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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Banshee16" data-source="post: 5453438" data-attributes="member: 7883">Apparently I don't have any "good" sources on ninjas.  The books I've read seemed to indicate that they did wear camo which might be black at night, or white in the snow, or whatever....but it was only for specific assignments, and in many cases, they were "invisible" by looking like the regular populace so they couldn't be distinguished from any other peasant.But that armor was cumbersome, and difficult to use stealth with, and they tended not to wear it, unless it was specific items like a very light chainmail, or metal arm bracers or nekode used for blocking sword blows, etc...In any case, that's what I've read.  Doesn't mean it's right.  I'm not a historian, nor have I taken Japanese history courses or anything of the sort.I have a book "Art of the Ninja" by Peter Lewis, and "Warriors of Medieval Japan" by Stephen Turnbull....that's about as much as I've read about them.  I'm not saying this to argue...I'm just establishing that I know I don't have a good historical knowledge of the period, and my understanding of the topic has ranged from "they were real", to "they were a complete fabrication and never existed" to "they might have been some form of special forces" and people made up stories about them to exaggerate their exploits.Banshee</blockquote>