M series winter camo

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I'm not so sure that was a winter cam, but rather the standard cam pattern back in the late 60s and 70s.

I usually saw this paint job on the pre-74 vehicles, but I did see it on one or two of the M151A2s I bought. Most of the 3/4 tons sold around here had it. The white was usually a bit more of a sandy color, but it's hard to tell if that was fading or the color it came in.

When I was in the militia back in the late 70s, we had special white paint which you applied in the winter time, and was supposed to wash off with gasoline. This paint was around into the mid 80s, when it seemed to have disappeared. With the newer IRR paints of the 80s, I read a report where the designer talked about designing a new winter paint that could be washed off with a less volatile liquid, but never saw this product available.

We applied the paint on order from the troop sgt. At what level it originated is beyond me.

Interesting to note that on transition to the 5/4 ton, the cam pattern did not change from what you have on your 3/4 ton, with the exception that the 3 colors were flat green, olive drab, and black.