...i plan to build a DML Panzer III befelswagen ausf.K in the Kursk battle. the instructions showed the tank in Pz. Grey colour.

the question is: did the germans still use panzer grey (instead of dark yellow) in time of Kursk?

Yes, they did use panzer grey still.

No expert here but I think they were using a mix of both. Again, by no means an expert.

Shaun

http://bsdi.usppp.com/wwiiscalemodels/schemes/panzertarnung.html

asje

I must warn you, that several of thedrawings shown above are wrong. For example, the Germans used a 1/3 overspray of Dunkelbraun over the Dunkelgrau until 1940-06-12.

After 1943-02-18, it was ordered that the German vehicles should be painted in a Dunkelgelb base, with overspray of Olivgrün and Rotbraun, however it is plausible that the Germans still had some vehicles in Dunkelgrau in the summer of 1943.

For more information, go to my article about German Panzer camouflage.

thanks for the replies. yeah, guess i'll go ahead with the pz. grey. actually i want to put a grey PZ. III with a dark yelow SDkfz 251 in a small dio.... would the mixed colour of vehicles look .. err.. 'correct'?

..ChrAnkItUp and hilbert, thanks for the links

cheers.

It is plausible that some tanks were still left in their original grey but by that time many of the grey vehicles had gotten at least a camo of dark yellow over the grey ...which makes for some interesting camo patterns for this transition period.

just an example


Rick

I've seen pictures of vehicles with a Yellow undercoat and Gray ontop.
here is some boxart on one of the DML models

No Panzers had a Dunkelgelb base with Dunkelgrau on top. It is mostlikely either Rotbraun or Olivgrün.

Christian I'm sorry to disagree but there are quite a few picture of vehicles in early 43 with yellow over the dark grey ..just one well documented tiger is from Das Reich #812 TIKI... if you want a picture I can find it for you ...

Rick

I agree, but as I wrote, there were no Panzers with a Dunkelgelb base with Dunkelgrau on top.

D'OH! well there I agree completely with you ...sorry for the mix up!! I should read the answer better before replying ..

Rick

No problem

I don't think you can go wrong which ever way you paint it moJimbo.

Put another way; either way, someone will nitpick over it

hey, thanks for all the replies fellas... i guess everything becomes clear now.

ta.