Painting question regardinga Sherman M4A2 tank

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Royal Canadian Ordance Corps

It seems the correct paint is Semi-Gloss Olive Drab, Federal Standard number 24087. Manufactured by Gillespie coatings, Texas.

Hello Roger and welcome to this forum.

A 1945 Sherman tank would indeed be painted in US Olive Drab, not sure about the FSN number as I understand the shade of US Olive Drab changed during the war. You would definitely want to use what retailers could be labelling "late" US Olive Drab paint. Read more about the shades of OD here.

Orginally the paint would have been matt, but in the interest of longlivety I would advise you to up to the highest shade of gloss that would be acceptable for you.

Hope this helps,
Hanno