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...one or two of these might be 96G's but they are fairly similar and the pattern would probably be close enough...



... as far as I can tell comparing the pictures above and your tank you have it close and since no two patterns would be the same I'd call that spot on.

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You're right. The two in the foreground are 96G's. The rear row are 99A1's.
But even so, notice how the two 96G's have identical schemes. While they are differen from the 99A1's, the 99A1's also sport identical schemes as well. This is a trenad that has been carried out for some years - tactical numbers can be removed or covered over (we used to cover our bumper numbers over with snadbags and hundred mile an hour tape in Berlin) leaving prying eyes wondering how many vehicles of each type you really have. If they're all identically painted, it makesdifferentiating and counting the number of vehicles over time more difficult.
We even followed this in Iraq, painting out all the previous treams skulls and flames from the gun trucks, and had no bumber numbers. For our own command and control, we could number the vehicles with tspe if we needed to.

At any rate, I wanted to send you a scan of the top, and realized I have the same damned kit! Since I'm nowhere near the painting stage yet I didn't even notice the ommission. Yours looks good. I hope mine turns out half as well...