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> why not print the serial numbers inside the tank I think by serial number you mean the unit number and markings stenciled on the tank? Something like 'C Co
by bdunbar 13y ago
> why not print the serial numbers inside the tank
I think by serial number you mean the unit number and markings stenciled on the tank?
Something like 'C Co/5th Bn/377th Rgt'
Because friendly soldiers need to eyeball that information at a glance. Climbing up and peering inside each and every vehicle is a time-waster.
- michaelt 13y agoFinally, an application for Google Glass: Tank identification. Paint on a camouflage QR code and we're ready to go.
- jrockway 13y agoFWIW, I believe the military already deploys mobile computers with HUDs like this.
- jmaygarden 13y agoSuch a (GPS-based) system I've worked with in the past is called Blue Force Tracking. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Force_Tracking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Force_Tracking
- Someone 13y agoI don't know whether they use HUDs, and whether they work with tanks, but the common name for that is a "friend or foe" system (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identification_friend_or_foe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identification_friend_or_foe)