1944 C-15A-Wire-5 Restoration

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

The white and red wheel nuts i have seen on wartime pictures but in training in England.

The outer nuts were red from the factory, and for good reason. Those that don't know any better ask "why are those nuts red"? You can then tell them that it is because if you undo them before letting the air pressure out of the tube, you will be in for an unpleasant surprise.

The white nuts are not (to the best of my knowledge) factory. I am more used to seeing them on the odd vehicle that belonged to units who had a little too much time on their hands. If you look at some howitzers and field guns for instance you will see not only white wheel nuts, but even the wheel's lock ring (On rims of that design) along with the lunnette and a host of other oddities painted white. This is also on post war guns into the 60s.