"What colour for Egyptian T55s in the 1973 October War ?" Topic
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| mysteron | 25 Jun 2018 7:34 a.m. PST |
As the title asks. I am looking to build firstly an Egyptian force for the 1973 war for Fait of a Nation . Did the T55s appear in plain sand colour then as in the 1967 conflict or were they all in the cammo schemes? Some 2 tone others 3 tone? The book only covers the plain sand scheme . Thanks guys |
| BattlerBritain | 25 Jun 2018 8:13 a.m. PST |
Doing a Google Image search for Egyptian T-55s and you can see that anything goes. They had plain sand, sand + green stripes or blobs, sand + brown stripes or blobs, sand + green and brown stripes and or blobs. So take your pick. And they were all 'well used', so plenty of rough edges, warn paint and stains/mud all over them. |
| wehrmacht | 25 Jun 2018 10:53 a.m. PST |
If you can get ahold of Wargames Illustrated 365 there was a good piece on the Yom Kippur War (featuring models from our club no less!) Here's a blog post on the Chinese Farm battle: link And painting the Egyptian armour: link Cheers w. |
| Martin Rapier | 26 Jun 2018 1:08 a.m. PST |
I use the various different camo schemes to differentiate the different units. As noted above, you go with with pretty much whatever you like. |
| mysteron | 26 Jun 2018 1:13 a.m. PST |
Thanks guys. I must admit I am slightly outside my comfort zone with this theatre and era being normally a WW2 + ACW gamer. I think I need to pick up a couple of books as well. |
| Zookie | 08 Jul 2018 4:37 p.m. PST |
I don't think any of the Arab forces had a official cameo scheme. I think that was decided on the local level. As far as Egypt goes I have seen a huge variety in photos.
Here is a good resource. All of these illustrations are based on photos. Scroll to the bottom for examples of several nations paint schemes. Including Egypt.
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| mysteron | 09 Jul 2018 1:18 a.m. PST |
Thanks Zookie I actually stumbled across that Site when doing more research after I posted my opening post. |
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