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Diffused lighting camouflage, a Common card
Diffused lighting camouflage was a form of active camouflage using counter-illumination to enable a ship to match its background, the night sky, that was tested by the Royal Canadian Navy on corvettes during World War II.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 65
- Power
- 129
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,500
Ranked #2,319 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Diffused lighting camouflage quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Diffused lighting camouflage card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ was discovered by a Canadian professor, Edmund Godfrey Burr, in 1940.
Answer
principle. The principle was discovered by a Canadian professor, Edmund Godfrey Burr, in 1940. From the Diffused lighting camouflage article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
It attracted interest because it could help to hide ships from submarines in the Battle of the Atlantic, and the research project began early in ____.
Answer
1940s. It attracted interest because it could help to hide ships from submarines in the Battle of the Atlantic, and the research project began early in 1941. From the Diffused lighting camouflage article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Óscar Arias. Óscar Arias 24,000 · Ryan PT-22 Recruit 15,000 · Diffused lighting camouflage 8,500 · Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué 2,400 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The principle was discovered by a Canadian professor, Edmund Godfrey Burr, in 1940.
- It attracted interest because it could help to hide ships from submarines in the Battle of the Atlantic, and the research project began early in 1941.
- The Royal Navy and the US Navy carried out further equipment development and trials between 1941 and 1943.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Diffused lighting camouflage article was read about 8,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 65: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Diffused lighting camouflage
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Diffused lighting camouflage (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : UK Admiralty, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
