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Interesting Observation (Hmmwv's)
matt
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Posted: Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 07:05 PM UTC
Factory fresh vehicles definatly have Camo Templates... I was at the Races yesterday the drove the Drivers around the track in what seemed to be Factory Fresh HMMWV's Most had the same exact Camo Pattern on it...... Kinda defeats the porpouse of camo doesn't it????? :-) :-) :-)
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Posted: Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 07:46 PM UTC
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Kinda defeats the porpouse of camo doesn't it????? :-) :-) :-)
All US military equipment has camouflage pattern applied according to clearly defined patterns. Both on new vehicles and when they are repainted. There may be sligth differences between vehicles, but general pattern is always the same on vehicles of the same type. Here is the link to TM with 3-color NATO scheme patterns for most US Army vehicles:
https://www.logsa.army.mil/etms/data/A/015165.pdf.
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Posted: Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 08:42 PM UTC
There is an FM with all the different patterens for each type of vehicle. When we used to paint the tanks the tri color we would spray the base coat of green then using the book as a guide we would chalk off the location of the other colors and spray then on the other colors being field drab and black.
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Posted: Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 10:43 PM UTC
In the factory, they are painted by robotic arms. All the same pattern, just like all like our vehicles.
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Posted: Sunday, August 15, 2004 - 10:58 PM UTC
There were a couple that had a slightly different one..... Maybe older (recently repainted ones???)