CDN M151 Colors

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Ed Storey

Hopefully it is a M151A2 that he wishes to 'do up in Canadian colours' and not one of the earlier models. When first purchased in 1974 the Canadian M151A2s looked like any other American vehicle at the time as they lacked the roll-cage were in semi-gloss OD.

See some inspiration for Canadian M151, M151A1 and M151A2 on my archived web page which Ed supplied info and photos for: https://www.mapleleafup.nl/fordm151/m151cdn.htm
Colours range from plain white to semi-gloss OD or the camouflage scheme, depending the type and period.

[Ed Storey]

Something that must be remembered and close attention paid to is that the various models of M151 vehicles used by Canada with the UNEF in the Middle East and the ICCS in Vietnam were vehicles supplied by the Americans for those specific missions.

The Canadian military only used the M151A2, and that was in both Germany and Canada. The vehicles were originally supplied in semi-gloss OD before eventually being camouflage painted.