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Polish Leopard 2A5 camo
Corporal_PL
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Posted: Saturday, July 26, 2014 - 02:02 AM UTC



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Posted: Saturday, July 26, 2014 - 07:11 AM UTC
Very nice. Are all the Polish 2A5s being repainted?

Please post more if you are able to...including any tactical markings.
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Posted: Saturday, July 26, 2014 - 09:14 AM UTC
Any known reason for doing this ?
All the previous vehicles from German stocks sold to Poland have kept their original camo ... and the other equipment of Polish/Russian origin still have their own camo.
Might this be the new camp for everything now ?

Thankx for posting !
Cheers
Christopher
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Posted: Saturday, July 26, 2014 - 10:32 AM UTC
It looks like it came from the factory that way. Note the I painted bolt heads and suck.

I'd imagine these are just the new specs for orders from the factory.
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Posted: Saturday, July 26, 2014 - 03:13 PM UTC

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It looks like it came from the factory that way. Note the I painted bolt heads and suck.

I'd imagine these are just the new specs for orders from the factory.


The 2A5s rolled into Poland from Germany on the tank trains in the Bundeswehr NATO camouflage but with the German markings removed. This is a fresh paint job after arrival in Poland.
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Posted: Sunday, July 27, 2014 - 01:06 AM UTC
We paint new camo (exactly new brown, green and black are original) because 15 august we have procession at our army holy day. I will be paint markings tomorrow and prepare some pictures.
chnoone
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Posted: Sunday, July 27, 2014 - 01:46 AM UTC
Are you going to leave the original darker Brown spots under the front turret armor ?
Wouldn't "reflect" as strongly as the new Brown I would assume.

Thankx for the update !
Cheers
Christopher
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Posted: Sunday, July 27, 2014 - 02:52 AM UTC
Are there any color specifications (RAL or FS) for this colors?
LeoCmdr
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Posted: Sunday, July 27, 2014 - 09:34 AM UTC

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Are there any color specifications (RAL or FS) for this colors?


It does not look too far off from FS30450 or RAL 1039-F9...Tamiya Buff XF-57?
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Posted: Sunday, July 27, 2014 - 09:55 AM UTC

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Are there any color specifications (RAL or FS) for this colors?


It does not look too far off from FS30450 or RAL 1039-F9...Tamiya Buff XF-57?



Looks closer to Tamiya Dark Earth on my screen.


May need to pick up a Tamiya 2A5 and do this camo some time.
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Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 02:57 AM UTC
First training before parade:




Correct place for markings:




LeoCmdr
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Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 04:14 AM UTC
Great images, thanks for posting again!

Please keep posting if you take more images.

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Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 05:15 AM UTC
I had no plans to go to see the parade this year, but I think I just changed my mind...
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Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 05:32 AM UTC
I will be watching you from 1054 tank
LeoCmdr
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Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 05:56 AM UTC
It looks like in the third new image you posted one of the 2A5s has the older style side skirts and not the armoured side skirts. Can you confirm the old skirts are been kept?

The pics of the tanks on the tank train when they arrived in Poland show at least one 2A5 with the older sides skirts.

Dziękuję!
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Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 06:45 AM UTC
Yes you got right, few tanks have older skirts.
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Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 07:25 AM UTC
So now, when I finish my PzHaubitze 2000, one of these will be next ... the camp is very tempting ...think there are some polish decals in the Echelon European Leo set.

Thankx for posting ... the more the better !

Cheers
Christopher
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Posted: Monday, August 18, 2014 - 09:39 PM UTC

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I will be watching you from 1054 tank


Dziekuje Marcin,

Your 1054 looks beautiful

I must say that there is some overspray on the tyres though

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Posted: Monday, August 18, 2014 - 09:59 PM UTC
After watching those Leos and other Polish Army vehicles during the August 15 parade in Warsaw, I noticed that this new camo is now being applied to all vehicles, not just those tanks. Most of the vehicles already had the lighter brown in their camouflage, although there was still a few with the original NATO reddish brown.
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Posted: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 06:12 AM UTC
True, this is new oficial polish camo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKVQ5FZEByM&feature=share
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Posted: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 07:13 AM UTC

What SPG is that? Looks like an AS90, but something seems off.
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Posted: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 07:43 AM UTC
Google search "polish sph" brought up this for me http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AHS_Krab


What an interesting mishmash of AFV parts.



Erik
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Posted: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 07:43 AM UTC

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What SPG is that? Looks like an AS90, but something seems off.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AHS_Krab
Removed by original poster on 08/19/14 - 22:44:09 (GMT).
Grindcore
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Posted: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 01:14 AM UTC

Nice, now come on Trumpeteer, put it out.
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