StarDestroyer.Net BBS

Misleading title, Its self painting paint with built in camo, NOT realy self Healing

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Fear us and our chameleon tanks!

From the title it sounds like microscopic tanks.

Good, we need something new in the war against the bacteria.

Wow. I did not know that tank paint cost so much.

neoolong wrote:Wow. I did not know that tank paint cost so much.

Its because the US Army has repainted basically everything that moves with new paint which won't absorb chemical weapons. The paint type that was used before and is still used by many countries will absorb stuff like nerve and mustard gas, and that means decontamination requires basically stripping the paint off the vehicle. Such decontamination methods take much longer and require the use of whats basically pure bleach and a couple other nasty things.

However in addition to being expensive the paint is also very toxic while being spray on so it has to be done inside of sealed buildings or tents. This must be done over every once and a while, and whenever the vehicle is redeployed to an area requiring a different camo patterns.

Sea Skimmer wrote:

neoolong wrote:Wow. I did not know that tank paint cost so much.

Its because the US Army has repainted basically everything that moves with new paint which won't absorb chemical weapons. The paint type that was used before and is still used by many countries will absorb stuff like nerve and mustard gas, and that means decontamination requires basically stripping the paint off the vehicle. Such decontamination methods take much longer and require the use of whats basically pure bleach and a couple other nasty things.

However in addition to being expensive the paint is also very toxic while being spray on so it has to be done inside of sealed buildings or tents. This must be done over every once and a while, and whenever the vehicle is redeployed to an area requiring a different camo patterns.

Interesting. Though I wonder why the paint is really toxic? An effect of its special properties or something?

neoolong wrote:Interesting. Though I wonder why the paint is really toxic? An effect of its special properties or something?

Well, if you figure that they need to design a paint that won't react with pure chlorine (one of the most reactive elements that exists, next to fluorine) it's going to have some interesting qualities.

neoolong wrote:

Sea Skimmer wrote:

neoolong wrote:Wow. I did not know that tank paint cost so much.

Its because the US Army has repainted basically everything that moves with new paint which won't absorb chemical weapons. The paint type that was used before and is still used by many countries will absorb stuff like nerve and mustard gas, and that means decontamination requires basically stripping the paint off the vehicle. Such decontamination methods take much longer and require the use of whats basically pure bleach and a couple other nasty things.

However in addition to being expensive the paint is also very toxic while being spray on so it has to be done inside of sealed buildings or tents. This must be done over every once and a while, and whenever the vehicle is redeployed to an area requiring a different camo patterns.

Interesting. Though I wonder why the paint is really toxic? An effect of its special properties or something?

I don’t think the composition is public information, but I'd say its safe to say its because of what ever they added to prevent the absorption of gasses.