| Navy Fower Wun Seven | 07 Nov 2015 6:28 p.m. PST |
In the context of anticipated Team Yankee follow ups – although I'm not recommending Berlin as a scenario myself! link
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| McWong73 | 07 Nov 2015 9:45 p.m. PST |
Nice post there, great info mate. |
| bc1745 | 07 Nov 2015 10:22 p.m. PST |
Not sure the WASPS top is the best camo…….. Also think the hair may be a problem once the bone dome goes on!!! |
| nickinsomerset | 08 Nov 2015 3:12 a.m. PST |
One of the chaps here was RHF in Berlin, funny enough recounting a couple of tales. One point they did have Wombat and Milan in the Atk Pl (the platoon had a CSM who was a kn*b which is what the tale was about!) Tally Ho! |
| Jemima Fawr | 08 Nov 2015 3:40 a.m. PST |
Nice one. They definitely had the odd ferret and I've seen photos to prove it, though I'm not sure about the camo on the Ferret photo though – it seems to be the wrong pattern and wrong colours. The Infantry Battalions were Type A, though with a heavily-modified organisation. Main transport was softskinned, though they weren't fully motorised. There was also some suggestion of reinforcing them with a Type B Bn during the build-up to war. There were two ordinary FV-432 and four FV-432/30 with each of the three infantry battalions. The four FV-432/30s were grouped in their own platoon in Support Coy, as a sort of dual-purpose APC/Fire Support platoon. The other two FV-432s were (I think) Bn Tac HQ vehicles, though I'm not sure about that. There was also the odd FV-434 ARV. Yes, there was a mixed AT Pl org of MILAN and Wombat. Recce Pl had Fox – there were no CVR(T) in Berlin. In the late 80s, the Recce Pl Foxes seem to have reverted to the usual banded green/black camo (identical pattern for each vehicle). |
| Prince Rupert of the Rhine | 08 Nov 2015 12:01 p.m. PST |
I remember playing NATO Commander on my Atari back in the 80s and the Berlin Brigade where nothing more than a slight inconvenient speed bump for the red horde in that game :( |
| Navy Fower Wun Seven | 08 Nov 2015 12:34 p.m. PST |
Thanks for all the additional information and/or confirmation! The WASP top is actually quite thoughtful on HRH's part – The TIGER's colours were black and yellow… |
| Jemima Fawr | 08 Nov 2015 1:27 p.m. PST |
There were also some command variant FV-432s in the late 80s, though I think they might have replaced one or both of the 'ordinary' FV-432s in each Bn. |
| Jemima Fawr | 08 Nov 2015 1:29 p.m. PST |
Aha, here's a Berlin Ferret in the correct pattern:
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Frederick  | 08 Nov 2015 5:56 p.m. PST |
Always liked the Berlin Brigade vehicle camo |
| McWong73 | 08 Nov 2015 7:12 p.m. PST |
Outside of the Berlin Brigade, what sort of camo was being used? |
| Clickenhof | 08 Nov 2015 8:13 p.m. PST |
Green and black ( MAT paint ).
When you first get a NEW vehicle in BAOR , not a hand me down from the UK, it would be in a gloss bronze green. We would give them a rub down and then re paint them mat green and black. There may have been a standard patten some where telling you how all the vehicles are to be painted but we just did our own thing. It works out to about 66% green and 33% black. I don't know how to get a photo in here but just Google " land rover army" look at images and you will see hundreds of them. |
| Lion in the Stars | 08 Nov 2015 9:44 p.m. PST |
What Vallejo colors do you recommend for the Berlin Brigade camo? |
| Clickenhof | 10 Nov 2015 7:47 p.m. PST |
The colors I am using are all vallejo model air…
white….71.001
UK Mediterranean blue….71.111
mud brown…..71.037 |
| Clickenhof | 12 Nov 2015 12:09 a.m. PST |
My bad, it's NOT UK Mediterranean blue….71.111 but 71.108 UK Azure |
decides on hills for his Team Yankee project.
