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T-38s colors,caputured by Finland, repainted?
nosewrit
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Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 06:02 AM UTC
Sort of Soviet question, sort of not. For a T-38 captured by Finland, would it have been repainted and if so, what color? If not, what color were the Soviet T-38s? Models of WWII Soviet tanks I have seen have ranged from light olives to dark greens - were there standards?

I mostly do aircraft, so I know nothing about tank colors...
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Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 06:19 AM UTC
The color(s) it would have been repainted to depends on the timeframe - up until the spring/summer of 1943, captured vehicles were pretty much left the same colour (green) and would have hakaristis (hooked cross, similar to the swastica) and R- registration numbers; in the spring of 1943 the Finns went to a three-color scheme of a light brown -moss green - brownish grey, with hakaristis and Ps registrations numbers. After the Finns were forced to capitulate to the Soviet Union in August of 1944, the hakaristis were replaced by white-blue-white roundels
zululand66
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Posted: Saturday, February 23, 2008 - 02:57 AM UTC
Matthew,
My company, Decalcomaniacs! makes a set of markings for both wartime and postwar Finnish markings. Come to the website to check them out.
Regards,
Georg Eyerman
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Posted: Saturday, February 23, 2008 - 03:38 AM UTC
These may help







As they are in museums I can't guarentee the accuracy

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