how did the us military camouflage sherman tank

Do you mean the scheme as provided by Tamiya 1/35 kit faultless? Not what you where after just thought it was interesting.įrankly speaking at the very moment (as there are no opinions about the sandy one) I'm also considering the Hurricane, as she is well documented vehicle (and not plain OD overall that I try to avoid at any cost). What her fate was i couldn't find out but as the average life expectancy of the Sherman at this stage of the war was very short i would think she was knocked out at some point.Īn interesting subject and i actually ended up modeling a Sherman called Buffalo so this info was never used by me, but should i do another Sherman it will be Hurricane. She also had stowage handle welded to the upper turret sides towards the bustle.

Tracks where T51 not the T48 shown in the diagram and she had a convoy horn mounted in a bump guard on the glacis The repaint retained her name but eliminated the turret markings and the load masters info on the hull sides and also the air recognition star in favour of an air recog orange panel which was draped over the stowage. She landed at Utah on the 9th of June 1944 from an LST as the pictures show she was fitted for wading but never needed them and shortly after landing the wading equipment was removedĪt some point between June and August she was repainted with earth (possibly black as Steve Zaloga stated he found evidence that 2nd where issued with black and a regimented scheme) over olive paint which was the 2nd armoured divisions norm for all there tanks and on the 16th August she had a full engine refit. I see Hurricane at the top there.did a fair bit of research on her as i was doing my Sherman there are some nice photo's of her. Mind that this division landed in France in July 1944 (some 5 weeks after the D-day) and had never fought in any tropical or desert environment. IMHO the two-coloured US tank schemes there consisted of OD No.9 (~FS33070) plus either Earth Brown No.5 (~FS30099) or Black (~FS37038). One is portrayed by Heller 1/72 kit (#49892, 5682)Īnd another (maybe it's another interpretation of the same vehicle - I can't see the serial number precisely) by EasyModel as # 36253ĪFAIK the Earth Yellow No.6 (~FS30257) is not listed as being the complementary camo colour for the Northern Europe - correct me if I'm wrong. Looking for some OD+Earth Brown No.5 camouflaged US Army M4 Shermans from Northern Europe in 1944-45 I just found the strangely camouflaged M4 Shermans from (as said) 4th Armoured Division.

How did the us military camouflage sherman tank