who was the best army to apply camo

Modeling Subjects Armor
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who do you think was the best at camoing the amor? my picks will have to be the
1 germans
2 japanese
3 russians
4 usa
5 and the many other countries

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I’m going wit hthe germans on this one, they have so many interesting patterns.

3

yes, i agree with redleg, the germans are good in camo-ing their selves and their equipments

4

[#ditto] I agree the Germans had the best camo.
mark956

5

German for sure. Very creative at coming up with patterns. All though it might look cool if the US used that new digitalized camo on a tank.

6

Who’s ever seen that Japanmese Type 61 (?) with a lozenge scheme…? That was quite funky!

7

Hi Ga.modler and all,
I think the germans would have had the most effective schemes. That would be combinations of yellow, red-brown and green.
Can anyone answer why they would have used grey on their armor and uniforms? I’d think that would stand out quite a bit when in the fields.
Regards,
Joe

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i would say the bast Army to apply camo to its Armour in WW2 are
1 germans
2 British
3 Finland
4 usa
5 japanese

9

I agree that the germans used the best or most interesting camo schemes in WWII but recently a lot of good camo schemes can be found from different nations’ armed forces.

10

I agree also that the Germans had the best camo patterns of WW II.

Joe, gray is the hardest color for the human eye to distinguish so as far as monotone colors go, it’s the best choice. Yes in some situations it would stand out but in most is an effective color.

Eric

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I think that the German schemes of WWII were by far the most interesting. I’m especially fond of the Ambush pattern.

12

The Germans. They just had so many far out patterns. I like the ambush scheme.

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“i would say the bast Army to apply camo to its Armour in WW2 are
1 germans
2 British
3 Finland
4 usa
5 japanese…”

Finland you say? I´m from Finland myself but never really thought about that (never really studied Finnish camo).

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I have to agree, Germans had the best cammo in wwII
2 British… love those Desert Stuarts
3 Japanese

In the war the germans would feild many differnt colors and patterns on their armor… this is probably part of their great appeal to modelers.

Herr Gray [:-^]

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erush,
Joe, gray is the hardest color for the human eye to distinguish so as far as monotone colors go, it’s the best choice. Yes in some situations it would stand out but in most is an effective color.
Thanks for the explanation.
Now, my question would be, why not use the grey as a base ( which I know they did in some instances) and use some other colors for a disruptive pattern?
Regards,
Joe

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I’m all for that!

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For WWII camo, here’s my 2 cents:

  1. Germans

  2. Finns (Man, the Finns had some weird camo’s)

  3. Japs

  4. Italians (Don’t forget some of their weird European Schemes)

  5. USA (Most people think of only OD, but good ole Uncle Sam also used browns, blacks, and white (and I’m not talking just for winter))

  6. Russians (Just not a lot of variation. Green, some brown, and then white for winter.)

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I pretty much agree with this but I think I would put the Japanese above the British and I can’t think of any Finnish schemes at the moment. For some odd reason I like the British “Micky Mouse” scheme.

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Well, panzer gray is a real yawn, but ambush is awsome! I guess the more you have to hide, the more creative your camo gets! I’d rate the Germans as first in this one.

Ron