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| Subject: | Re: British Grant Camo in N. Africa |  |
| Date: | Aug 27, 2004 |
| From: | Brian Bocchino | |
This is something I copied off of Track Link several years ago that may be of help.
Summary of colors used on British vehicles by Shooty
Mickey Mouse ear consists of overlapping circles of differing diameters. The pattern doesn't appear in any of the official pamphlets, although it does conform to the basic requirements that top and bottom surfaces should be painted in a dark color and patterning should carry over edges and corners.
Officially there were three patterns known as:
'Jagged edge' or 'Foliage pattern'
'Dappled' with small isolated patches between the main top and bottom areas of dark paint.
'Drybrush Pattern' which speaks for itself.
The most favored being the 'Jagged' or Foliage' pattern.
I have the official diagrams for these but they scan very badly, I will work on them.
So called 'Bronze Green' appeared in three shades.
The most common being 'Middle Bronze green No. 23' also called more properly 'Khaki Green No.3'.
Inter-War
Gloss mid-green.
May 1938
matt finish applied to all equipment.
Feb 1939
appearance of Khaki green No. 3 as standard color.
June 1939
two tone green disruptive painting.
May 1940
two tone green cammo officially sanctioned for all WD units.
August 1941
Dark Tarmac No4 established as a disruptive color in conjunction with Khaki
Green No 3, Very dark brown Standard Color 1A authorized to replace dark tarmac.
Nov 1941
two accepted schemes:-
Khaki Green No. 3 with dark brown SCC 1A;
Brown SCC 2, also with SCC 1A.
Both schemes still sanction Dark Tarmac No. 4 and Black SCC 14 as alternatives to SCC 1A.
May 1942
brown SCC 2 with dark brown SCC 1A becomes official color scheme.
October 1943
black again preferred disruptive pattern color on brown.
April 1944
Olive Drab becomes basic color with SCC 14 black for disruptive patterning.
August 1944 disruptive patterning officially discontinued.
Standard colours laid out in the 'MilitaryTraining Pamphlet No. 46:
Camouflage, Part 1A painting of Mechanical transport'
Appendix A to Part 3.
SCC No
1 Brown
1A Very dark brown
2 Cup of coffee with milk
3 Cup of tea
4 Cup of weak tea
5 Very light grey
6 Dark green
6A Very dark green
7 A useful warm green
8 Mid green (rather dangerous)
9 Light green (very dangerous)
10 Useful dull red
11 Rusty red
11a Bungalow tiles red
11b Sandy pink
12 Clean cold grey
13 Dirty grey
14 Black
It says 'SCC No. 2 will be considered the general purpose basic paint and
SCC No. 1A will be the paint for dark patterning while SCC No. 14 is an
acceptable alternative.'
SCC No. 2 is also described as 'a khaki-brown shade similar to that of
Battledress'
The switch to a green base was made under ACI 533 on 12 April 1944.
'Olive Drab will be adopted as the basic camouflage colour for all army
equipments.'
This was described as Khaki green (Drab) No. 15 and only slightly different
to SCC No. 7.
As all the Lend Lease equipment coming from the US was in Olive Drab the
colour change was made in part to avoid the time and expense of repainting
it all. |
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