german camouflage

[LAH 1 SS]

well guys i though i would start another thread in regards to german camouflage. we all know the basic colour elements that made up the german paint scheme from the early 30's to the end of war. what i thought was this thread could be made of is the various schemes or patterns that were used by the german army please feel free to post interesting camouflage schemes you find with a brief description of the sheme your posting. lastly im hoping this can be used as a reference point for the modellers here on the forum. good luck guys



sorry moderators if this thread needs to be moved to the modelling section please do so regards LAH 1 SS.

heres some to get us started

a soft edged three tone scheme


a splintered white wash camouflage of unknown base colour


the rare disc type camouflage refered to as TII



a stencilled ambush scheme


the hard edged three tone sheme


a late war sheme known as octopus sheme


another ambush sheme which we are familiar with


a solid base coat of dark yellow

[McCoy]

Thanks!

So long this thread deals with German camouflage on AFV's it's in the right place. But if it comes down later on to paintin' techniques n' tricks for modellin' said patterns I'd rather see a separate thread in the modellin' section.

Carry on mate!

[LAH 1 SS]

that sounds fair enough mate

[LAH 1 SS]

heres another for the thread guys a nice panther g used by LAH it has a base coat of yellow with circles of red brown and green heres some photos for you guys

[LAH 1 SS]

here is two more for you guys a nice ambush scheme applied to a hetzer note the three tone camouflage in hard edged pattern hope you enjoy

[cyberia]

Good stuff LAH. I think technique also depended on crew and heres a few caes in point...


These two 251s were from the same unit...

A sort of slap the white wash brush against the vehicle method




This crew on the other hand seemed to prefer a "basket weave" pattern




Then we have the unusual polka dot Pak

[LAH 1 SS]

cyberia nice one i love it keep them coming

[LAH 1 SS]

here is a few more for this thread a nice colour photo of an over all drak grey tiger



here is anothe tiger that has been destoyed not the colour of the zimmerit that hase been damaged



here is a nice one od a red brown and dark yellow camouflage on an sdkfz 251



and lastly here is one of the famous red oxide used to under coat the tanks before they were painted in there base colours



hope you enjoy

[TRDG]

Nice pics guys, was'nt there some kind of basic "theme" like that a lot of the times there was just not enough materials to really do the camo paint up the "correct" German high command way?
Also, did the armour commanders ride the crews of their vehicles if there were supplies readily available and they did not use it to full advantage?

Cheers, I have many question here, but I will start with these, for now!!

Tom

[LAH 1 SS]

yes there were orders from the high command in regards to the camouflage of all german vehicles how the paint supplies were utilised and the way they were camouflaged was left up to the unit commanders. individual unit,s painted there vehicles differently and the commanders dictated how the were painted due to the theatres of operation ie some colours were used more heavily than others. as the war progressed any camouflaging was undertaken rigourously by commanders it was a matter of survival also dont forget dwindling supplies didnt help the crews at all and captured paint was often used as well