Germany produced only 20 Strumpanzer A7V tanks during WWI, and not all of them wore a camouflage paint scheme. The application of camouflage may have been up to the unit commander, or it may have been contingent on the supply of paint available when a particular example was under construction. read more
Later in the war German crews were supplied with paint to camouflage their tanks, this only became a common practice once the German army became a defensive one, carrying out ambushes and delaying actions rather than offensives. read more
In 1915, the French Army became the first to create a dedicated camouflage unit. The word 'camouflage' came from the French verb meaning 'to make up for the stage'. Its practitioners, many of whom were artists, were known as camoufleurs. read more