"us marine/raf harriers color scheme difference" Topic
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| wardog | 23 Sep 2012 2:30 p.m. PST |
is there a difference between us marine and raf harriers colors, looking at some magazine photos there seem to be but that could just be the inks used by the magazines |
| Rhino Co | 23 Sep 2012 5:52 p.m. PST |
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| Mardaddy | 23 Sep 2012 11:53 p.m. PST |
For the USMC colors, and not completely authoritative:
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link For the RAF:
link Maybe those help? |
| Jemima Fawr | 24 Sep 2012 7:34 a.m. PST |
RAF Harriers from GR Mk 5 onwards went through a number of colour-schemes from dark green to medium grey to light grey. The RAF Harrier photo above isn't really a typical example, as it's obviously had some remedial work done and panels replaced with differently-coloured panels and is therefore clearly in need of a re-spray! :o) |
| wardog | 07 Oct 2012 12:17 p.m. PST |
thanks guys
interesting
what about the color scheme for the av8a and harrier gr 1/3 were these the same |
| Jemima Fawr | 07 Oct 2012 11:02 p.m. PST |
RAF GR Mk1s/T Mk2s were painted the usual RAF ground-attack scheme of the time, which was bands of green and mid-grey on the upper surfaces, with pale grey beneath (I can't remember the exact names for the shades).
The GR Mk3/T Mk4 also used this scheme when it entered service, but switched in the late 70s/early 80s to the new RAF ground-attack scheme, which was all-over bands of green and mid-grey, deleting the pale grey underside.
I don't know much about USMC Harriers, but all the photos I've seen of AV-8As appear to roughly match the earlier Harrier scheme used by the RAF:
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