"US Yellow Tank Markings v. White" Topic
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| Grandviewroad | 08 Mar 2013 8:40 p.m. PST |
The yellow markings are the hallmark of the Tunisia campaign. At some point they switched to white, and I thought it might have been even before teh campaign ended, or perhaps Sicily. Can anyone clarify? Also, why did they pick yellow in the first place? |
| Kaoschallenged | 08 Mar 2013 9:01 p.m. PST |
"Yellow Variants
In January, 1942 HQ Armored Force issued orders that all armored vehicle markings were to be painted in Air Corps Yellow, No. 4 lusterless. A yellow star was adopted for armored vehicles.On most tanks the star was applied to the turret sides, of at least 22" in diameter, with a 4" stripe running around the turret. The adoption of the yellow star and markings for the Armored Force is odd as the rest of the Army was in the process of adopting the white star. In August 1942,AR-850-5 formalized the use of a white star as a form of national insignia." PDF link It was considered low visibility compared to the white star.
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| donlowry | 09 Mar 2013 11:13 a.m. PST |
It seemed like a good idea at the time? |
| Grandviewroad | 09 Mar 2013 1:00 p.m. PST |
So they'd already changed to white, but didn't re-paint all the tanks and such until well into the North African / Tunisian campaign? Just trying to decide how to do my M4 company, in what would be the most common and realistic way. It's sounding as though by the time the sherman was common issue for US forces, they'd all have white markings… |
| donlowry | 10 Mar 2013 1:30 p.m. PST |
Yes, most of the US tanks in the NA/Tunisian campaign were Lees and Stuarts. Most of the Shermans available had been given to the British/Commonwealth. |
| 1815Guy | 11 Mar 2013 2:13 p.m. PST |
"given", as in "sold"…… Never let a war stand in the way of making a few bucks! |
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