discussion Request for a reference pic

[PaulTRose]

Im wondering if any one has a pic or can find it that im after........ive been googling all sorts but still not found it

Its a pic of a Russian storage yard.....shows hundreds of tanks......either T55 or T62......and it shows massive variety of green base colours and levels of weathering

 

[bilbo]

These seems to be what you’re looking for: Soviet armour in storage

 

[PaulTRose]

Thanks but thats not the one im after

I remember it well.....tanks are in rows going away from the camera.....all sorts of diffetent greens......i even remeber seeing it on a modelling forum.....not this one.....as an example of how you cant say a kit is painted the wrong shade when in real life its like the pic

 

[Tim Marlow]

This one?

….or this one?

I’ve posted both here several times, usually when someone mentions accurate colours….

 

[Tim Marlow]

…..and there’s this one of German WW2 uniforms as well

 

[PaulTRose]

Bingo!

Thats the one.....with the BTRs!......for some reason i kept thinking T55/T62

Thanks Tim

 

[PaulTRose]

And ive used the uniform one myself elsewhere when ive seen people argueing about 'correct shade' just to shut them up lol

 

[Tim Marlow]

To be honest, more than anything I think the uniform one shows the worsening German supply situation as the was progresses……they are in order of date.

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

To be honest, more than anything I think the uniform one shows the worsening German supply situation as the was progresses……they are in order of date.

The second, third and fourth ones in the second row are the odd stand outs for colour against the others, especially that bright green one. Is that a police jacket

The BTR pic is fascinating for shades and fades. Especially the one in the middle of the second row which looks factory fresh! It's almost like it's hoping his worn-in brothers don't notice him!

 

[vizenz]

The second, third and fourth ones in the second row are the odd stand outs for colour against the others, especially that bright green one. Is that a police jacket

The second in the second row is a standard all field grey M42 or M43 tunic. The third one is probably a "Germanised" Dutch tunic with new collar and the fourth is a Waffenrock (the Army Parade uniform) with new added collar for field use.

 

[Guest]

The third one is probably a "Germanised" Dutch tunic with new collar

Well spotted! Now you’ve mentioned it, I looked through the big bible of Dutch Army uniforms (Van grijsgroen naar camouflage: De (gevechts)kleding van de Koninklijke Landmacht 1912 – 2000 by M. Talens, Delft: Legermuseum, 2007, ISBN 978-90-70793-30-2) and I think you’re right. Though much of the jacket is obscured, it looks a lot like an enlisted mens’ version of the veldjas M-1912 with a German breast eagle and Linzen applied, and a button added to the pocket flap (to replace the press-fastener these normally had). The collar itself could be original, these were entirely in the colour of the branch of service; this looks grey-green, which in short was for anyone in a unit that rode horses, and also for military pharmacists.