The use of templates to paint deforming camouflage was forbidden.Īs opposed to the winter paint schemes, which were used until the end of the war, the summer camouflage was used only in a few theaters of war, where there were many forests or long-term The instructions detailed the locations of spots and their positioning with respect to the vehicle and terrain (e.g. Dark Green 4BO (45-50% of the vehicle),.The use of a three-color paint scheme was recommended: Near the end of 1941, the Red Army's Armored Vehicle and Artillery Command began work on new instructions for camouflage and masking. Two and three-colored variations were used.Ĭamouflage paint schemes were used on a wider scale in the 1 st Armored Division, in some units of the South-Western Front as well as oddly enough, the 6 th Armored Division, 28 th MechanizedĬorps, whose T-26 tanks were sent to occupy Iran. That is also why only a few armored vehicles had the required camouflage paint schemes during combat in the summer and fall of 1941.Įxceptions were armored trains that were particularly susceptible to aerial attack and had to be properly camouflaged. They were painted with standard 4BO paint, for it was planned that appropriate camouflage would be painted on after the complete formation of armored units.įurther, Stalin was planning an attack not defense, and during a massed attack the problem of camouflage was of lesser importance. In 1940-1941, units were supplied with new armored vehicles, including the KW and T-34 tanks. Tanks were painted with two or three-color camouflage. At the outset of the 1940s, Soviet industry began production of three paints in the form of a thick paste, which was to be diluted with oil varnish containing gasoline or naphtha.ĭark Green 4BO paint remained the basic color, which was to be used to cover up to 50% of a vehicle.
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