ane coor | H ‘fikaBraun RaALEOD x Blaugas RALIOIE Fd Braun Raleor? Fy Dunkelge nM Dunkelgebi3 2 Dankelgel vaio 1 ALTOS © Dunkelgl variation? Raves zs Dankelgl vriaion 3 RaL7023 2 Dankelgau aro m2 Efenben RaLtoot E Fela aLeon5 17 Gelbbraun aLecoo 2 Gleb RALtO05 6 Grau Ralraz? 2 Sravgron avons 5 aun RaLson7 7 frog RaLeo03 % Rot acon 4 Rotbraun Ralsor2 6 Schwarz RaLsons 0 Signbieun Rawson 8 Wei prea 5 wea rasan 5 Name eaten AnthecigruSigraraun Paty 19951058 716 OE Panzergrau (HM 1940, Nr. 664 of 31.06.1940) 21 Afikakons Dsupive Paton I (Heresmitohing 134, Nr 281) ol toa Millon owine ten (P1942, Nr 318 of 2503 1342) am 77 Dunkelgelb Base Colour with Disruptive Patter (HM 1943, Nr. 181 and 322) 7o2a = e0n3 “Ambush Pattern 19th August 1944 7008 €003 Dark Red Primer Coat with Disruptive Pattem 31st October 1944 eo 60a {EEE ies yh bev edie ttn Clivgrun Biase Colour with Disruptive Patter 31st November 1944 S% | B% | R 6 8 Hex | Sample S a 207175128 CFAFAO 2B 0 73 69102, 495966 2 2 75 45 6 482006 Es 64162160 71 A967 7 169153107 AQSe6B 3 64162 141.112, a2a070 6 Bt 128 68 636044 3 31 70 68 78 4654M4e 34 e207, 195136 CFC30B z B Ey 3 75 446046 é1 suo 137 58 95838 100 020 eB 0. 68900 2B 2 157 145116 909174 % 6181 5 7e6FOS 64 3 53 8 30 SB53IE 8 2 74 7 42, 4ab10c 8 e204 % 24 CC2H1B 8 o 16 53 52, 763634 oO 0 0 0 ‘0. 00000 a 40103 2 ‘44, 673E2C 8 go 253 a? 232 FOFES 5 952321230 FSFIES Notes ‘Vehicles dratted in 1939 were painted inthis pattem The base colour dominated the disruptive pattern by a factor of2 101, with soft contours batween colours. Panzergrau replaced the earliar two-colour pattern in 1940, in order to save paint. Panzergrau was discontinued in February of 1943. Vehicles in ‘operation were not to be repainted. Instead, ‘camouflage paste was used to create two and three colour pattems over the Panzergrau base colour, ‘Asmoured vehicles at Kursk in 1943 are documented in Panzergrau with Dunkelgelb patches, typically in the recommended ratio of 2 to 1 PPanzergrau vehicles deployed to Afica were repainted in the new base colour wth disruptive patches, The base colour dominated the disruptive pattem by @ factor of2 to 1, with sot contours between colours. ‘The new pattem for Arca was introduced in March of 1942. Available paint and camouflage paste ofthe earlier pattern was to be used up, resulting in 2 ‘mixture of pattems in the interim period. The new ‘fica pattem was also used in Crete (HM 1942, Nr (600). Water seluable, and removable camouflage paste was to be used to paint vehicle tars. ‘As of February 1943, vehicles were cupplied in the DDunkelgelb factory base coat, to be painted with ‘camoufage pattems accarding to regional and seasonal requirements. As a result a great variety of two and three colour patterns were in existence, even ening alongside eachother in the game unt Operational vehicles painted Panzergrau were not to be repainted in the new base colour. Instead, camouflage paste was to be used to create two- and three-colour patterns. ‘The ambush pattern was designed to hide vehicles Under trees, an important consideration in light of allied air superiority following the Normandy landings. ‘Ambush pattem was factory applied, using standard designs. e017 e017 =z [A simplyfied process of applying the three colour isruptive pattem, using the dark red primer as the -7az1 382 colour and adding disruptive pattems of Olvgran ‘and Dunkelgelb atthe factory. Panzergrau may have been used as an alternative to Dunkelgelb on 7028 COlivgrun base coat any, to be camoufaged by the Units receiving them,