Tank Colours
Hi there
I would go with US Olive drab (NOT SCC.15) for both vehicles.
The reason the Brits and Canadians went from SCC .2 Brown) to SCC 15 (British Olive Drab) was to eliminate the need to repaint all the US vehicles then being issued.
That being said, US OD and British OD are not quite the same colour. The US colour fades toward a brownish-shade while the British OD fades greenish.
The only time vehicles were repainted was when they went through a complete over-haul. This would be the case with such tanks as Sherman Vc Fireflies, which were converted in the UK, then repainted.
Regular 'off the shelf' Stuarts and Shermans would stay US OD.
Steve
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