Re: [MV] 25mm Hotchkiss AT Gun

John Champlin (jchamplin@sprintmail.com)
Tue, 16 Dec 1997 15:35:44 -0800

Scott Parker wrote:
>
> My apologies, if this is a little off topic, but I figure you guys have
> the best shot at answering my question...
>
> A friend of mine is restoring a French 1934 Hotchkiss 25mm anti-tank gun.
> His question is ... what is the correct color? Since it was made, it
> was used by the Finnish, and apparently painted a dark kelly green. He
> wants to restore it to the original French colors.

Scott;
If the original user was the Finnish Army, then he may wish to keep up
the value of the piece by restoring as a "Armeia Suomii" piece from the
original unit of issue, especially if it goes back to the Russo-Finnish
War. The Finns are realy nice about helping serious restoration efforts
of former Finnish Military equipment for at least part time public
display. They might even send him a unit T/O extract for info on how it
would be moved and crewed.

John Champlin

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