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AMF-ADF PAINT and CAMOUFLAGE SCHEMES 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 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 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
Series 3 - Olive Drab 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 Series 3 - Final Camouflage Scheme 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.
110 Perentie - Auscam DP Camouflage 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 Perentie - Desert
Trailers
Some original paint codes
Two Pack Paint Codes for Auscam Paint Scheme (Land
Rover Perentie)
thanks Robert (member 035)
Protec PTY LTD Below is an excerpt from the paint's description. 342 CAMOUFLAGE ENAMEL is a low gloss (lusterless), heat and petrol resistant alkyd finishing enamel with specified infrared reflectance (IRR) disruptive pattern (DPP) system. So to sum up, the colours you need from protec for the current 3 colour paint scheme are:
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