During the Mid 80's a four color paint scheme was used for a few years by the Army in stateside units before the CARC tri color scheme came out. Does anyone have any pics of vehicles in it or diagrams showing the patterns? I am espcially interested in M113/M577/M106/M163 tracks and M60 tanks.
Originally posted by stikpusher: During the Mid 80's a four color paint scheme was used for a few years by the Army in stateside units before the CARC tri color scheme came out. Does anyone have any pics of vehicles in it or diagrams showing the patterns? I am espcially interested in M113/M577/M106/M163 tracks and M60 tanks.
Some were I've got an Army paint chart that show yeah how to paint/use the colours your asking about. All I have to do is find it.
When camouflage for general use on vehicles was introduced in 1975, the patterns called for four colors. This type of pattern painting is described in U.S. Army publication TC 5-200: Training Circular, Camouflage Pattern Painting (August 1975), details on the linked page. The manual TB 43-0209 Color, Marking, and Camouflage Painting of Military Vehicles, Construction Equipment and Materials Handling Equipment (October 1976) contained patterns for all vehicles in military inventory at that time. The linked page provides patterns for some of the most popular vehicles. The four color patterns are sometimes called MERDC patterns, named for the Mobility Equipment Research and Design Command that designed them.
Yea, I know that doesn't help.
