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Dear colleagues
Whilst going through the on-line war diaries of Headquarters 1st Australian Armoured Division I found a comprehensive marking directive dated March 1942. Within the directive was a template for the divisions formation sign along with example drawings for the following vehicles: Chevrolet DS car Ford DS car Bren MG carrier US M3 Scout car Six seater recce car Ford 3 ton truck Ford ? ton truck International utility The directive also illustrates the dimensions and colours of squadron tactical signs and solves a mystery regarding the painting of the inside of the squadron sign. The directive states that the inside of the squadron tactical sign is to be painted grey. This explains some pictures of Australian Grant tanks that display a different colour inside the Squadron tactical sign than the overall colour. Interestingly, a note at the bottom of the page states 'grey denotes vehicle colour'. Clearly, someone forgot to read that! Other items of interest in the dairy include an assessment of the M3 Armoured car and papers on the organisation of an armoured car regiment. The url is: http://www.awm.gov.au/diaries/ww2/folder.asp?folder=124 Then look at the Jan - April 1942 diary. cheers Shane |
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