"British Maxim carriage: what colour?" Topic

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alan L	21 Jan 2019 10:33 a.m. PST
I know that, by the time of the Second Boer War, British artillery carriages had changed from grey to a yellow-khaki. Would this apply also to the carriages for Maxim machine guns/pom-poms?
jhancock	21 Jan 2019 6:16 p.m. PST
Yellow-khaki or Olive green?
Sydney Gamer	22 Jan 2019 3:32 a.m. PST
I thought only the British artillery coming from India was khaki in the 2nd Boer War?
alan L	22 Jan 2019 11:21 a.m. PST
My information comes from Wargaming in History: The Second Anglo-Boer War by Edwin Herbert. He states that the wooden parts on the guns and gun-carriages were painted a yellowish-khaki, as were General Service and ambulance wagons.

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