Camouflages (WoT)

This exterior customization is functional and can enhance your vehicle’s concealment. You can apply three types of camouflages that change automatically depending on the map you are playing on. You can apply it separately to a vehicle’s hull, turret, and gun; put together a set from several camos for each season, and adjust camo sizes choosing from small, normal, and large—all of these for each area. For select camos, you can also tweak their looks, working within the set color pallet.

Camouflage bonus:

+4% for TD;

+3% for LT and MT;

+2% for HT and SPG.

To get a concealment bonus, you have to apply camouflage to the hull. If you camouflage only the turret and the gun, your vehicle’s visibility is not affected.

How to apply/remove

Offer to choose camouflage

Price:
from 50	Purchase price
from 10 000	Purchase price
The price is the same for all tiers and tank classes.

• To apply a custom style element to your vehicle:
• To remove a custom style element from your vehicle:

In your Garage, click Exterior. In the lower part of the screen, the exterior customization panel is displayed.

1. Go to the CUSTOM STYLES tab on the customization panel.
2. In the left part of the screen, select a map type for which you want to customize your vehicle.
3. In the customization panel, click the paint, camouflage, or any other element. The element’s icon is displayed to the right of the cursor . To select elements of a particular group or aspect ratio (for decals), use the filter on the left side of the customization panel.
4. Click all the vehicle parts you want to customize with this element.

To speed up, click Paint Whole Vehicle for paints and camouflages, or Apply for All Types of Maps for emblems, inscriptions, and styles in the window to the right of the vehicle.

In your Garage, click Exterior.

1. Go to the CUSTOM STYLES tab.
2. Select the map type and the type of customization you want to remove.
3. The vehicle parts with the selected customization applied are marked with a special icon . Click the part you want to clear.
4. In the radial menu displayed, click the Remove button—for example, Remove From Turret or Remove Emblem.

To remove uniform painting or camouflage, click Remove from Vehicle. To remove emblems, inscriptions, and visual effects applied for all map types, click Remove for All Map Types.

1. Click Apply and exit in the upper-right corner of the customization panel.

Historical

Camouflages U.S.S.R.

Camouflage "Summer two-tone"

Brown stripes on a dark-green background. Used by the 334th Heavy SPG Regiment.

Camouflage "Karelian large spots"

Used by the 1st Tank Division in Karelia.

Camouflage "Geometrical three-tone"

Used by the 1st Tank Division of the 1st Mechanized Corps in Karelia.

Camouflage "Summer three-tone"

Brown stripes applied on a basic background. Used by the units based near Leningrad.

Camouflage "Tree branches"

Used in the 6th Tank Army

Camouflage "Three-tone large spots"

Used by the South-West Special Military Force.

Camouflage "Two-tone disruptive trimmed"

Widely used in the summer of 1941.

Camouflage "Winter white"

White lime or other white dyes were applied to the standard background in one or more layers. The pattern was used during World War II.

Camouflage "Katukovsky winter"

Winter 1941 through 1942. Used in the 1 st Guards Brigade. Based on the pre-war standard winter camouflage.

Camouflage "Spring"

April 1942. Lime was applied on a green background and then smeared to achieve different degrees of transparency.

Camouflage "Two-tone small spots"

Widely used from 1941 through 1945.

Camouflage "Large spots"

Used during the initial stage of World War II. Commonly used by units based in the western regions of the Soviet Union.

Camouflage "Diagonal"

Applied in accordance with pre-war requirements during the initial stages of World War II. It proved ineffective and was withdrawn.

Camouflage "Four-tone early"

Brown, yellow, and light-brown paint on a basic background.

Camouflage Germany

Camouflage "Yellow-brown stripes and spots"

Brown stripes and spots on a yellow background.

Camouflage "Multicolor dark disruptive ambush"

It was used by the German Army on all fronts during the last year of World War II.

Camouflage "Multicolor light "zebra" ambush"

It was used by the German Army on all fronts during the last year of World War II.

