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AroundTheCorner
03-16-2009, 10:46 PM
I have a question about the camouflage of the German vehicles during WW2. Did the Heer (regular army) camouflage their vehicles or did only the Waffen-SS camouflage their vehicles. Thank's :)
simple jumper
03-17-2009, 12:28 AM
Heer, SS, LW Ground units, Coastal Artillery, they all did it.
Lefty
03-17-2009, 03:23 AM
After 1943, Dunklegelb (Dark Gold) was the standard color for Whermact and SS vehicles. Camoflauge, usually in Olivegrun and Rotbraun (Olive Green and Red Brown) was applied at the unit level and applied in a paste mixed with kerosene, then applied. This led to all the variations seen.

Of course, the gray color could still be seen up to 1945.
BlackJack22
03-17-2009, 08:23 AM
After 1943, Dunklegelb (Dark Gold) was the standard color for Whermact and SS vehicles. Camoflauge, usually in Olivegrun and Rotbraun (Olive Green and Red Brown) was applied at the unit level and applied in a paste mixed with kerosene, then applied. This led to all the variations seen.

Of course, the gray color could still be seen up to 1945.
Whats the paste mix,mixed with kerosene supposed to do?
tercio67
03-17-2009, 08:58 AM
Google for
Zimmerit
Marsh
03-17-2009, 09:55 AM
Google for
Zimmerit

Hi,

Sorry you are mistaken. Zimmerit was a paste consisting of glue and sawdust with a few other additions. It was used as a means of preventing magnetic mines being attached to AFVs.

What was described in a previous poste was the mixing of two different coloured paints in a concentrated "sludge" which is then diluted with kerosene into a more liquified form. This process makes it more suitable for painting on a vehicle.

cheers
Marsh
tercio67
03-17-2009, 10:36 AM
Hi,

Sorry you are mistaken. Zimmerit was a paste consisting of glue and sawdust with a few other additions. It was used as a means of preventing magnetic mines being attached to AFVs.

What was described in a previous poste was the mixing of two different coloured paints in a concentrated "sludge" which is then diluted with kerosene into a more liquified form. This process makes it more suitable for painting on a vehicle.

cheers
Marsh

My mistake, remembered seeing a docu where they demonstrated the making of Zimmerit and they added paint for color.
Deathchant
03-17-2009, 07:32 PM
Towards the end of WWII you could have seen/done anything to any vehicle because the world was ****ed. I have seen pictures of all sorts of people using all sorts of everything. The best being Germans with Russian weapons so they wernt identified as Germans straight away. That must have been some kind of **** situation.