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Old 18-12-08, 13:19
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Default Camouflage Painting British 1939

Pamphlet No 20 Camouflage- Disruptive Painting of Vehicles dated June 1939.
top of the page is the Wrong way to paint, Bottom of page is the Right way to paint it. The Cammo paint used in this 1939 booklet. G3 basic colour ,now known as Khaki Green. Disruptive Colour G4 Dark Green [ European conditions ] . G5. Light Green for very light backgrounds.
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Old 18-12-08, 13:57
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Smile Camouflage Dump

In most of my cammo books, Dumps that are out side are camouflaged by use of Netting with the use of cammo or hessian to distort the shape and blend in with the ground, The use of colour, shape , shine shadow. every piece of natural cover or ground pattern should be used.
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Old 18-12-08, 14:13
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This is from the US Army manual FM5-20B that i had a just sold, part of it was in colour.
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Old 19-12-08, 00:47
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Default 1942 Australian camo booklet

LINK to the interesting booklet ...

http://geocities.com/vk3cz/camoausttxt.html
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Old 20-12-08, 10:35
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If you can get hold of a copy of this British manual, Concealment in the Field printed in 1957 as it has a lot of info and over 270 photos about camouflage/concealment, at least half the photos are from WW2. Does not show how to paint your Veh, but how to hide it + ammo, Fuel Dumps Ect.

1944 Morris C8 GS
1938 Humber Staff Car.
RE Flying Flea
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Old 21-12-08, 10:17
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More info on Dumps from the 1957 British Manual.
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Old 21-12-08, 10:36
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Info from my US manual Camouflage Painting FM 5-21 1944. the trailer Looks a work of art . All so in this manual is Camouflage Painting of field guns and tanks.
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