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Cuny12
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Posted: Monday, April 12, 2010 - 01:59 AM UTC
I just picked up the old m1 on ebay just for something different what im interested in is the white and green camo job which would be something also different were they prominent in that scheme back then any info would be great
Thanks cuny12.
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Posted: Monday, April 12, 2010 - 02:53 AM UTC
Not really, the version depicted was used for testing and evaluating the Abrams. It was normally delivered in overall green and camouflage painted on at unit level. I have seen some photos of the Abrams with a coat of white wash (?) or some sort of white camouflage applied over the green while on maneuvers.
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Posted: Monday, April 12, 2010 - 05:15 AM UTC

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Not really, the version depicted was used for testing and evaluating the Abrams. It was normally delivered in overall green and camouflage painted on at unit level. I have seen some photos of the Abrams with a coat of white wash (?) or some sort of white camouflage applied over the green while on maneuvers.


we had a large reprint of an M1 initial production on the wall at work (think 3ft x 5ft) that had an overall white paint job with a greenish charcoal camo scheme on it. It was getting ready to let loose a round in a field that was snow covered (looked like Alaska). The camo scheme is the only one I've ever seen like that, and it may have been used in the extreme cold weather tests that were done up there. Most were done testing the thermo / laser gun sight, and powerpack reliability testing on our test track up there.
gary
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Posted: Monday, April 12, 2010 - 05:22 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Not really, the version depicted was used for testing and evaluating the Abrams. It was normally delivered in overall green and camouflage painted on at unit level. I have seen some photos of the Abrams with a coat of white wash (?) or some sort of white camouflage applied over the green while on maneuvers.


M1's were painted green for the first few years right out of the barn. Then when I went over to Lima sometime in the late eighties, everything loaded on rail cars was European camo. Now everything appears to be done in the normally seen tan. The last time I was over there was in the early 1990's, so it's been awhile
gary
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Posted: Monday, April 12, 2010 - 06:37 AM UTC
Here's a photo from the Osprey Abrams book of the scheme I mentioned.

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Posted: Monday, April 12, 2010 - 03:24 PM UTC
Thanks for the info guys I thought they were all green but now i know for sure just for some thing different i might go for the white cam scheme
Promising myself this will be the last Abrams I will build for some time
Regards Ben
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Posted: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 02:39 AM UTC
Remember that it is a temporary paint scheme and will wash off with a high pressure hose or traveling through the underbrush.
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