File:Peter Proud's Dummy 'Net Gun Pit'.jpg

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Description Ink drawing by Brian Robb of Peter Proud's Dummy 'Net Gun Pit', used in military deception in the Western Desert, 1941-1942. The pit is a complex illusion created with canvas, netting, poles and guy ropes, using real shadows to simulate the appearance of an anti-aircraft gun position convincingly when seen from the air.
Author or
copyright owner
Brian Robb
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Original publication: The Camouflage Story, Geoffrey Barkas, Cassell

Immediate source: scan of the above work, part of page 155

Date of publication 1952
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Peter Proud
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) The image shows Peter Proud's artistic skill and ingenuity of the construction of the 'Net Gun Pit', part of his work in the Middle East Command Camouflage Directorate.
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There isn't one, and no Net Gun Pit has survived.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) The image is reduced from the original, and it is the only image of the Net Gun Pit on Wikipedia.
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commercial opportunities
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There is no sign of such usage. Barkas's book is long out of print.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Peter Proud//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_Proud%27s_Dummy_%27Net_Gun_Pit%27.jpgtrue

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