Info needed: correct colours for WWII Aust vehicles

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Lang

Here are a couple of Salvo vehicles. Effectiveness of paint seems to depend on sunlight.

At least there is no doubt regarding the colour of the shield logo

Unless somebody wants to discuss the myriad variants of red

The second pic : The darker disruptive colour has a noticeable shine to it . Hmm

[Lang]

This is another Salvation Army vehicle with yet another scheme. First in good condition second after it ran over a mine.

[Lang]

The Salvos are a gold mine on camouflage patterns. 5 trucks, 5 different paint schemes. I presume they conformed to the current army design as they would have been maintained by army workshops.

[Lang]

And more camouflaged Salvos

[Lang]

Looks like the YMCA was at it as well. They must have been told how to paint the vehicles or it was done for them.

[Mike K]

The Salvo's vehicles seem to come from a civilian background , some of the cars are rather unusual but later on they had Jeeps so maybe the real army loaned the salvo;s the Jeeps.

This is a Salvo's film , Middle East . The 1940 Chevy ute is what I have here but both mine are ex CFA and were always red , never khaki.

AWM F03438

[Lang]

The British were just as big a shambles as the Australians. Here are the RAF camouflage convoluted processes.

1941 KHAKE GREEN / disruptive patten TARMAC GREEN or LIGHT GREEN

AUG 1942 CAMOUFLAGE GREEN/ disruptive patten DARK TARMAC

DEC 1942 CAMOUFLAGE LIGHT BROWN/disruptive patten DARK

BROWN

SEP 1943 ANTI- GAS MT BROWN SPECIAL/disruptive patten BLACK Matt

SEP1944 ANTI-GAS OLIVE DRAB with out disruptive patten.

1944 Upper surfaces of vehicles used within landing area of airfields to

be painted YELLOW.

Until the end of the war an area of GAS DETECTOR PAINT irregular in

shape approximately 36 square inches to be applied to each front to be

visible by the driver

APRIL 1946 semi gloss RAF BLUE/GREY wings chassis semi gloss BLACK