07-31-2007, 07:32 PM
There's an ongoing documentary series here in the UK following the day to day lives of the Grenadier Guards, and a very interesting fact about the colour red just came out, part of the official reason for wearing red in battle in its history. It's nothing to do with madder, but believe it or not is more akin to camouflage.
It turns out that red is the most difficult colour to count from a distance, and was deliberately worn to try to confuse the enemy as to the numbers of men they had in the field.
http://www.greydragon.org/trips/troopin ... urs011.jpg
http://www.greydragon.org/trips/troopin ... urs009.jpg
http://www.greydragon.org/trips/troopin ... urs024.jpg
http://www.visitbritain.com/vb3-cs-CZ/I ... 109601.jpg
Nothing to do with psychologically winning, madder being cheap, or hiding blood, and that's officially from the lips of the Grenadier Guards concerning its official history of the uniform.
It turns out that red is the most difficult colour to count from a distance, and was deliberately worn to try to confuse the enemy as to the numbers of men they had in the field.
http://www.greydragon.org/trips/troopin ... urs011.jpg
http://www.greydragon.org/trips/troopin ... urs009.jpg
http://www.greydragon.org/trips/troopin ... urs024.jpg
http://www.visitbritain.com/vb3-cs-CZ/I ... 109601.jpg
Nothing to do with psychologically winning, madder being cheap, or hiding blood, and that's officially from the lips of the Grenadier Guards concerning its official history of the uniform.
TARBICvS/Jim Bowers
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