From: Neil E. Amrhein (neil@compu-powr.com)
Date: Thu Apr 01 2004 - 07:24:02 PST
I have seen a photo of a CUCV on the same assembly line as civilian trucks that was painted 4-color MERDEC camo. I'd guess this was '83 and was a very early unit, since 3-color was the standard by later in the 80's. However, I have seen other US Army photos that show 4-color M1010, M1009, M1028 & M1008's. These could all have been test vehicles, though. I'm pretty sure my 1987 was originally solid 383. It was repainted solid 383 at some point, but I don't think it was to cover up another paint scheme. The interior was certainly solid 383 green from the factory.
--Neil
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1987 Chevrolet M1028A3 CUCV
1963 Kaiser Jeep M274A1 Mule
1989 Kasel Mfg. M101A2
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Hils" <tedhils@cyber-south.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 9:42 AM
Subject: [MV] CUCV orig. color
> ALL the CUCVs we've ever had here (200+) were straight 383 forest green
> originally. Many were never camo'd at all and still are just green.
>
> Ted Hils
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> >
> > From: "International Movie Services" <ims@telus.net>
> > Date: 2004/03/31 Wed PM 01:11:55 PST
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Subject: [MV] MISTAKE: Correction
> >
> > This is actually chance_wolf@shaw.ca on the work computer.
> >
> > I tried going from memory regarding when the US Army started painting
> M151s
> > the two different types of cam in answer to someone's question, and my
> > memory...sucks. I just looked it up here at work, and here's what the
> > manuals say on it all anyway:
> >
> > October 1964 TB 746-93-1 was in force apparently until 1975: Vehicles
> are
> > O.D.
> > December 1975 TB 43-0147 "Color, Marking, and Camouflage Patterns:
> Vehicles
> > are Four Colour Camouflage
> > October 1990 TB 43-0209 (superseded the 1976 edition of above): Vehicles
> are
> > NATO type Three Colour Camouflage
> >
> > Question though. Weren't the first HMMWVs and CUCVs delivered to the Army
> in
> > the Three Colour Cam? If that happened 1984-85, they should still
> > technically have been using the Four Colour system (at least according to
> > the above.) I've sanded down a fair number of CUCVs and HMMWVs, yet have
> > never yet come across any that have been obvious Three Colour over Four
> > Colour repaints.
> >
> > chance_wolf@shaw.ca
> >
> >
>
>
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