Diversion
IIRC.. ..Only 3 colour that was used was in Berlin ---and painted the same on ALL tanks .....with the idea that you could not (or the 'spies' ) tell how many there were as they drove around ,having painted areas idenical ....BTW ..my vehicle was 'PINK'in ADEN
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Hey S C

There was me thinking your vehicle was bright red, had skids and had to be towed every where with a red beacon on the very front.

I suppose if you only ever got to empty your sack once a year, I would quite understand why you might paint your vehicle a shade of pink instead!!!!!!!! Tee hee!!!!!!

By the way what vehicle was it that was in the pink!

Nige

By the way Santa!!!!!!!!!!! Where's my late xmas pressie of that DVD of you at your black arts of scratch?????

Was there any set of plans for the various British post war two colour camo pattern?

Some of the original paint trials were carried out by C Sqn. The LIfe Guards in Combermere Barracks, Windsor. They were a Ferret only Sqn at that time and each troop was tasked with painting its vehicles different colors with provided paint.
Yellows, Greens, Browns, Blues, Sand, Tan etc. and the present Black and Green were all in the trials and the powers that be along with the Trials and Development teams chose the final product, and yes cost of paint was a major factor!

As for the urban three color scheme, it was well known by both sides of the wall how many of each vehicles were allowed to be stationed in what we knew as the Berlin Brigade and the paint scheme although very effective was not much more than a showcase item.

Keith.

Hello all,

Im just letting you know, when the challenger 2 was being trailed,they was trailing challenger 2 E the export version and one of them was painted in 3 tone camoflauge,i was shown a photo of a tank by a friend and he asked me what tank it was and i said a M1 and he said no its a challenger 2 E.

They are two colors at the British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) Canada as well, Light stone and Green.

Keith.