Operational vehicles painted Schwartzgrau were not to be repainted in the new base colour. As a result, a great variety of two and three colour patterns were in existence, even serving alongside each other in the same unit. Gelbbraun (RAL 8020) Sandgrau (RAL 7027Īs of February 1943, vehicles were supplied in the Dunkelgelb factory base coat, only to be painted with camouflage patterns according to regional and seasonal requirements. Note: This African theatre camouflage was also used in Crete / Greece and possibly in the Balkan region.Ĭolours used were Gelbbraun (RAL 8020) and Sandgrau (RAL 7027). Available paint and camouflage paste of the earlier pattern was to be used up, resulting in a mixture of patterns in the interim period. Grünbraun (RAL 8000)Ī new pattern for Africa was introduced in March of 1942. Vehicles in North Africa were painted with a factory-applied base of Grünbraun (RAL 8000) covering 2/3 of the vehicle with 1/3 of Grüngrau (RAL 7008) in disruptive pattern. Schwartzgrau (RAL 7021) Dunkelgelb (RAL 7028) Schwartzgrau (RAL 7021) Schwartzgrau (RAL 7021) – aka Panzer Grey – replaced the earlier two-colour pattern in 1940, in order to save paint. The second colour was Signalbraun (RAL 8002) Signalbraun (RAL 8002) Anthrazitgrau (RAL 7016) Vehicles commissioned in 1939 were painted in the following manner with a base colour – Anthrazitgrau (RAL 7016) – which dominated the camo pattern by 2/3, with soft contours between colours. The paint colors used were defined by the Reichs-Ausshuss für Lieferbedingungen (RAL) (Reich Committee for Terms of Delivery).
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