| Johnny Boy | 22 Jul 2009 6:08 a.m. PST |
Subject says it all.
Can anybody help with the colour of these vehicles in the E.T.O. as used by the British ? Regards,
John
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| Canuckistan Commander | 22 Jul 2009 6:26 a.m. PST |
Standard US Army Green or British Green? Whats brown and comes out of the back of a Buffalo? |
| Canuckistan Commander | 22 Jul 2009 6:27 a.m. PST |
Brits! My Veteran uncle said that was standing Canadian army joke after the battles around Antwerp. |
| ACWBill | 22 Jul 2009 8:29 a.m. PST |
Some were painted neutral gray as well. |
| The Jim Jones Cocktail Hour | 22 Jul 2009 8:56 a.m. PST |
The Zaloga Vanguard on Amtracs makes reference to British LVTs of 11 RTR used on the Elbe in 1945 as being in BSI 987c Olive Drab " a greener colour than the similarly named US Army Olive Drab". |
Frederick  | 22 Jul 2009 9:42 a.m. PST |
This is also a old-timey Canadian forces joke related to the de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo, which was used for training jumps by the Canadian Airborne, in this case the brown thing coming out of the back end of a Buffalo was a paratrooper |
| x42brown | 22 Jul 2009 10:32 a.m. PST |
I've just done something stupid. Spent a hour looking out a picture of my father's one. Off course the picture's black and white so no use for you. x42 |
| The Jim Jones Cocktail Hour | 22 Jul 2009 10:37 a.m. PST |
I get the impression that the Canadian military joke repertoire is a little limited in it's scope. Maybe they could contact Red Green for a little help. Thank God for Celine Dion, otherwise folk might suspect Canadian humour was all scatalogical in nature. |
| Kaoschallenged | 22 Jul 2009 11:25 a.m. PST |
I have seen both Olive Green and three-tone camouflage schemes for the 79th Armoured Division. Some images here link |
| fred12df | 22 Jul 2009 12:29 p.m. PST |
That 3 tone scheme is interesting. Anyone know more about it? |
| x42brown | 22 Jul 2009 12:47 p.m. PST |
Option "D" in Kaoschallenged's link is father's regiment but no guns on his picture but the decals are correct but the numbers hand painted and not so neat. x42 |
| Mapleleaf | 22 Jul 2009 10:49 p.m. PST |
The pictures I have seen are mostly Olive drab . I have also seen pictures of vehicles with a white washed covering dated late 1944. The white in most cases is very patchy showing the basic drab beneath. |
| Jemima Fawr | 23 Jul 2009 6:18 a.m. PST |
There was a three-tone camo scheme in use, utilising bands of black and dark earth. But the vast majority seem to have been standard olive drab (though it's so difficult to tell from B&W photos). |
| Jemima Fawr | 23 Jul 2009 6:19 a.m. PST |
I should add that I've only spotted the three-tone scheme on one photo of a Buffalo IV and no Buffalo IIs, though there aren't many photos around, so it's impossible to gauge an overall theme. |
| Johnny Boy | 23 Jul 2009 12:17 p.m. PST |
Once again you guys come through with the information.
I thought that a straight 'olive drab' colour or the british equal would be right. Cheers, John |
