Mid to late 50s camouflage netting

[redbeard]

Hi. Can anyone tell me what type of cam netting would have been in service in the mid to late 1950s on British vehicles, etc. Presumably before plastic? Maybe not.

Thanks.

[Fleet103]

Pretty sure these would be the same as the WW2 type ie Hessian strips, woven through a net then tied off; I used both the plastic scrim type and the Hessian strips when I was detailed off to "make" a camouflage net back in the early 70s. The Hessian came in rolls roughly around 3" wide, in green and brown.

 

 

[redbeard]

Many thanks. That's helpful.

[mogmaner]

Is this of help como netting in youse pic taken by my father about 1952 .

[redbeard]

This is great. Confirms what I was looking for. Many thanks, much appreciated.

[fv1609]

The definitive description for the era of interest is Concealment in the Field 1957, WO Code No.9459

It replaced three WW2 camouflage publications that covered vehicles, artillery & AA artillery. It shows a wide range of nets & garnishes, there are instructions on how to make your own or embellish existing nets with garnish.

The book is not uncommon, in fact on bookfinder.com there 66 copies for sale, but only one is original. Twenty years ago a company reprinted the book, I have never seen the reprint so can't speak for the quality of the reproduced illustrations. Line drawings often reproduce well, but there are 271 illustrations most of which are photographs and bearing in mind many of the photos are quite hard to discern, for the obvious reason that they depict camouflage! I would always prefer to have the proper book rather than a reprint made 46 years later.

[redbeard]

The icing on the cake. I will search out a copy. Many thanks.