MERDC Camo Colors

[Terra1936]

Anyone know if the MERDC Colors ars FS? Do you know what they are? There are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many paint threads, my head is spinning!

I think like this??




Or?



Or



And if you know of any self installing paint.........

 

[NDT]

Yes the colors are FS and to buy any or all, just visit the Rapco.com website. All are listed.

 

[Terra1936]

Yes the colors are FS and to buy any or all, just visit the Rapco.com website. All are listed.

Thanks. I get that but what numbers are the MERDC Colors? They do not have color chart?

 

[M813rc]

TB 43-0147 is the manual that covers MERDC camouflage, it is in the manuals section in PDF format.

The colours are as listed in the attachements below.

The M151 in your pictures is painted Winter Verdant - Forest Green 34079, Field Drab (the brown) 30118, Sand 30277, and Black 37038

A note on FS codes -
the first number indicates sheen, 3 = flat, 2 = semi-gloss, 1 = gloss. Thus 34087 is flat OD, 14087 is gloss OD.
The second number indicates colour type, 4 is green, 0 is brown, etc. etc. Thus 34xxx is always going to be a flat shade of green.
The last three numbers are the actual shade of that colour.

Note that 34087 in the mid-70s FS595 colour chart is not the same as 34087 on the current FS595 chart! Why they couldn't have just given the new colour a new designation is beyond me, but we are dealing with the government......

Cheers

 

[Terra1936]

exactly what I was looking for! Thank you very much!

 

[msgjd]

I believe the weird sand "island" seen below drivers windshield glass is somebody's oops. When you repaint the mutt and if you desire correctness, you might not want to replicate exactly what you have on it. I suggest you refer to the correct pattern shown for this vehicle in TB43-0209 and/or TB43-0147, I forget which has it. When searching, you should make sure it's for the 4-color patterns only. Every model of tactical vehicle, be it tracked or wheeled, had a specific pattern for its model, even within their own class. For example, all M51 trucks had a different pattern than the M54's, the pattern was also different on the common parts such as hood and doors. M817's were different than M813's. M35's had a different pattern than other model deuces. M48 tanks were patterned different than the M60's. M151's had a different pattern than everything else. Somewhere around here I have a bunch of 4-color MERDC patterns for every model truck. tank, and trailer, the manual is dated sometime around 1979. The introduction of the 3-color patterns later in the 1980's eliminated the pattern differences on common parts within each model. So, on and on the head spinning goes

 

[Terra1936]

I located TB 43-0147 circa 1990 and all of the drawings are 3 color camo. Awesome manual but........

 

[M813rc]

Something went wrong somewhere!
There shouldn't be a 1990 version of TB 43-0147, as it was obsolete by then.
Three-colour camo is in TB 43-0219.

Try these links to the two manuals -
MERDEC View attachment TB 43-0147 camouflage.pdf

383 three-colour View attachment TB 43-0209 camouflage.pdf

Cheers

 

[Terra1936]

Something went wrong somewhere!
There shouldn't be a 1990 version of TB 43-0147, as it was obsolete by then.
Three-colour camo is in TB 43-0219.

Try these links to the two manuals -
MERDEC View attachment TB 43-0147 camouflage.pdf

383 three-colour View attachment TB 43-0209 camouflage.pdf

Cheers

Thanks! I downloaded and looks like trailers and heavy trucks. No small vehicles. I will keep looking.

 

[M813rc]

Not all versions of the manual had all the patterns (which seems a bit silly!).

So here is the M151 pattern on its own.

Cheers

 

[M813rc]

Here are some in colour, including the pattern for a hard top.
The pattern always stays the same, the colours change to suit the environment.
At least that was the plan - in the Marines most of our stuff was painted Winter Verdant year round, unless we were in the desert or a snowy environment. But even at 29 Palms (desert) half the vehicles stayed in Winter camo.
In Norway in 1980, once it got snowy, we used water-based white paint and painted over the green on half the vehicles, the brown on the other half. The white came off easily later with a powerwasher.

Cheers

 

[Terra1936]

Those are great! Thanks for the help!

 

[bumble900]

Not all versions of the manual had all the patterns (which seems a bit silly!).

So here is the M151 pattern on its own.

Cheers

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M813rc

What manual is this and other smaller vehicles from? I was looking for a M416 trailer and the M1009.

Thanks!
Mike

 

[Terra1936]

M813rc

What manual is this and other smaller vehicles from? I was looking for a M416 trailer and the M1009.

Thanks!
Mike

Thanks!

 

[NDT]

M813rc

What manual is this and other smaller vehicles from? I was looking for a M416 trailer and the M1009.

Thanks!
Mike

M1009s never got MERDC so there won't be a TB describing it.

 

[bumble900]

M1009s never got MERDC so there won't be a TB describing it.

Yes the M1009s weren’t in service with that pattern but a few of the early ones were painted with it.