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| Subject: | British Vehicle Air Recognition Signs in Normandy |  |
| Date: | Nov 23, 2004 |
| From: | Piotr Wypior | |
Hi guys,
I was recently reading an article im MMiR, by Carlos d'Arcy, titled "Achilles heel", about construction and tweaking of Academy M10 17pdr Achilles kit. In the section about painting of his model (it was depicted as vehicle from 91st A/tk Regt RA in Normandy campaign) the author states that during Normandy campaign an order was sent to British units to paint some upper surfaces of AFV's in white for air recognition purposes. In case of M10 3-inch and M10 17pdr the crews were ordered to paint the whole upper surface of turret counterweight in white colour.
Is this true? I've never heard about this before, I thought that common allied practice for air recoghnition was to paint large white stars on turrets or engine decks of AFV's.
Can anyone explain this problem for me?
Thanks,
Piotr |
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