Hi all
I’m currently building an M48 Patton for a Vietnam diorama. I was thinking of using camouflage netting over it but haven’t been able to find any reference photos that indicate netting was used over armour. I’m sure it must have been but, given the total air superiority the Americans enjoyed, perhaps there was no need for it.
Would it be historically inaccurate to use it?
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Good question. I don’t recall seeing any photos of camo netting over SEA armor either. Ample photo proof of the usage of tarps/canvas for sun and rain.
Yeah forget about netting in nam. I’ve seen pics of french tanks having them but not ours. There are pics of 48’s with foliage though.
I cant think of one shot I have seen with camo netting on any US AFVs in Vietnam. Certainly none on any books in my library. Nearly everthing else can be seen on them though…
I’ll go one better.
I was active USMC '74-'78, reserve '78-'86 and cannot recall ever seeing a camo net.
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Instead of netting here’s an idea . A tarp on a dug in M-48 .
Agreed…no nets in VN… Tarps for sun and rain cover, but no camo.
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10-4 , no nets . But if you go with a tarp heres another idea , a bunkered in M-108 .
10-4 , no nets , but if you go with a tarp heres another ides , a bunkered M-108 .
True, camo nets are to prevent enemy aircraft from viewing what’s below. The enemy aircraft in Vietnam was mainly dogfighter/interceptor trying to shoot down US aircraft over North Vietnam, not attacking ground targets.
The NVA had very limited use of helo’s over South Vietnam, near the Cambodian border. I did hear that one US helo actually shot down a NVA helo, but I have never been able to verify it
Hey Shellback, funny, that’s the exact photo that prompted my build. I was just thinking of enhancing it with a camo net. Thanks to the responses here i won’t bother.
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