Much of the following information is from EMEI's, servicemens recollections and hearsay but all it can be substantiated by taking a stroll around the large collection of vehicles on exhibit at the Army Museum at Bandiana, Victoria, or looking at "in service" photographs.

• Series 2 and 2a - Deep Bronze Green Gloss
• Series 2 and 2a - Olive Drab
• Series 2 and 2a - Interim Camouflage
• Series 2 and 2a - Final Camouflage
• Series 3 - Olive Drab
• Series 3 - Interim Camouflage
• Series 3 - Final Camouflage
• 110 Perentie - Auscam DP Camouflage
• 110 Perentie - NORFORCE
• 110 Perentie - Desert
• Trailers
• Original Paint Codes
• Protec PTY LTD

Series 2 and 2a - Deep Bronze Green Gloss
  In the 1950's the Australian Army fleet were painted Deep Bronze Green gloss from the factory, as per the British M.O.D. fleet colour of the time. Likewise, when the 1958 supply contract was awarded and the Series 2 Land-Rovers were delivered to the Army they also met this colour requirement and were Deep Bronze Green. As well, this colour continued with the supply of the AMF spec Series 2A Land-Rovers. But only those made before April 1967.

The only part of the vehicles which were painted a different colour were the bridge weight discs which were a primary yellow, and the back of the rear diff was painted white so that it would be visible for convoy work at night when illuminated.

Series 2 and 2a - Australian Olive Drab Satin era
in April 1967 the official colour scheme changed. The fleet colour scheme changed to an Australian Olive Drab flat colour that was more appropriate to war service in Vietnam (Mekong River colour?).A few months later, after a roadside ambush at Dat Do (Oct 1967), the Landy doors and tailgates were removed to enable quicker vehicle dismounts.

Olive Drab was ordered to be sprayed on the existing vehicle fleet and newly purchased vehicles from 1967 forward were factory painted in Olive Drab. Some vehicles that were transfered to the Army Reserve in the late 1960's were not painted in the new colour scheme before being released from service, (eg: the Studebaker 6x6, Austin Champs and Dodge Ambulance fleet) and some others stayed in service for ceremonial work still sporting Deep Bronze Green.

Whilst vehicles were initially wholy painted in olive drab o[erational requirements, epsecially when operating on public roads, dictated that some white marks needed to be added to make the vehicles more visible. On the front the outer parts of the bumper were painted white, and at the rear the rearmost part of the bumperette or jerry can holder was painted white. At the front the width of the white sections appears to vary from a small section at the tips, to a pint in line with the verticals of the brush bar.

As per the deep bronze green era, the bridge weight disc remaind yellow, and the back of the rear diff white.

The modern version of this paint is still available from Protec. It's called camouflage green, it is an enamel paint and its stock number is 342-1166. It is a more modern paint than the original, but is easy to paint with and reproduces the correct colour.

Series 2 and 2a - Final Camouflage
Only a small number of Series 2 and 2a land rovers were still in service when camouflage paint schemes began taking over from olive drab. Some of these vehicles even started off in deep bronze green. These vehicles were mainly specialist vehicles like ambulances, workshop vehicles and gunbuggies. The scheme that they used was the same pattern that was applied to the series 3 fleet when they were painted in camouflage.

Series 2 / 2a Ambulance Left	Series 2 / 2a Ambulance Right
Series 2 / 2a Ambulance Front and Rear	Series 2 / 2a Ambulance top

Series 3 - Olive Drab
In 1977 the first Series 3 Land-Rover variants began work in the Army. The series 3 fleet all came from the factory sporting olive drab paint. It appears at some point the paint type or colour was changes as factory production notes 2 different colours. Those colours are Olive Drab, and Seim-Gloss Olive Drab. Most likely it was simply a change in the way the colour was described.

Initially the rear crossmember, jerry can holders and ffuel tank were all the same black as the chassis, as were the lifting points bolted to the front bumper. The bumper itself was unpainted galvanised, and the brush bar was painted olive drab. The wheel nuts and hubs were also black initially. The galvanised body cappings were unpainted as well.

Some series 3 units appear to have recieved the white visibility markings on the jerry can holders and the front bumper like the series 2 and 2a units. The bumpers in this case appear to have been apinted from the lifting points, outwards. The plastic grille of the series 3 also appears to have recieved differing attention. Some have been left in the plain grey of the plastic, others have been painted olive drab, others black, and on some camouflaged units, the grill was painted as per the camouflage pattern.

However front line units began painting the Series 3 units in a camouflage scheme some time in the late 1980's. A couple of different schemes were trialed until a final scheme was settled upon.

