Russia changes strategy to shield itself from surprise attacks by Ukrainian drones and robots. The change has been completely visual, because as numerous publications in international media and social networks show, the Russian army has opted for a totally radical camouflage.
According to the images that have been circulating for days, Vladimir Putin’s troops have opted for a camouflage paint like a zebra. There are two models, one with straight black and white lines that cover even the tires, the other is somewhat more curvy but also based on the chromaticism of this animal.
Both camouflage models are being used on russian trucks of large tonnage, such as its well-known KAMAZ and Ural. As detailed TWZthe aesthetic goes back to the paint scheme that used by the British Royal Navy during World War I.
So the strategy helped reduce marine casualties from German submarine attacks along the confusing effect generated by the geometric pattern with high contrast color blocking.
What was applied with ships is now replicated in Russian trucks and in both cases the result is repeated, because the chromatic ‘zebra’ camouflage allows to disguise the shape of the vehicle and above all, makes it difficult to perceive distance and perspective.
But this time the target is not so much the human eye. Now the great challenge is to deceive Ukrainian technological systems, such as electro-optical or infrared cameras, many of them based on artificial intelligence to detect enemy positions and assets.
AI is increasingly developed in Ukrainian drone systems to increase their combat effectiveness, especially in low-end unmanned aircraft. One of the great technologies is that of artificial visionan advance that allows the drone learn to recognize, identify, classify and track objects, as well as provide recommendations to the operator about what to do. All this as long as there is an operator and the drone does not operate autonomously.
