Posted January 6th, 2009.
What is the significance of painting one's face in time of battle? We have seen them in WW2 airborne soldiers ready to be drop somewhere in Berlin, why have the trouble of painting their faces? So that they wouldn't be recognized? I doubt this is the reason for it. Some say because of avoidance of infection such as mosquito bites if ever they will be station is some remote swamp area. Just like to know why.no one likes to get shot in the face. its the same reason they don't wear orange jump suits to war. if you are all decked out in camo, any place on you body that is pale white flesh is going to stick out. also , when you sweat it glistens, the paint is dull and less reflective than wet skin. if people are trying to kill you, you are going to try to make it hard for them.Camouflage.notice the color of their uniforms, they have to blend in with their surroundings they can't have a big white (for those who aren't white i don't know) face standing out in the bush. (not tryin to be racist here just tryin to give an answer.)Wow, I would have thought the answer was obvious. They are usually out in the jungle and they need to blend in a little so there's less chance of being shot, etc.It is to help them blend in with the scenery be it desert, forest, or snow scenery, there are different colors for each type of scenery and the most commonly known is the forest colors.It's for camouflage. In most instances skin color stands out against terrain and camouflage uniforms. Face painting allows a soldier to blend in with vegetation or ground colors.Camo, they also have green or brown (depending on branch) t-shirts, socks and underpants. Most soldiers only wear the underpants on frontline or infiltration missions, but all of the above camo exists to prevent vital stuff from getting SHOTCamoflage. If they are hiding in long grass for example, if their faces are woodland colour they are gonna be harder to spot than if they have white faces / black faces.Posted in ie07.com | edit