From the perspective of my project on a Leopard 2 A6 CAN I need some informations. I would know what colors I must use for a my fig. It's a fig from Djiti and my Leo is one of the first used in Afghanistan whitout the Barracuda:

http://djiti.production.free.fr/35035.htm

I think use certain objects fit a dedicated kit for the Mexas from Legend Productions.


I'd too which objects I can put in a Leo (anachronism, not used etc) and what colors used for this set. For convenience, I made a small image attached linked to the list below:



1: Jacket: usable and what camo?
2: Bag: military equipment, or Personal to tankers? Shades?
3 above dito
4: large bag, dito above
5: bed, colors?
6: can of water colors?
7 Canvas? usableand colors?
8: flashy blue or orange or red with white top, that will make a splash of color
9 rations? colorss?
10: rations? colors?
11: little case? colors?
12: binoculars? colors?
13 cans of fuel, color?
14: ammo for the tank commander'machine gun? colors?

If you have pictures too!

I hope you can help me, thank you in advance!

Hi, first, try this link and type in "Afghanistan" into the search bar. There's over 6000 hi-res images.
Combat Camera

1: Jacket: usable and what camo?
Yes. CADPAT-Arid.

2 & 3: Bag: military equipment, or Personal to tankers? Shades?
Unsure. Have seen the personal ones in coyote brown.

4: large bag, dito above
Military. Olive drab.

5: bed, colors?
square tubes flat aluminium. fabric medium-light olive

6: can of water colors?
satin black or satin tan

7 Canvas? usable and colors?
Not sure

8: flashy blue or orange or red with white top, that will make a splash of color
Yep

9 rations? colorss?
10: rations? colors?
Yes. US MRE, not sure on pouch colour, they were green when I had them, but might have changed.

11: little case? colors?
tool box. Could be red with lots of silver scratches

12: binoculars? colors?
OD Green with bright lenses if you want to do the anti-laser coating on them

13 cans of fuel, color?
Seen them green, sometimes with yellow (diesel) cap

14: ammo for the tank commander'machine gun? colors?
OD green with yellow or white stencilling. Also, can be painted other colours. When the ammo is used up, crews sometimes hang on to the cans for waterproof stowage bins

Thank you very much !!

It's nice to help me with such precision, it's going to help me.
The link to the Canadian site is a gold mine! I don't know if this expression exists in English!
For the jacket and pants, is it the right colors:
http://www.surpluspontrouge.com/medias/products/?strFilename=000531-jacket-liner.jpg
http://www.surpluspontrouge.com/fr/camo/cadpat-arid/pants-liner/cadpat-arid/
I don't know how I'll paint this camo ...

Hi Frederic,
if you want to learn more about MRE rations:
http://www.mreinfo.com

Glad to help. Yes, that is the correct pattern. CADPAT-AR, or Canadian Army Disruptive PATtern - Arid Region.

Painting it... try here:
Mario's How-to paint

Not sure about the ration boxes. Canadians use a different meal titled IMP's, not MRE's. I was never in Afghanistan, so I'm not sure if the the Canucks were issued MRE's.
The meals come in a case, with 10 or 12 meals per case. Each meal is square shaped, about the size of a small kids lunch box.
http://www.mreinfo.com/international/canada/canadian-imp.html

Hi Frederic

The canvas, would be a tarp that we had to provide sun shade when we stopped for the day/night.They were of a dark brownand or black colour..

If you need help with your build, let me know will give you a hand.

What time frame for the Leo 2A6M are planning ?

Cheers

Anthony

Thanks for all informations!

Sorry Anthony, I don't understand exactly what you said...
My english is very poor, I work yet in a canadian compagny but from Montréal...so no need to speak English every day...

Anthony, he's doing the 2A6M as they appeared on arrival, pre-cuda cam.

Yes, that's my thread.

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/197615&page=1

Thanks to the folks who replied to this thread. I'm using this set on my leopard and you really helped me out.

I second to Bill. Will help me too.

A bit off topic - but having the experts around - allow me to repeat a question I asked fruitlessly in another thread: Does anyone know, whether canadian tanker gear, particularly uniform, flak vest, backpack, helmet and so on, are used my other nations, particularly USA and Germany too. I ask as there are no canadian tanker figures in scale 1/72 around and I will have to convert other figures and want to do so with minimal effort and maximal precision.

Cheers Michael

Nope. Our kit is unique and no one else used them in Panjwaii.

Regards

The camouflage used by the canadian army for desert operations is the CADPAT AR (Arid Region) and you can use it for jackets, pants and gear. The CADPAT (Arid Regions) Camouflage Pattern has been developped by the Canadian Military Forces and approved for production in 2002. It was progressively introduced to canadian soldiers deployed in Afghanistan for the Immediate Reaction Force by the end of 2002. The Desert (Arid Regions) variation of the Canadian Disruptive Pattern Digital Camouflage is based on the Pixelization of Three-Color (Brown, Light-Brown & Dark-Brown) and it is primarly designed for Desert, Near-Desert and Savannah Environments. This computer-generated pattern creates a "Dithering Effect" by using small pixels to eliminate hard boundaries between distinct colours and incorporates Low-Contrast Near Infrared Protection designed to counter Night-Vision & Detection devices. Currently in use by the Canadian Army, Navy, Air Forces and Security Forces (Variations of this camouflage are in use in many International Military Forces - ACU, MARPAT Desert, US4CES and many others). I buy all my camouflage uniforms at Royal Military Surplus online store (This is the best in Canada). You can check the 2 CADPAT sections (Arid & Temperate Woodland) and you will find a ton of information for all canadian gear and camouflage patterns (You can see all the gear they use for the colors and the pattern). Here are the links:

http://royalmilitarysurplus.com/CADPAT-AR_c86.htm
http://royalmilitarysurplus.com/CADPAT-TW_c54.htm

Good luck with your project!