[McDell Bros]

Light mud with blue/black camo was used by all New Zealand armour and a lot of transport for the first few months of the Italian campaign. Infact our Staghounds remained that colour untill the end. Although a lot of the Kiwi veterans refer to it as Mud/Grey, I,m sure its still the same colour. Apparently some of the vehicles were painted on the ship on the way to Italy using & mixing the closest colours they had on hand. We have painted our carrier in these colours as serving in the 21st Infantry Battalion. The colours we used were a bit of an educated guess, but they probably varied a bit in service anyway. Here are a few photo's, the colour seems to vary a bit in different lights & is slowly dulling off & looking better.