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Originally posted by DaveCox
...many of my models are based on books by veterans. Many tanks after 1944 were actually finished in British Khaki drab or plain old dark green. This would of course apply only to those that, as per Hanno's post, were modified or had been through workshops. By the end of the Normandy campaign this would be a lot of vehicles.
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Dave, I respectfully disagree. Only US vehicles which had undergone major modifications - like the Sherman Crab or Firefly - were likely candidates to be repainted in Commonwealth colours. This would certainly not apply to "a lot" of vehicles. If anything, SCC15 Olive Drab would be used, not the colours you mention. Read up on the subject of British AFV Camouflage at
http://www.mafva.com/resources.asp. Mike Starmer is an authority on this subject, whereas veterans are - again respectfully - not.
Regards,
Hanno