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OSPREY VANGUARD 39US ARMOUR CAMOUFLAGE AND MARKINGS 1917-45Text and colour plates by Steven ]. ZalogaVANGUARD SERIESEDITOR: MARTIN WINDROWUSARMOU., CA Osprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45 AMOUFLAGE AND MARKINGS 1917-45Tex I and colour plates by STEVEN J. ZALOGAOSPREY PUBLISHING LONDONPublished in 1984 byOsprey Publishing LtdMember company of the George Philip Group 12-14 Long Acre, London WCaE 9LP '© Copyright 1984 Osprey Publishing LtdThis book is copyrighted under the Berne Convent Osprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45 ion. All rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the CopyrighOsprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45
t Act, 1956, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, elecOSPREY VANGUARD 39US ARMOUR CAMOUFLAGE AND MARKINGS 1917-45Text and colour plates by Steven ]. ZalogaVANGUARD SERIESEDITOR: MARTIN WINDROWUSARMOU., CA Osprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45 addressed to the Publishers.British Library Cataloguing in Publication DataZaloga, Steven J.US armour camouflage and markings «917-451United States. Army—History2Camouflage (Military science)3Armoured vehicles, MilitaryI. Title358'. 18 UG446.5ISBN o 85045 515 4Author’s NoteT he subject of US AFV ma Osprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45 rkings is a vast one. This short book is an attempt to present a basic overview of the subject. However, it cannot possibly cover every Army memoranduOsprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45
m or order affecting marking patterns, nor the many unofficial variations in insignia and colouring that took place in combat. Special emphasis has beOSPREY VANGUARD 39US ARMOUR CAMOUFLAGE AND MARKINGS 1917-45Text and colour plates by Steven ]. ZalogaVANGUARD SERIESEDITOR: MARTIN WINDROWUSARMOU., CA Osprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45 States). Part of the difficulty in dealing with this subject is that .American soldiers are notoriously lax about observing Army regulations in the field, especially those involving a rather insignificant matter such as vehicle markings. An attempt is made here to contrast the regulations with the Osprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45 actual practice.This book could not have been prepared w ithout the assistance of many other students of the subject, and the author would like to thaOsprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45
nk especially David List, James Loop, Shep Paine, Phil Dyer and George Balin for their many contributions to this work. All photos used here arc US ArOSPREY VANGUARD 39US ARMOUR CAMOUFLAGE AND MARKINGS 1917-45Text and colour plates by Steven ]. ZalogaVANGUARD SERIESEDITOR: MARTIN WINDROWUSARMOU., CA Osprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45 ank Battalion, 1st AEF Tank Brigade at St. Mihiel, France, on 12 September 1918. The marking* consist primarily of a white diamond, indicating Co. c, and a red heart, indicating the and Platoon. The small number ‘1’ is the vehicle number within the platoon. These tanks remained in their original Fre Osprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45 nch camouflage.World War 1Prior to the Great War, US military vehicles had traditionally been painted in Olive Drab (OD) or battleship grey. US OliveOsprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45
Drab is a very dark olive green with a slightly brownish hue. The easiest way of mixing it has been the combination of orange oxide (rust orange) withOSPREY VANGUARD 39US ARMOUR CAMOUFLAGE AND MARKINGS 1917-45Text and colour plates by Steven ]. ZalogaVANGUARD SERIESEDITOR: MARTIN WINDROWUSARMOU., CA Osprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45 o much yellow results in an olive green. The appearance of the colour has varied enormously, depending not only on the pigments used, but on their durability. When fresh, the colour has been a very dark brownish-green. However, various examples have faded to a field drab colour, to a pale olive gree Osprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45 n, or even to a distinctly purplish-brown colour on occasion. Untilthe 1920s the colours were mixed by units on the basis of Quartermaster Corps instrOsprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45
uctions. Although prepared paint became available in that decade, this did not altogether ensure uniformity due to manufacturers’ variations. OfficialOSPREY VANGUARD 39US ARMOUR CAMOUFLAGE AND MARKINGS 1917-45Text and colour plates by Steven ]. ZalogaVANGUARD SERIESEDITOR: MARTIN WINDROWUSARMOU., CA Osprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45 irst instructions governing the use of colours and markings on US vehicles in France with the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) were issued in a memorandum by the Chief of Quartermaster, AEF, on 11 September 1917. This ordered the use of olive drab paint as the basic vehicle colour, and provided de Osprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45 tails on the use of white lettering for vehicle markings and serial numbers. This rnem-3A Six-Ton Special Tractor being towed by a Mack prime mover inOsprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45
the USA in 1920. This shows the gaudy five-colour Ordnance camouflage scheme, used to a limited extent in World War I.orandum was overridden by BulleOSPREY VANGUARD 39US ARMOUR CAMOUFLAGE AND MARKINGS 1917-45Text and colour plates by Steven ]. ZalogaVANGUARD SERIESEDITOR: MARTIN WINDROWUSARMOU., CA Osprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45 f unit marking adopted by the US Army in World War I was a series of black geometric signs, selected individually by each unit with the approval of the Director, Motor Transport Corps. The various instructions also envisioned the use of multi-colour camouflage. The most detailed exposition of US cam Osprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45 ouflage patterns and colours was covered in Painting Instruction for Camouflaging of Ordnance Vehicles, published in October 1918 on the basis of expeOsprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45
rimental work by the 40 th Engineers (Camouflage). It is believed that the patterns and colours were heavily influenced by French practices of the perOSPREY VANGUARD 39US ARMOUR CAMOUFLAGE AND MARKINGS 1917-45Text and colour plates by Steven ]. ZalogaVANGUARD SERIESEDITOR: MARTIN WINDROWUSARMOU., CA Osprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45 ainting, ironically, was rescinded in the AEF in June 1918 by GHQ, AEF, due to paint scarcity, and a conviction that it did little good. However, camouflage painting of equipment continued in the US; an example on a Six-Ton Special Tractor (the US-built Renault FT-17 tank) is shown in the plates. Osprey vanguard 039 US armour camouflage markings 1917 45 OSPREY VANGUARD 39US ARMOUR CAMOUFLAGE AND MARKINGS 1917-45Text and colour plates by Steven ]. ZalogaVANGUARD SERIESEDITOR: MARTIN WINDROWUSARMOU., CAGọi ngay
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