Aussie Matilda interior color

[Neil Ashley]

"Later WW2 and post war British AFV's were aluminium painted on the inside. I'd be curious to know when the change occured".

Following on from Bruce's comments above, my option on this is that silver was always the standard colour but white was used on some contracts during the war due to the shortage of pigments.

I remember speaking to David Fletcher on this subject about ten years who just happened to have the original build specs for Matilda 1 open on his desk. This from memory stated fire resistant aluminium paint. I have also assisted in the restoration of two Humber MkIV Armoured Cars which although they had crudely over-painted white interiors, the base colour was silver.

As a result you can find British AFV's in either colour.

Any comments?