Camouflage "Three-tone large spots"

Brown spots with gray trim on a basic background.

Camouflage "Three-tone threads"

Brown and dark-green stripes on a basic background. The scheme was widely used by German divisions towards the end of World War II.

Camouflage "Three-tone large spots western"

Dark-green and brown spots on a basic background. The scheme was used on the Western Front.

Camouflage "Three-tone disruptive"

Used by the 19th Tank Division during Operation Citadel on the Eastern Front.

Camouflage "Two-tone diagonal"

Used by the 3rd Wehrmacht Tank Army in Lithuania.

Camouflage "Pre-war"

1935 through 1940. Brown stripes on the basic dark-gray background. However, from 1940, only the dark-gray pattern was used.

Camouflage "Winter white"

Any kind of white dye applied above the basic paint. There were no rules or regulations on how to apply this camouflage.

Camouflage "Winter two-tone"

Winter 1941 through 1943. White paint on a dark-gray background. Used on the Eastern Front.

Camouflage "Spots"

Brown spots on a light-yellow-brown background. Used by the German Army on all fronts during World War II.

Camouflage "Early desert"

Light yellow-brown paint on a dark-gray background. The background bled through the paint in the form of spots or stripes.

Camouflage "Three-tone field"

Small, dark-green and brown spots on a basic background.

Camouflage "Three-tone diagonal"

Used during the Normandy Campaign.

Camouflage U.S.A.

Camouflage "European three-tone"

1944 through 1945. Often applied over all the equipment and spare parts carried on the vehicle.

Camouflage "Zigzag"

1943 through 1944. Used in Italy and Sicily. Dirty yellow stripes on a dark-olive background.

Camouflage "Tropical three-tone"

Yellow-green and brown paint on the basic background.

Camouflage "ROC Marine Corps"

Used by the Armored Forces of the ROC Marine Corps.

Camouflage "Tropical two-tone"

1942 through 1945. Used on the Pacific Threatre of operations, in particular on Guam and Okinawa.

Camouflage "Early"

1917 through 1918. A French camouflage pattern, adopted by American units during World War I.

Camouflage "Winter white"

Winter 1944 through 1945. All kinds of white dyes were in use. There were no rules or regulations on how to apply winter camouflage.

Camouflage "Two-tone large spots

1941 through 1945. Initially, a variety of white substances were used, including chalk, lime, and even salt. The dark-olive background color took the form of stripes and spots.

Camouflage "Desert two-tone"

1943 through 1945. Used in North Africa and Sicily, as well as in the Pacific Theater of operations, particularly on Iwo Jima.

Camouflage "Stripes"

February 1944. Used by the 4th Marine Regiment in the Pacific Theatre.

Camouflage "Tropical multicolor"

February 1944. Used on Iwo Jima and in other combat operations in the Pacific Theatre.

Camouflage "Tropical three-tone"

1943 through 1945. Used in the Pacific Theatre.

Camouflage France

Camouflage "Two-tone large spots"

Used in the French Army in the 1930s until the invasion of France.

Camouflage "Three-tone"

1918 through 1920. The camouflage was used during World War I and the post-war period.

Camouflage "Three-tone disruptive"

1918 through 1920. The camouflage was used during World War I and the early post-war period.

Camouflage "Brown spots with black braid on the green background"

1939. Another variant of the basic pre-war camouflage. In 1940, a scheme without a braid was adopted.

"Camouflage "Green grove"

Spring through summer 1940. Experimental camouflage. Used by the 8th Tank Battalion.

Camouflage "Two-tone splinter pattern"

1919. An early camouflage pattern of the French armored forces.

Camouflage "Three-tone with wide intertwining strips"

1999. Camouflage of the French peacekeeping forces.

Camouflage "Trimmed"

1939. Spots with a black-colored braid. A scheme without separating lines was adopted in 1940.

Camouflage "Three-tone trimmed"

1939 through 1940. Used during the pre-war period and first years of World War II.

