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| Subject: | Re: painting StuG F/8 Charkov winter 1943 |  |
| Date: | Feb 18, 2001 |
| From: | James Cichy | |
I am speaking about Karkov, and I have never seen a photo of any Stug
after the F with grey in combat. None. That's why I say most- honestly I
have seen "none"- but I don't want to ruffle the sticklers.
Jim
Neville Lord wrote:
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> James,
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> Why do you say "most " StuG at that time were yellow a base coat? Do you
> mean factory base coat or repainted yellow by the troops?
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> I have seen photos of both yellow and grey bases on G, F and F/8. What are
> the
> page numbers for the photos from the books you citied with F/8's with yellow
> bases and whitewash in the winter of 42/43?
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> A lot of the yellow bases I've seen were for vehicles originally intended
> for Africa (one well photographed batch of F) or had been repainted in the
> summer of 43, I've also seen some with a grey base and yellow camo.
> Cheers
>
> Neville |
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