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English: 'Sunshield' split cover, one half on, one half off a tank in the workshops at Middle East Command Camouflage Development and Training Centre, Helwan, Egypt, 1941, as used in Operation Bertram


Original concept from General Wavell (handwritten note). Prototypes by Jasper Maskelyne. Hundreds made in advance of Battle of El Alamein. 722 of them used in Operation Bertram.
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Source War Office photograph WO201-2841
Author British Middle East Command Directorate of Camouflage
Camera location29° 50′ 24″ N, 31° 19′ 48″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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