Camouflage "Winter white"

A winter pattern that was applied to captured French vehicles that fought with the Axis armored forces on the Eastern Front.

Camouflage "Winter"

Fall 1925. The French did not have original winter patterns. However, in South Africa they used light-gray stripes on a basic background.

Camouflage "Late trimmed"

Late 1930s through early 1940s. The pattern with braids existed until 1940.

Camouflage "Early diagonal"

1918 through 1920. The camouflage was used during World War I and the early post-war period.

Camouflage "Early two-tone"

1918 through 1940. Used during World War I and the interwar period, until the invasion of France.

Camouflage U.K.

Camouflage "Forest green"

Camouflage pattern of 1940. Used in Europe.

Camouflage "Striped"

1941. Used in the U.K.

Camouflage "Canadian"

1942. Used by the 1st Canadian Army Tank Brigade in the Dieppe Raid.

Camouflage "Three-tone universal"

1942 through 1945. Used during the closing stage of World War II.

Camouflage "Winter two-tone"

Winter 1944 through 1945. Paint spots on the white background.

Camouflage "Winter white"

Winter 1944 through 1945. All kinds of white dyes were in use. There were no rules or regulations on how to apply winter camouflage.

Camouflage "Sprinter pattern"

1941 through 1943. Brown spots on a basic background split the vehicle silhouette into separate polygons.

Camouflage "Two-tone plain"

1941 through 1943. Used by the 22nd Tank Brigade regiments.

Camouflage "LRD Groups"

1941 through 1942. A pattern used by the Long Range Desert Group.

Camouflage "Stripes"

1942. Based on the dazzle pattern accepted by the Navy. Used in North Africa.

Camouflage "Trimed spots"

1942 through 1943. Large brown spots with double black-and-white trim on a yellow background. Used in North Africa.

Camouflage "Desert combined"

1941 through 1943. Used during the North African Campaign.

Camouflage China

Camouflage "Large spots"

From the late 1960s to present. Still in use.

Camouflage "Three-tone"

From the 1980s. Used in the north of China, especially in summer.

Camouflage "Two-tone PLA"

A variant of the PLA´s camouflage of the 1950s.

Camouflage "Two-tone spotted"

Late 1940s through 1950s. Early camouflage type introduced by the PLA.

Camouflage "Dark disruptive"

1950s. Early camouflage type introduces by PLA.

Camouflage "Late three-tone"

Until the late 1980s. The PLA´s basic three-tone camouflage.

Camouflage "Early multicolor"

From the mid-1950s. Black spots and lights-colored stripes on a basic background.

Camouflage "Light disruptive"

A variation of the PLA´s camouflage of the mid-20th century.

Camouflage "Three-tone"

From the 1990s. Used in the north-east of China, especially in summer.

Camouflage "Three-tone"

From the 1980s. Used in South China, especially in summer.

Camouflage "Two-tone disruptive

1980s. A scheme used in the south of China in spring and fall.

Camouflage "Three-tone digital"

Geometric colored spots divide a vehicle silhouette into fragments. Still in use.

Camouflage "Winter white"

Late 1940s though late 1950s. A vehicle was painted white with lime or another dye.

Camouflage "Two-tone winter

From the 1950s to the 1960s. White paint was applied to the vehicle´s hull. The background bled through the paint in the form of stripes or spots.

Camouflage "Two-tone winter"

From the late 1940s to the early 1950s. White stripes on the standard background.

Camouflage "Multicolor desert"

From the late 1980s. Late dazzle-patterned camouflage type for desert regions.

Camouflage "Three-tone desert"

Green stripes of different shades on a yellow background. Used by the PLA until the beginning of the 21st century.

Camouflage Japan

Camouflage "Three-tone trimmed"

A brown-green-yellow camouflage with black or brown trim, used from the 1930s through 1942. Later, the yellow color was discontinued. However, the pattern was used in China and Manchuria until 1945.

