact that your track stops in the middle of the road? Doesn’t that give a tracker a general idea of where you left the road?

Just an observation - if you are in situation where you feel you must camouflage your vehicle, I would suggest you do it where you can be moving within a few minutes. The netting is awesome but would be better if it wasn't laying directly on the vehicle. That way, you could just jump in and drive away. Draping on your vehicle and gear boxes, it's going to snag on anything and everything when you are trying to remove it quickly. Perhaps as a start, you consider changing the color of your vehicle to something more subdue - gun metal gray, etc. During Desert Storm, the British painted many of their Land Rovers a shade of pink. That pink for some reason blended nicely in the desert terrain where they operated.

Do you have a link to a bucket number one? I like that it is collapsible, has handles and a lid.

You need a better belt! As far as I can see, you have a fixed blade, & a lockblade knife on it, and that's it. In the U.S., I carry a 9mm handgun, three 15 round mags, and a lockblade on my belt (not to mention the rest of the stuff in my pockets), with no 'sagging issues'!

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Looks cool…but not effective as you couldn’t drive out in an emergency…military use net on poles to remove camo from vehicle and break up irregular shape, and you can drive out without net

She really doesn't know much about camouflage, especially vehicles. Even as an M.P. we were taught to look for reflections off of shiny objects or glass while shining lights along tree lines! Camo Netting works on tanks or military vehicles with fold down windshields. But definitely won't work for domestic vehicles. Even a thick coat of mud is inadequate to cover the reflective shine from a painted fender or a windshield. Camo Tarp or solid cloth will work much better than netting!

😂😂 that sticks out like a sore thumb.... step one.. get a darker colored vehicle..