The paint is still available from Protec as an enamel. It's called camouflage green and it's stock number is 342-1166

Interim Camouflage schemes
Experiments at the unit level with cam paint schemes lead up to Auscam's approval as the fleet scheme. Cam schemes first appeared on Australian Army vehicles (including Land-Rovers) attached to the Armour Corps and the Infantry Corps (Heavy Weapons Platoon Gunbuggys and the Special Air Service LRPVs) in the 1980's. The schemes were not uniform and reflected unit level preferences. Some different schemes appear to be more wide spread than others.

Series 3 - Final Camouflage Scheme
Series 3 units still in service in the late 1980's at this time also received the Auscam scheme, as did any series 2 or 2A specialist vehicles still in service (Such as workshop vehicles and ambulances). This camouflage scheme used olive drab, black and tan in a set pattern. The olive drab was the base colour of the vehicle and the other 2 colours were applied over the top.

Painting of vehicles started at frontline units with some units like schools never repainting their vehicles. Not all series 3 land rovers received the camouflage paint schemes.

The actual pattern applied to vehicles appears to have been a slightly modified verson of what was applied to the 110 Perenties, although a couple of variations appear to have been used.

The paint in those three satin colours are still available from Protec and even have their NSN's on the tin still. It is enamel and quite easy to paint with.

• Camouflage green (342-1166)
• Camouflage tan (342-5265)
• Camouflage black (342-7165)

110 Perentie - Auscam DP Camouflage
When the Perentie 110 models were manufactured from 1987 they were also factory painted that same Olive Drab colour, though the paint itself was technically much improved. However not long after production began the painting switched from plain olive drab, to the Dispersal Pattern Camouflage (DPC) more commonly known as Auscam. The vehicles that participated in project perentie were all in olive drab, photos of those vehicles can be seen on the Project Perentie page.

At sometime before the new SASR 6x6 LRPVs were delivered to the Army, the Auscam became the official scheme. It has gradually (over the 1990's decade) been applied to the whole "green" fleet, from Mack 6x6 Dumpers to the ½ ton trailer. This approved "disruptive pattern" paint scheme ("Auscam") was factory painted on the batch of the Land-Rover TD5 110s in the year 2000 indicating it is still the current scheme. This big fleet colour changeover job was still in progress at some Australian Army Reserve depots as late as 2001. It seems vehicles were repainted as the opportunity eventuated or when the vehicle's original Olive Drab paint had faded and thinned out to the point where it started to look neglected and in need of TLC. Vehicles which were rebuilt or had major repairs undertaken were also repainted.

110 Left	110 Right
110 Top and rear	6x6 Front
6x6 Left	6x6 right
6x6 Rear (With canopy)	6x6 Rear (without canopy)

110 Perentie - NORFORCE
For the Norforce/SASR enthusiasts who want their vehicle to look like a RFSV the three colours you need are:

• Camouflage Green - 342-1166
• Camouflage Pilbara Brown - 342-5239
• Camouflage Brown (Auscam Tan) - 342-5265

110 Perentie - Desert
And for the current Iraq/Afghanistan scheme:

• Camouflage Brown (Auscam Tan) - 342-5265
• Camouflage Light Tan - 342-5726

Trailers
Trailers in the Australian Army have always been painted in plain olive drab. Only some of the very early trailers were painted in Deep Bronze Green. Later in the 1980's the trailer fleet began being painted in the camouflage scheme and newer trailers came from the factory in the camouflage scheme. The approved camouflage pattern is illustrated below.

Trailer left	Trailer Right
Trailer Rear

Some original paint codes

• 8010-66-027-1612: Paint, olive drab, full gloss automotive enamel, "Wattyl" old code 516-71087 deleted production - in stock.  
• 8010-66-025-5002: Paint, olive drab, lustreless automotive enamel, "Wattyl" stock code 151603.001 (1 litre) 151603.004 (4 litre can), "Wattyl" old code 516-31088-741382 deleted production - in stock.
• Paint, "Universal Flattening Base" UFB333, suit above, "Wattyl" stock code 214117.001
• Paint, "Anzol Polyurathane 450-2022" Olive Drab, suit ADF Perentie pre-Auscam

Protec PTY LTD
At some point around 2000 ANZOL (the original paint supplier) was sold to an American company, and as a result when the contract was up for renewal. The Department of Defence awarded the contract to PROTEC PTY LTD which is a South Australian based company. This has many benefits as their are suppliers in most states and the paint is an Enamel making it easy to use. The paint is a standard colour, so if the store does not have the correct colour, it can simply be ordered in. It is available to anybody, and the Camouflage green is the correct colour for all green vehicles post 1967, and is the same colour used in the Auscam scheme.

Below is an excerpt from the paint's description.

So to sum up, the colours you need from protec for the current 3 colour paint scheme are:

• camouflage green - 342-1166
• camouflage tan (brown) - 342-5265
• camouflage black - 342-7165