M3 Grant internal paint colour?

T26E4 wrote:

Why is it surprising?  The internal bright color allowed for any dim light inside to be magnified for the crew's ability to function.  Of course, the inside face of hatches would be painted to match the external colors.

I guess its just that white is such a stark colour. I kinda thought it might have been tinted with another colour but Im not gonna worry about it. BTW does that include the steel plating on the floor being white? Its gonna be interesting contrasting that withall the scuff marks.

Even the inside of modern tanks like the M48, M60, M551, M1/A1/A2 are white today.

Here is a link to an album of the interior of the M3 Lee (basically the same tank).
http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/lee.htm

While this is a modern M88A1 recovery vehicle, you cansee that just about everything is painted white inside, treadplate included.

Looks like there was some non-skid paint applied or perhaps rubber mats..

spacepacker wrote:

World War2 tanks had a white and some times a very light blue(Duck egg blue) interiors!....Kenny

The Brits painted their interiors silver for a good part of the war. 

Rob Gronovius wrote:

Even the inside of modern tanks like the M48, M60, M551, M1/A1/A2 are white today. Here is a link to an album of the interior of the M3 Lee (basically the same tank). http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/lee.htm

Hey thanks Bob those pictures on that site are great for detail :)

T26E4 wrote:

spacepacker wrote: World War2 tanks had a white and some times a very light blue(Duck egg blue) interiors!....Kenny The Brits painted their interiors silver for a good part of the war.

When in the war was this? Got a picture? Gotta see that before I believe it

Walkarounds of Imperial  War Museum and Bovington will show this.  Even reading the wartime manuals confirms this.

Here're Littlefield's restored Vickers VI tank and Cromwell and Comet:

http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/vickers_04.jpg

http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/vickers_03.jpg

http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/cromwell.htm

http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/comet15.jpg