White Scout Car Colours

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Originally Posted by Tim Bell

We used Dark Olive Semi-Gloss, rather than matt which I was told was the closest to SCC15 - SCC15 being the British Army vehicle colour for Normandy Campaign - the idea I understand was to paint British Vehicles a similar colour to the American ones so they were less likely to be shot up!

Tim

I don't think British vehicles of US origin were repainted unless there was a need for it. Painting a White Scout Car in SCC15 so that it was a similar colour to US olive drab would be pointless if it were already olive drab!