Need help: M151a2 CAF Europe 74-22375

[Gaspare]

Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh

Gaspare:

It has been a pleasure reading through the postings. There are always small details that emerge when a thoughtful question is asked.

Although you asked Eric about paint, I can give an answer from my experience. The diagram you posted was the only set of instructions available. Sometime about 1977 or 78, there was an order to all units to paint their vehicles camouflage. Reserve units, like Eric's and mine, did not have the same level of technical support as any Regular Force unit. My unit was wheeled reconnaissance, and we had fifteen or twenty M38A1 CDN2s and 3s, plus two M151A2s. If the vehicle went through the military's workshops, it was spray painted. If it was still in service, and not broken badly enough, the troops painted them on the armoury floor.

The procedure started with a heavy pressure water and scrub brush cleaning. Then the Corporal or Master Corporal in charge, held the diagram in one hand and drew lines on the vehicle with a stubby piece of chalk he found in a classroom. Then the soldiers shook up paint cans, dipped in 4" brushes and painted inside the lines, right over the semi-gloss green factory paint. Absolutely nothing regulation or more definitive than that. It took several years for all our vehicles to finally cycle through the workshops and come out looking uniform.

Thank you Terry,
also this is helpful :-)