You can see that tanks are typically designed by blokes and not your arty-farty blokes of questionable sexuality either. They are designed by real macho men who do a lot of grunting and farting as they walk around. This clearly accounts for the appalling colour schemes that you usually find in military weaponry of this type.

If you happen to be hopping off the tube (London underground) at Elephant and Castle station you might like to make a small detour to Old Kent Road to see a more creative approach to tank camouflage.

The project is the brainchild of Aleksandra Mir who, with some assistance, has recently completed the paint job.

You can see the work in progress here.