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M1A2 Abrams winter camo
mat
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Posted: Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 06:56 AM UTC
Hi all,

I am planning to build the M1A2 Abrams. Does anybody have any reference material about this tank in winter camouflage?

regards Matthijs
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Posted: Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 07:26 AM UTC
How's this for a reference Mat?

mat
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Posted: Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 08:04 AM UTC
great, thanks a lot!
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Posted: Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 08:13 AM UTC
That's nice and all, except for the small fact that there is no winter camo pattern for any Abrams anymore. No M1A2 has had winter camo.
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Posted: Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 09:30 AM UTC
Well Im sure you could still use a winter camo for an Abrahms anyways since you know we could always go and fight in siberia incase war breaks out between the US and like Russia. So I say go on ahead and paint it in Winter camo, while you're at it I'm sure you could add small xmas lights around the tank. I wish I could see that seeing an M1A2 painted in winter camo with lights spreading the joy of destruction on xmas
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Posted: Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 12:41 PM UTC
Didn't they have some M-1's up in Alaska? I know there is an Army Division up there (6th Inf ?) or did it move? I would think they would have winter cammo. That old movie "Red Dawn" had some M-1's in it, weren't they white?
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Posted: Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 12:58 PM UTC

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Didn't they have some M-1's up in Alaska? I know there is an Army Division up there (6th Inf ?) or did it move? I would think they would have winter cammo. That old movie "Red Dawn" had some M-1's in it, weren't they white?

I have to admit "RED DAWN" is one of my FAV. movies too. BUT NO there were not M1's in that movie.
I believe the photo above is of an M1A1 , which in deed ,was in this camo, for operations training in Alaska. BUT BroAbrams is correct too, NO A2 has seen winter camo.
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Posted: Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 06:21 PM UTC
I am quite sure SABOT would be the last word on this, but I can give you the next best perspective to Alaska....Minnesota.

The standing orders amongst my unit (a FO unit with M981's in 3 tone Nato) and the units we served (3 Artillery Batteries, 2 armored Battalions, 1 Infantry Battalion) was to basically paint out the brown inthe Nato 3 tone with white. Simple as that, and very effective, at least in Minnesota.

Oh, and I have seen it on a standard M113A1...renamed Doug's Party Barge...it existed when I got out in '97 and stayed in the winter cammo year round. Fun fun.
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Posted: Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 06:58 PM UTC

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I am quite sure SABOT would be the last word on this, but I can give you the next best perspective to Alaska....Minnesota.
The standing orders amongst my unit (a FO unit with M981's in 3 tone Nato) and the units we served (3 Artillery Batteries, 2 armored Battalions, 1 Infantry Battalion) was to basically paint out the brown inthe Nato 3 tone with white. Simple as that, and very effective, at least in Minnesota.
Oh, and I have seen it on a standard M113A1...renamed Doug's Party Barge...it existed when I got out in '97 and stayed in the winter cammo year round. Fun fun.


Well I agree. Wheather an A2 has seen Alaskan duty I cannot verify. But your description of
the camo is exactly how TB 43-0209 describes that climate paint scheme.
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