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Syrian ZSU-23-4 camo help?
MusicOn
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Posted: Monday, February 07, 2011 - 08:16 AM UTC
No luck in the main forum - maybe some of you FSU experts can help!

I wanted to do something interesting with my ZSU-23-4 - I think I'm going to try a modern Syrian scheme. I've seen a few good model examples around the web, but they seem to be from the 1973 war era.

Below are what I could find on the web - it looks like the Syrians pretty much take green Shilkas and tag them with desert yellow graffiti! All the other pics I found are museum pieces and don't look representative of the real thing.

Does anyone have any more convincing looking photos of modern Syrian armor camo patterns? Thanks!




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Posted: Monday, February 07, 2011 - 08:53 AM UTC
The green paint all the Arab countries have gone so smeared, or blown onto the sand color.
Do you see a vehicle, where two of the front shield is open (space cooling and ammunition), and completely within the original green.
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Posted: Monday, February 07, 2011 - 09:10 AM UTC
Syria used to green vehicles (M4) in Lebanon, in 1987.
If you are special to you, make Afghanistan shilka, m4 version.
MusicOn
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Posted: Monday, February 07, 2011 - 12:09 PM UTC
Thanks Gabor!

From what I've seen, I'm probably going to go with green overall with desert yellow splotches - seems like the green-yellow-gray scheme is not currently in operational use!
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Posted: Monday, February 07, 2011 - 07:42 PM UTC
More photos: http://cid-ee536f896a8bd757.office.live.com/browse.aspx/Makettek/Afg%C3%A1n%20Silka%204M?uc=8


Paint: Desert color, brown patches, green patches and blackish green or
blackis h grey patches.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 - 04:26 AM UTC
Thanks!
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