"US Army painting guide from 1990" Topic

Technical bulletin that shows camo patterns for vehicles from page 40 or so.
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If the vehicles had a set pattern, why didn't they look the exact same? I don't think I ever saw the same pattern on any vehicle. even the same vehicles were different. Something that makes you say, Hmmmmmmmm!

The reason the vehicles don't look exactly alike is very easy. SP4's, like me, were put on painting detail, and didn't really care to make everything exact. We played around in the painting shed and had fun.

Me and another guy painted the Battalion CO's tank, we had a guide that we followed to a tee. 1976 4 color camo.

Yes, I remember that TB and others, sometimes my crews followed it by chalking the pattern … other of my crews … not so much …

But with CARC the vehicles had to go to main post, to be sprayed in an enclosed area. With those from the Main Post unit in "moon suits" with total head covering. The spray had to be "Filtered" in the totally enclosed structure. CARC was very caustic if sprayed. So my crews generally just used it to cover a small area. With a paint brush …

Patterns varied. There was a four color one and a three color one. Nothing was sand color when we were preparing to fight the Krasnovians. But again, after even a short time in the boonies, everything was covered in dust or mud or both! Those were the days!