That is the color they are when they show up at the unit thru the supply system. The desert tan is applied when they repaint the vehicle at a later date, or when GI joe goes to the supply sergeant and requests some tan paint, or in more cases than not, the platoon takes up a collection and goes out and buys several spray cans from walmart or the PX that they keep on hand for touch ups etc. We kept two cans of tan CARC paint amongst others in our conex for these "touch ups". Hope this helps. "Q"

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That is the color they are when they show up at the unit thru the supply system. The desert tan is applied when they repaint the vehicle at a later date, or when GI joe goes to the supply sergeant and requests some tan paint, or in more cases than not, the platoon takes up a collection and goes out and buys several spray cans from walmart or the PX that they keep on hand for touch ups etc. We kept two cans of tan CARC paint amongst others in our conex for these "touch ups". Hope this helps. "Q"

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I was at 1st Tanks at Camp Pendleton in the early 1980's and we used to get our paint at DSSC (supply) to paint the vehicles and we kept them looking good. Then about 1990 Desert Storm and CARC paint, we got told that we could no longer paint our vehicles because you had to use special respirators and paint rooms. DSSC quit stocking any paint colors that we might use because they didn’t want us to use anything but the CARC. So, our vehicles looked like bums owned them. This is one reason you see Marine vehicles in Iraq with Tan, NATO 3 color, and straight factory green. As well as replacement parts in green. I just wish we could have gotten some spray cans of CARC.
Don

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That is the color they are when they show up at the unit thru the supply system. The desert tan is applied when they repaint the vehicle at a later date, or when GI joe goes to the supply sergeant and requests some tan paint, or in more cases than not, the platoon takes up a collection and goes out and buys several spray cans from walmart or the PX that they keep on hand for touch ups etc. We kept two cans of tan CARC paint amongst others in our conex for these "touch ups". Hope this helps. "Q"

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I was at 1st Tanks at Camp Pendleton in the early 1980's and we used to get our paint at DSSC (supply) to paint the vehicles and we kept them looking good. Then about 1990 Desert Storm and CARC paint, we got told that we could no longer paint our vehicles because you had to use special respirators and paint rooms. DSSC quit stocking any paint colors that we might use because they didn’t want us to use anything but the CARC. So, our vehicles looked like bums owned them. This is one reason you see Marine vehicles in Iraq with Tan, NATO 3 color, and straight factory green. As well as replacement parts in green. I just wish we could have gotten some spray cans of CARC.
Don

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I've painted a lot of military vehicles over the years. so I thought I would let you know why vehicles painted with CARC sometimes look like they were just pulled from the junk yard. CARC is a special paint/coating that came about in the 80's. It is an two part epoxy. one part is color the other is the hardener. They are mixed together just before spraying. When it sets up, it provides a hard almost plastic like coating that is impervious to chemical warfare agents, and most other chemicals. To spray it, you have to have full body suits and hoods, with clean compressed air pumped in so you don't breath the mist. If the paint gets in youy lungs it will set up and coat them just like the vehicle you are painting. As you can guess this is not good for your lungs. Because of this, most units quit painting their own equipment and had to budget money to send them back to a depot for painting.

Deskjockey thanks for the feedback about picture taking. I finally notice that I didn't have the flash on. Go figure, but I will mess around with the lighting and flash. Hopefully my next pictures will come out better