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| French Armour 1930s-1940 | ||||||||||
| Sources: | www.matadormodels.co.uk | |||||||||
| http://members.tripod.com/~france40/armeee/colours.html | ||||||||||
| Vauvilliers, F L'Automobils sous l'uniforme (1992 | ||||||||||
| Zaloga, S. Blitzkrieg…(1980) | ||||||||||
| Notes by Mike Starmer | ||||||||||
| © Mike Cooper 2005 | H=Humbrol; R=Revell | |||||||||
| Notes | Vert Oliv Mat | Gris Vert Tres Fonce | Gris Fer | Bleu Marine | Ocre Jaune Clair | Brun | Ocre Jaune | Vert | Black | |
| Pre 1939 painting - H159+black or H75 or H116. From 1939 on 86 or 159 | R67 | H27? | H104? | H94? | Dark = R86 - Light = H186 | R88 | H150+hint 99 or H86+H81 | R9 | ||
| Army | ||||||||||
| Base tone on all AFVs, guns, army trucks, cars | ||||||||||
| North Africa | ||||||||||
| Motorbikes | ||||||||||
| Armee de L'Air | ||||||||||
| Air Force vehicles 1939 - and Vichy built | ||||||||||
| Airforce trucks pre 1939 | ||||||||||
| Air Force passenger vehicles pre 1939 | ||||||||||
| Camouflage patterns | Outlines in contrasting colour - Black or Ocre most common, not universal | |||||||||
| Light on base tone | ||||||||||
| Three tone | ||||||||||
| Dark on base tone | ||||||||||
| 1939 - "Winter" | ||||||||||
| 1939 - "Summer" | ||||||||||