Camouflage "Three-tone mountain"

1940s. Used in the mountainous areas of China.

Camouflage "Off-white"

1942 through 1945. In North China, vehicles were painted white. The dye was rubbed onto standard summer camouflage.

Camouflage "White disruptive"

From 1945. White spots on a basic background. Nowadays, spots of regular shapes and various sizes are applied.

Camouflage "Imperial Navy"

From the 1930s. Gray-blue aquamarine dye was applied to amphibious vehicles of the Imperial Navy. To improve camouflage, irregularly-shaped spots and stripes were applied.

Camouflage "Three-tone disruptive"

Green and brown spots applied to a khaki-colored background. Most extensively used in the 1930s. From 1945, light green was used instead of khaki.

Camouflage Czechoslovakia

Camouflage "Czechoslovakian from 1930"

Used until 1939. Yellow and brown spots were applied over dull-green dye. Each vehicles had unique pattern.

Camouflage "German from 1941"

Used from 1941 through 1942. Czechoslovakian vehicles in the 8th Panzer Division of the Wehrmacht were dabbed with white dye over the primary gray collor.

Camouflage "Winter two-tone"

This pattern is applied with a combination of water-emulsion paint and whitewash over a base layer of uneven spots. This camouflage was used in the winter of 1941-1942 by the 12th Wehrmacht tank division.

Camouflage "German from 1942"

In the summer of 1942, yellow spots were applied over the primary gray color of Czechoslovakian vehicles in the 22nd Panzer Division.

Camouflage "Two-tone sand"

Sand-colored spots were applied over a base layer. A Czechoslovakian tank with this camouflage, used by the 20th Wehrmacht tank division, was spotted near Demyansk in March 1942.

Camouflage Sweden

Camouflage "Three-tone trimmed"

1920 through 1930. Brown, foliage-green, and fallow spots separated by a fine outline in black or white.

Camouflage "Four-tone (mod. 1941)"

Used by the Swedish Army before the 1950s. Non-uniform shaped spots of black, yellow, green, brown, and various hues of similar colors were applied against a gray base.

Camouflage "Plain white"

From the 1930s. Water-based paint applied with brushes and spray gun. Used on armored vehicles of the Swedish Armed Forces in winter.

Camouflage "Spotted white"

From the 1930s. Water-based paint applied with brushes. Painted spots alternated with areas of the unpainted base layer. Used on armored vehicles of the Swedish Armed Forces in winter.

Camouflage "Spotted"

Black spots with washed out edges against the base olive-gray layer.

Camouflage "Dotted"

First half of the 1960s. Gravel spots against the base layer. Used in the Congo for Swedish armored vehicles manufactured by Unimog-Landsverk.

Camouflage Poland

Camouflage "Forest green"

Applied to vehicles of Polish units in Britain from 1940 through 1945.

Camouflage "Winter lime"

Used before WWII during training exercises. Vehicles were painted with a washable solution (most likely whitewash).

Camouflage "Two-tone desert"

Tawny-olive two-tone camouflage that was used by the Polish armored units within the British army in Iraq and Africa from 1940 through 1943.

Camouflage Italy

Camouflage "Two-tone small spots"

Small brown spots with washed-out edges are applied over the base foliage-green color. Used by the 1st Battalion of the 32nd Armored Regiment of the 132nd Ariete Armored Division.

Camouflage "Three-tone disruptive"

Gray-green and brown spots are applied over the base gray-green color. Used on vehicles and SPGs at the factories.

Camouflage "White lime"

White lime camouflage was applied over the base sand color. Used by the 67th Bersaglieri Battalion.

Camouflage "White frayed"

White paint of different shades was applied over a base layer or other camouflage. Widely used in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Camouflage "Two-tone disruptive"

A gray-green pattern is applied over the base sand color. Used in the Middle East Theater of Operations.

Camouflage "Two-tone geometric"

Large geometric foliage-green spots with sharp edges are applied over the base sand color. Used in North Africa.

