Hank,
Yes, I remember a time when green CARC and black lettering was used. It was
last weekend. I'm serious. I saw several vehicles at a National Guard Motor
Pool last weekend that were painted just that way. The ones that come to
mind are the M911 HET Tractors. As you may know, these tractor/trailer
combinations are over width. I was stationed at the Guard base when the
tractors were delivered. They came in with the single color flat green CARC
paint, and the unit stenciled bumper numbers over that. The trailers, for
some reason, came in with tan CARC on some of them and green CARC on the
rest. Since the tractor/trailer sets couldn't leave the base without
applying for over width permits, and since the 53,000 acres that comprised
the base provided enough space for training , the rigs were driven only on
post. Now that I think about it, my Company was issued several different
vehicles in flat green CARC paint, and they never were camo painted. I know
that there were 5 ton tractors, 49 Charlie fuel tankers, deuces, and Blazers
that were not camo painted.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Henry J. Fackovec [mailto:fackovec@radiotech.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 9:58 AM
To: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
Subject: [MV] Color scheme question
Hey all:
Does anyone remember a period of time where the Army used the current flat
green Carc 383 green paint with black lettering and stars?
My shop van is green, and my orig plan was to add the black and brown for
the nato camo pattern, but my SO really likes it plain green and thiks it
would look "Much cuter" with stars on it. (Can a M109 shop van really be
"cute"?)
I seem to remember in the early 70's seeing that color scheme used. Don't
remember if it was a guard unit or what...
Any comments (Other than change S.O.s <G>)
Hank
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