That's almost painful to watch... LOL Abrams in fantasy camo. Brilliant! Issued in GREEN and then M1A1 was painted in NATO colors .. Last color change was sand for land of sand war... all painted the same in LIMA Ohio..No we never did field paint jobs... they came from the factory. They were factory painted so guess what ??? They all looked the same,.Some times the replacement parts were green, So you might see a replacement road wheel in green on an all SAND tank. Oddly enough there really is a manual for painting MERDC camo... It's a real book with percentages of colors to use and how it is applied I have seen the book.. it was phazed out slowly by the early 80's. Also you are missing the green for the base. Just saying! Save yourself some trouble everything that went to Afghanistan was SAND colored or green for the most part, Yes I know its not as much fun but I dont paint my Napoleonics purple just because I like the colors.
Hi there, thanks for the feedback. While in reality, no Abrams were sent to the field in MERDC 'Red Desert' scheme, no Abrams were sent to Afghanistan in the early-mid 80's either. Similarly, no T72's or T80's crossed into Western Germany.... Team Yankee is a game based upon a novel based upon a military scenario. My main gaming board is set up for desert terrain, and I wanted something a little different from the 'Beige' of the WWII AFV's.... and discovered this actual paint scheme, which, you will find, is in the book you are referring to and Battlefront's own literature.... the percentages of colour are approximatly correct (45/45/5/5) and doesn't include green at all. So, I will be painting up my forces for a 'military scenario', the US Army aiming to liberate Afghanistan from soviet occupation in the early-mid 1980's, when this scheme was still in use. I'm surprised you didn't mention my actual error..... an M60 on the loader's hatch.
That's almost painful to watch... LOL Abrams in fantasy camo. Brilliant! Issued in GREEN and then M1A1 was painted in NATO colors .. Last color change was sand for land of sand war... all painted the same in LIMA Ohio..No we never did field paint jobs... they came from the factory. They were factory painted so guess what ??? They all looked the same,.Some times the replacement parts were green, So you might see a replacement road wheel in green on an all SAND tank. Oddly enough there really is a manual for painting MERDC camo... It's a real book with percentages of colors to use and how it is applied I have seen the book.. it was phazed out slowly by the early 80's. Also you are missing the green for the base. Just saying! Save yourself some trouble everything that went to Afghanistan was SAND colored or green for the most part, Yes I know its not as much fun but I dont paint my Napoleonics purple just because I like the colors.
Hi there, thanks for the feedback.
While in reality, no Abrams were sent to the field in MERDC 'Red Desert' scheme, no Abrams were sent to Afghanistan in the early-mid 80's either.
Similarly, no T72's or T80's crossed into Western Germany.... Team Yankee is a game based upon a novel based upon a military scenario.
My main gaming board is set up for desert terrain, and I wanted something a little different from the 'Beige' of the WWII AFV's.... and discovered this actual paint scheme, which, you will find, is in the book you are referring to and Battlefront's own literature.... the percentages of colour are approximatly correct (45/45/5/5) and doesn't include green at all.
So, I will be painting up my forces for a 'military scenario', the US Army aiming to liberate Afghanistan from soviet occupation in the early-mid 1980's, when this scheme was still in use.
I'm surprised you didn't mention my actual error..... an M60 on the loader's hatch.
Oh, and the legione de la Vistule had purple uniforms.....