Notes about the camouflage created in the game

Technical limitations

Example of a black and white texture of a tank Object 704

It is unrealistic for us to create a "skin" method used by players (in photoshop with a basic diffusion structure). For the seam joints, colors, shape, and individual points to correspond to historical prototypes, you must individually create a whole set of camouflage for each tank separately. From a technical point of view, this is the simplest. However, the disadvantage is that this means a significant increase in the volume of data at the client and as a result will increase the free space requirements on the hard disk (approximately 500 tanks multiplied by dozens of camouflage size 2048x2048 px. - which is approximately one and a half to two tens of GB increase to the total volume of data at the game client). This is why it's not possible to do it as easily as players suggest.

The only technically competent solution is the texture structure (a texture that is processed in such a way that it does not create visible joints during cloning - folds and joints of textures on top of each other, which allows its use when texturing sufficiently large areas). The result is 6 to 17 textures with a size of 128x128 px * n (n = number of nations).

So it is clear that with such limitations, it is not possible to do so much. In addition, our first attempts to use camouflage technology immediately caused a problem - joint folds and texture connections. When tank models were developed, no one thought about using any camouflage in the future, let alone what the technical parameters would be for their creation. Thanks to this, the structure of the joints and folds was visible even to the naked eye, and the small molten parts (simulating, for example, the connection of two parts of armor to each other), looked like a scattered monster. To reduce these shortcomings to the highest acceptable level, an additional structure has been implemented for each tank that regulates the level of camouflage transparency.

The structure that regulates transparency is black and white (white - camouflage color 100%, black - 100% transparent). The joint surfaces are made to mimic the wear of the paint. As a rule, it works in such a way that there is slight wear on the towers. Where there are textures of joints and places where friction occurs (cannon area, tank joint, and tank hull, ...), it is necessary to erase this base color more to give the impression of "natural wear". Sometimes it happens that up to 50% of the tower is destroyed and then of course it does not look natural.

Camouflage technology also encounters problems with the scale of stains. It should look as natural as possible even if you look at a Maus. However, the texture is one thing and the size of camouflage spots is another. It follows that it is necessary to choose this size according to their diameter, so then it looks natural in 95%. At the edges of the "statistical distribution", of course, some camouflage is slightly distorted. Unfortunately, there is nothing that can be done about it.

Basic colours

The biggest problem was with the German nation. It is generally known that the gray color changed to yellow in the middle of the war (with reflections of red). However, at the time when the camouflage system was added to the game, the main color for German tanks was gray, as it was most well-known among people as the main color of German equipment from World War II - mainly due to art films. Imagine that the Germans were exclusively yellow in the game. In this case, changing all the textures would be very difficult and therefore remain the main color gray.

The colors and shades of camouflage in line with historical references are, say, somewhat controversial. We have color rendering in paintings, photographs, etc., so it is difficult to find 100% correct color. On the other hand, there are also the inevitable deformations of colors and their structures - which we wrote above. On the gray fragments, the camouflage color is mixed with the background color (basic textures of the tanks). Want-it-never - it will never be perfect.

End

DerSpiess:

I've spent a lot of time writing about understanding the main thing:

Yes, there are certain nuances, but these are captured mainly in smaller points, completely within the limits of the game convention. More precisely, this camouflage is based on the same as, in fact, the whole game. They worked on them very carefully and for a long time. Everything was processed according to the reference from historical consultants - those who know every piece of sheet metal on the tanks. Within certain limits, our artists have achieved excellent results - and these are the people who have created the basic textures.

Note

1. In fact, the use of the term "camouflage" as used in WoT is technically incorrect. The two-color and three-color coloring, which is intended to distort the actual shape of the armored vehicle and thus reduce its visibility when combined with individual environmental factors, is called "deforming coloring". The monochromatic coloring under the main substrate (for green background - green or olive, winter - white, desert - yellow or brown) is referred to as "protective colors".

2. DerSpiess - artistic director of Wargaming 1

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