Red Devils Posted October 10, 2000 Share Posted October 10, 2000 What year did the Germans start painting camo on their armour? All the early war film footage I have seen, including the early years of Barbarossa, have them in the standard grey. Only in the late Russian and Normandy footage do I see camo patterns popping up. Does anyone have any documentation of when it actually became a standard practice? ------------------ I'm sorry, we haven't the facilities to take all of you prisoner. Was there anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmf3 Posted October 10, 2000 Share Posted October 10, 2000 Red Devils, Generally, 1943. The vehicles were usually shipped in dark yellow, with indiviual cans of dk. green and red brown supplied to crews to be applied according to local conditions. Quite a few vehicles were supplied late in the war painted Panzer gray, i.e. Jagdtiger. FWIW, there was quite a bit of camo experimenting previous to '39; gray, green,brown in a 'cloud' pattern, etc. Hope this helps. Bob ------------------ illegitimi non carborundum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DesertFox Posted October 10, 2000 Share Posted October 10, 2000 If you´re interested in the actual colours used by the factories and by the units in field this might help you: Furthermore visit Geoff Waldens site http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Barracks/1525/panzercolors.htm Cheers Helge ------------------ Sbelling chequed wyth MICROSOFT SPELLCHECKER - vorgs grate! - The DesertFox - Email: desertfox1891@hotmail.com WWW: http://www.geocities.com/desertfox1891 [This message has been edited by The DesertFox (edited 10-10-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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