"British W.W. I tank - paint patterns?" Topic
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| Solzhenitsyn | 12 Jan 2015 10:25 a.m. PST |
The classic British W.W. I tank, Mk IV or so, how were they painted? Were they green with the white/red/white stripe or could they also be the camo pattern? |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 12 Jan 2015 10:43 a.m. PST |
They had camouflaged tanks:
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| wehrmacht | 12 Jan 2015 4:24 p.m. PST |
Mainly MK I's in camo if I understand correctly. My MK IV's are brown/green – I leave the camo for the Germans ;-) Cheers w. |
| monk2002uk | 12 Jan 2015 5:52 p.m. PST |
The camouflaged Mk Is were were painted in the Solomon pattern, named after the man who invented it. The white/red/white stripes were painted on late war tanks. The later marks were a khaki colour, not green as such. The Imperial War Museum tank is painted in a later post-war tank colour. Robert |
| John Armatys | 12 Jan 2015 6:18 p.m. PST |
For all things WW1 tank try here:
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| number4 | 01 Jul 2015 8:16 p.m. PST |
The white/red/white stripe design was officially approved in early May 1915 after extensive field trials involving aircraft from the Royal Flying Corps. Curiously, the roundel used by airplanes was one of the designs rejected, but later adopted in early WWII as an air recognition marker before the adoption of the US white star. |
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