It was also specified that units had to buy the paint directly from the factories. On 2 November 1938, Inspectorate 2 amended the 12 July 1937 order so that units would need to immediately re-paint their equipment. On 8 July 1938, Inspectorate 2 announced that units could begin to requisition color plates from the Army depot in Kassel. Changes in the manual will be implemented by page inserts or a new printing.
488, part I, appendix 6, as well as page 237 article 30 and the paint pattern on page 238, are no longer valid. Available equipment in the Army depots, etc., will retain the existing colorful paint pattern and will be given to the units in their current state.Ħ. Newly produced ones follow the colors in point 1.ĥ. They must be used up in their existing colors. Applying the paint using spray guns is more beneficial than using brushes, as using a spray gun results in a less shiny paint finish.Ĥ. The new pattern should only be applied once the current one requires patching or repainting.ģ. The units and service stations will be sent color plates once they have been made. On small surfaces, only one color - dark gray or dark brown - is to be used.Ģ. The colors should not meet using sharp edges. In place of the colorful paint pattern, a pattern in the colors dark gray and dark brown is introduced. On 12 July 1937 Inspectorate 2 ordered that all Army equipment was to be painted in dark gray ( dunkelgrau) and dark brown ( dunkelbraun).ġ. Sd Kfz 221 with a dunkelgrau and dunkelbraun camouflage pattern. It is important to note that, while the current Bundeswehr color standard uses some of the same color names, the colors are different from the ones used during the war. The paint colors used were defined by the Reich-Ausschuss für Lieferbedingungen ( RAL) (Reich committee for terms of delivery). Still, it is not uncommon to see German soft-skinned vehicles with more or less standardized camouflage patterns. The camouflage patterns described below mainly apply to armored vehicles. Some of the colors and patterns used, especially during the late-war years, are still subject to much discussion. North Africa and Southern Europe, 1941-1943īoth before and during the Second World War, German armor camouflage went through a series of changes.
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