Info needed: correct colours for WWII Aust vehicles

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by Jacques Reed

roof of a Ford Australia CMP truck still showing what I believe to be the original disruptive camouflage pattern.

Indeed it is Jacques – Khaki Green No.3 with Light Earth disruptive applied in production. As shown previously these were Dulux 21-line finishes supplied in Australia by B.A.L.M. and their Adelaide subsidiary United Australasian Paint Co. Thanks for posting this image which illustrates so well the extreme durability of these military spec alkyd enamel finishes.

In terms of vehicle numbers and types this was by far the most extensively used camouflage scheme of the war, and although it was superseded in March ’43 under SM 4809, instructions were that vehicles already camouflaged were not to be repainted unless moving into operational areas. Hence we commonly see vehicles still in this scheme late in the war. Rarely however do we get to see the roof pattern! I’ve not seen pattern charts for Cab 13 but they appear to have been based on existing Cab 12 patterns.

Cheers!


Dulux 21-line finishes.jpg

Mech. Circ. 319 disruptive pattern charts 1-12.jpg

Mech Circ 319 CMP pattern charts (Medium).jpg

Mech Circ 319 pattern charts Jacques roof.jpg

064333 RYDE, NSW. 1944-02-09. FIRE TENDERS AND 3-TON GS TRUCKS AT 3RD ORDNANCE VEH PARK..JPG