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Civillian branded goods as stowage WW2

Vierville

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Posted: Saturday, June 20, 2020 - 05:33 AM UTC

Hi. This might be a strange question but does anyone know if civilllian branded goods were seen on allied tanks as stowage during WW2??I'm particularly thinking about the Normandy campaign.

The reason I ask is that there are a number of nice civillian stowage kits that have been released by miniart such as oil tins with Shell or Castrol logos and I was wondering if such tins would ever have made their way onto a tank or armoured vehicle.

Khouli

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Posted: Monday, June 22, 2020 - 11:16 PM UTC

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Hi. This might be a strange question but does anyone know if civilllian branded goods were seen on allied tanks as stowage during WW2??I'm particularly thinking about the Normandy campaign.

The reason I ask is that there are a number of nice civillian stowage kits that have been released by miniart such as oil tins with Shell or Castrol logos and I was wondering if such tins would ever have made their way onto a tank or armoured vehicle.

I don't know for sure but I don't see any reason why not. Most military equipment was civilian produced and re-branded (the German Army even had Wermacht toilet paper!) but if you could 'liberate' civilian kit, you probably would have done.

I suppose a classic example would be crates of Coca cola in the American Army.

I wouldn't over do it, but certainly a few items here and there would enhance your kit I reckon.

ReluctantRenegade

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Posted: Monday, June 22, 2020 - 11:36 PM UTC

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I'm particularly thinking about the Normandy campaign.

The reason I ask is that there are a number of nice civillian stowage kits that have been released by miniart such as oil tins with Shell or Castrol logos and I was wondering if such tins would ever have made their way onto a tank or armoured vehicle.

I tend to think this was more common in the (very) early stages of the war, before the various industries transitioned from peacetime to wartime production. Lend-Lease goods arriving from mid 1941 further eliminated the need in such products.