M992 FAASV color. Germany 87-89

Samurai

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June 2015

Posted by Samurai on Thursday, April 4, 2019 7:09 AM

Small world, I was in HHB 2/83rd a couple years before you, left in '83. I heard they were preparing for Pershing missiles around the time I was outprocessing and the Local Germans were protesting.

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HeavyArty

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December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 7:43 PM

DRUMS01
I was the FDC Chief in C Battery 2/83 FA in Babenhausen, part of the 41st FA Bde (now all gone).

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DRUMS01

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June 2018
From: Ohio (USA)

Posted by DRUMS01 on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 6:54 PM

I was there in West Germany (smile) up till 1985 in an 8" M110 unit and we had the 548's till I left. Our other unit on post still had the 175mm long tube howitzers. We were hearing about these coming to replace the 548 though. I was the FDC Chief in C Battery 2/83 FA in Babenhausen, part of the 41st FA Bde (now all gone).

Looking forward to your build.

Ben

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kg4kpg

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March 2008
From: Charleston, SC

Posted by kg4kpg on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 6:45 PM

Thanks Pawel.

Thanks HeavyArty, thought I’d hear from you. I always thought it was a different and darker pattern with some kind of euro green and black. I believe our battery had M548’s that were replaced with the 992’s but I don’t know when that happened. I got there in ‘87, so before then.

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HeavyArty

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December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 5:58 PM

They are both in standard NATO 3-color camo of Forest Green, Military Brown, and Flat Black.

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Pawel

Member since
May 2009
From: Poland

Posted by Pawel on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 5:25 PM

Hello!

Lookin' forward to see them done! Good luck and have a nice day

Paweł

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kg4kpg

Member since
March 2008
From: Charleston, SC

M992 FAASV color. Germany 87-89

Posted by kg4kpg on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 4:00 PM

I picked up a Riich 1/72 combo kit of the M109A2 and M992 so I could build the tracks I served on when I was in Germany in the late 80’s. I left Germany two weeks before the wall came down. Anyway, I know the howitzer colors, I just can’t figure out what the green is with the black on the FAASV. Here’s a pic of my tracks.

Thanks, Chris

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