US Army OD Then till Whenever?

Olive Drab rocks! Have fun with it. In a nutshell, as said above, yes OD has changed and evolved. As a mainstream vehicle base color, it was replaced during the 1970s. But it was not phased out on pieces of equipment until during the 1980s. Even when I retired in 2007, pieces of commo gear in my last unit were still in OD and not the replacement Dark Green or CARC/NATO green. I am willing to bet that somewhere in the spare parts system inventory, in some warehouse, there are road wheels for a M88 or M113 still in Vietnam era OD somewhere...

Thanks for the info.

Doesn't seem like such a drab subject, after all !

My favourite topic!

OH no.....here we go again

OD has varied from WWII through Korea as it became darker through VN where it became semi gloss.

Steve Zaloga has written a bunch of articles on it and there have been a NUMBER of treads here on it so look first

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Soooooo.....what time period, where and what unit will also make a difference

Rounds Complete!!