Advantages

TB 43-0147

d. These new designs also lend themselves to

border lines can vary as much as 2 inches from the

standard pattern without causing loss of effectiveness.

touchup painting with better results than are now

b. The camouflage pattern consists of wavy

obtainable from touchup of the current OD vehicles.

irregular patches of color applied to the vehicle.

Slight mismatches in color will not be as noticeable as

The colors used for the patterns have been selected

they are on a solid-colored vehicle except from very

from the standard camouflage colors as shown in figure

close inspection. Likewise, minor abrasions and scaling

3-1.

The standard colors are:

of surfaces will be equally inconspicuous.

Abbreviation

Color

Advantages. a. The new system of pattern

3-3.

White

painting has the following major advantages:

Desert sand

(1) Provides ground and air observation in the

Sand

target acquisition role.

Earth yellow

(2) Can be applied by troops with minimum

Earth red

training, effort and equipment.

Field drab

(3) Has effectiveness under combat conditions,

Earth brown

but also presents a good military appearance in garrison.

Olive drab

(4)

Uses

colors

from

the

standard

Light green

camouflage chart (fig. 3-1) and thus avoids color mixing

Dark green

or tinting in the field to obtain the specified color. TB 43-

Forest green

0147

BL,

Black

(5) Uses standard camouflage paints identifiable

by National stock number (NSN) or Military Specification

c. The patterns use only four of these colors, for any

Number.

geographic or climatic conditions. The only exception-

(6)

Combines

effectively

with

other

winter arctic, which is solid white. When changing from

camouflage techniques such as use of natural foliage.

one geographic or climatic condition to another, the

(7) Permits the changing of one or two colors to

shape of the pattern itself does not change; only one or

adapt it to seasonal and geographic changes (and avoids

two of the colors that make up the pattern change.

the need to completely repaint the vehicle for such

Figure 3-2 shows the combinations of colors to be used

changes).

for various seasons and climatic regions. The first and

(8) Permits easy retouching of the paint without

second colors each cover about 45 per cent of the

causing mottling or color mismatches.

vehicle; the third color covers 5 per cent of the vehicle;

(9) Does not demand precise execution of the

the fourth color, normally black, covers the remaining 5

line and shape of the individual patterns; their

per cent. The location numbers 1, 2, and 3 identify the

first three colors, and are used in the pattern designs to

show what color goes where on the vehicle.

3-3