"Free Nations - Canadians" Topic

My apologies but I have to vent!
I'm very happy with the TY 4th Canadian Mechanized Bde Gp….But for the love of God, where did they find that paint scheme for the M113s!

I've never seen anything like it. 2 shades of green and black. Sometimes just green and black, but where did they get that tan from?

Does "Google" not work for them?

All better now! Thank you, venting done!

There is a tan referenced here.

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I guess it really is drab, not really tan.

Maybe the "tan" is really "faded drab."

From a Royal Canadian Regiment Source (RCR) Picture with explanation

>> One story that I can relate to you which might be of interest to those fans of military vehicles, was brought up briefly, and that had to do with the camouflage of our vehicles, particularly the M113s. When the order came down from Brigade to have the tracks painted in camouflage, there were no directions whatsoever. The CO called me in only because I was an amateur artist, having drawn the jump cartoons that hung on the wall in the bar of the Officers' Mess, and put me in charge of the painting of the vehicles. The choice of colors was simple … cans of paint from old British stock hidden away in some dusty warehouse were delivered. If my memory is correct there were three colors, black being one of them. I then proceeded to chalk out the camouflage pattern outline on the vehicles, half-ass copying a US pattern, attempting to maintain a more or less common pattern among the individual Battalion M113s. A half dozen or so soldiers armed with cans of paint and paint brushes followed behind, slapping paint on the tracks. That's how it was done, plain and simple.

The photos I've seen confirm the three colour scheme; green, black and olive.

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2nd picture same source