Soviet camouflage?
Soviet camouflage?
I cannot remember seeing any photos of camo-painted Soviet vehicles. At first I thought maybe the effect was caused by fire, but now believe the Gaz had been painted this way. My question is, did the Soviets camouflage their vehicles, or, perhaps, thad this Gaz been captured, painted, then destroyed?
Thanks for looking,
Kerry.
Thanks for looking,
Kerry.
- Ironmachine
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Re: Soviet camouflage?
Ironmachine,
Thank you, it seems that it was the exception rather than the rule, but not uncommon,
Regards,
Kerry.
Thank you, it seems that it was the exception rather than the rule, but not uncommon,
Regards,
Kerry.
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Re: Soviet camouflage?
From memory, armored vehicles more often had camouflage. Including lend-lease vehicles. Sometimes, unarmored vehicles were painted too.
This Russian archive image is one example.
This Russian archive image is one example.
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At the beggining of the war a lot of soviet technics (tanks trucks and arty) especcially in western SSSR was camouflaged with irregular patterns of sand, brown and green sometimes only 2 colours were used green and brown or sand. Later after begging of the war huge losses had to be replaced quickly so they didn't bother (it was taking too much time and resources) and painted all with green and any permament camo (not field winter repaints) that was used, was applied in field units or repair shops:
Few examples from http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries.htm
BA-6 from the Separate Recon Battalion /1st Tank Division/1st Mechcorps. The North-western Front. Krasnogvardeysk (Gatchina) region, August 1941 [4] NEW (Rem. AMVAS. 1st TD/1st Mechcorps had the 1st Recon Battalion)
T-50 light tank medium production series organic to the 1st Tank Division. Leningrad area, August 1941
T-28 in three-color camouflage. Karelian Front, 14th Army, 107th Separate Tank Battalion, September, 1941. White number "1" indicates this vehicle to belong the 1st company:
T-28 of the 1st Tank Division. Northern Front, Aug. 1941 :
S-65 tractors and 152mm ML-20 howitzer. Vicinity of Moscow, late Aug. 1941:
BA-10 on the foreground and BA-11 on the background in green/brown colors. Leningrad Front, Summer 1942 [2]
BA-10 has tactical sign I17-37 on its rear side:
BA-11 from the Separate Armored Battalion of the 42nd Army. Leningrad Front, spring 1942
T-26 Mod. 1938. Equipped with searchlights for night combat and tricolor camouflage. There is also a white cross air identification sign on the turret roof. The 56th Tank Brigade of the Crimean Front, March 1942:
Few examples from http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/galleries.htm
BA-6 from the Separate Recon Battalion /1st Tank Division/1st Mechcorps. The North-western Front. Krasnogvardeysk (Gatchina) region, August 1941 [4] NEW (Rem. AMVAS. 1st TD/1st Mechcorps had the 1st Recon Battalion)
T-50 light tank medium production series organic to the 1st Tank Division. Leningrad area, August 1941
T-28 in three-color camouflage. Karelian Front, 14th Army, 107th Separate Tank Battalion, September, 1941. White number "1" indicates this vehicle to belong the 1st company:
T-28 of the 1st Tank Division. Northern Front, Aug. 1941 :
S-65 tractors and 152mm ML-20 howitzer. Vicinity of Moscow, late Aug. 1941:
BA-10 on the foreground and BA-11 on the background in green/brown colors. Leningrad Front, Summer 1942 [2]
BA-10 has tactical sign I17-37 on its rear side:
BA-11 from the Separate Armored Battalion of the 42nd Army. Leningrad Front, spring 1942
T-26 Mod. 1938. Equipped with searchlights for night combat and tricolor camouflage. There is also a white cross air identification sign on the turret roof. The 56th Tank Brigade of the Crimean Front, March 1942: