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winter camo
Posted by r13b20 on Saturday, September 4, 2004 4:54 PM
Hi guys ( and gals). I haven't seen this in my travels so I'll ask here.

Are there examples of winter camo on M4A3's? If not, how was the id numbers and stars handeled? Did the soldiers paint over them or around them? Assuming that the U.S. even did that sort of thing! Thanks in advance, Bob.
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Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, September 4, 2004 7:50 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by 13b20

Hi guys ( and gals). I haven't seen this in my travels so I'll ask here.

Are there examples of winter camo on M4A3's? If not, how was the id numbers and stars handeled? Did the soldiers paint over them or around them? Assuming that the U.S. even did that sort of thing! Thanks in advance, Bob.


ok I found one site here that details how to mod your kit for the winterized tank... pretty interesting and detailed:

http://www.usarmymodels.com/MANUFACTURERS/Tamiya/tamiya35122.html

Here's a page with a winter M4A3 but not sure how accurate the paint job is is: (it is an IPMS page)

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2001/05/stuff_eng_isaksson_m4.htm


some real life photos from WW2:


http://www.eliillinois.org/30108_87/pgtw/pgtwproducts.html

http://www.707tkbn.org/battles/winterwar.html

Basically it looks like they brushed white paint over the olive green original to varying degrees... and over the numbers and letts as per your question...
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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Posted by r13b20 on Sunday, September 5, 2004 4:43 PM
tho9900 thanks a lot. that was helpful. I guess almost anything goes. that ipms tank was really a beauty! Thanks again!
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Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, September 5, 2004 5:43 PM
yeah... looks like they didn't take a lot of time thinking on a camo scheme, might have even been on an individual units basis that they did it as there were plenty of photos of them still all olive drab.
---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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