| spontoon | 24 Jul 2014 4:28 p.m. PST |
Can anyone enlighten me on the colours or patterns that French Army trucks were painted in 1940? Were they one colour, or painted in disruptive patterns? |
| War In 15MM | 24 Jul 2014 5:17 p.m. PST |
See if you can get a copy of L'Autombile Sous L'Uniforme 1939-40 by Francois Vauvillier… lots of color plates of French soft skin vehicles. |
| Rrobbyrobot | 24 Jul 2014 11:56 p.m. PST |
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| Etranger | 25 Jul 2014 6:10 a.m. PST |
They were mostly just painted 'Army Green'. |
 Jeff Ewing  | 25 Jul 2014 6:36 a.m. PST |
What kind of truck? Like most armies, ones that are near the front lines, like artillery tractors or Dragons Portee infantry carriers would have disruptive camo. Supply echelon trucks in rear areas would be army green, as Etranger notes. This is of course, a rule of thumb. |
| Martin Rapier | 25 Jul 2014 7:44 a.m. PST |
Green is usually a safe bet:) |
| spontoon | 25 Jul 2014 5:14 p.m. PST |
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| Etranger | 26 Jul 2014 4:12 a.m. PST |
They were large trucks (3 tonnes or thereabouts) so not often used in a tactical role. Here are some pix though: link The Germans put cammo on a lot of theirs |
| spontoon | 04 Aug 2014 4:58 p.m. PST |
H'mmm. No schemes that would pass for both German AND French? |
| MGKmilsims | 06 Aug 2014 2:33 p.m. PST |
All French trucks were to be painted in disruptive patterns. Some of them were very elaborate. A few examples: [URL=http://s156.photobucket.com/user/4167MGK/media/Race%20to%20the%20Meuse/Initialmoves-theFrenchartillerysetupssouthofSorinnes.jpg.html]
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[/URL] A fine marker pen comes in very handy for the outlines. Enjoy |
| spontoon | 07 Aug 2014 4:29 p.m. PST |
@MGKmilsims; Very nice! Thanks! |
| lou passejaire | 29 Aug 2014 5:47 a.m. PST |
each frenc constructor has his own camouflage scheme, on an olive green base . Renault use large brown parts over olive green :
then, there were a lot of variations , unit specific camo scheme, civilian requisitionned vehicles, … but mostly, the vehicles remain in the constructor camo . the only exception is vehicles ( of any kind ) for saharian and sub-saharian erea, in some kind of "sand" color . yes i agree with War in 15 mm , L'automobile sous l'uniforme is the holy grail of the french véhicles . |
