Grant Tnak UK africa.markings

Cabe · Post by **Cabe** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:14 pm

Does anyone have any pics with images of grant tank markings for the N.Africa campaign? Doesn't have to be UL, any commonwealth will do as long as they fought in desert.
Fender insignias, turret embles etc. whatever

also, was the desert tan paint that was put on US built tanks just as durable as the ETO olive green?
have been told it was very hard to chip, but what about other colors?
Was the green over sprayed with the tan?
I was told the base coat was a red oxide. On any USA tank was there any other replacing red oxide or in concert along with the red primer?

warhawker · Post by **warhawker** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:49 am

Here are a couple of photos/sites that I found:
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3957
There is a photo 1/2 down the page with a Grant next to a burnt out German tank with some details on camo pattern.
http://www.war-experience.org/history/k ... agetwo.asp
http://www.tartanpixel.com/hussars/heavy.asp
As they appeared when they just arrived in N. Africa
http://www.answers.com/topic/m-3grants-e-014053-jpg-1
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vet ... 9167/posts
http://www.pullman-museum.org/exhibits/ ... grant7.jpg
http://history.sandiego.edu/cdr2/WW2Pics/82522bg.jpg
Restore shop down in Queensland, Australia
http://www.armygear.org/?Items:Armour_-_Page_1