Mickey Mouse Paint Scheme

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by gordon
I always consider this to be early WW2 and pretty much gone by D-Day, but does anyone have a date range for MME camoflage please?

AFAIK, it came in use in 1942 and continued to be an official scheme until 1944. Vehicles without a need for repaint could be seen in that scheme at least until war's end.

Here's the pitch from experts Mike Starmer and Mike Cooper:

1942- 44 – M.T.P. 46/4A introduce new toned schemes aimed primarily against aerial observation, usually using the BS.987C browns as laid down in A.C.I. 1160 of May 1942. The most common versions were variants of the ‘Foliage’ pattern and the ‘Mickey Mouse’ variant of the ‘Dapple’ pattern. Vehicles continued to be delivered and used in plain S.C.C. 2 following A.C.I. 1160 which gave S.C.C. 2 as “Basic Paint”. In October 1943 A.C.I. 1496 authorised S.C.C. 14 (black) as the main shade over S.C.C. 2. For illustrations of this and M.T.P. 20 schemes see http://milfax2003.tripod.com

Note: that last URL should read http://milifax2003.tripod.com/home03.html


Also see paint schemes for CMP trucks for further info and related links.

HTH,
Hanno