Tan M151A2s?

[kubotaman]

Were M151A2s ever painted tan while in US Army service? I know some in private hands are sand but I wasn't sure if the Military ever did that. By Desert Storm, everything was HMMWV.

 

[Flyingvan911]

Not that I have seen but I wouldn't be surprised if some were.

 

[NDT]

No. Would have been MERDC desert pattern only.

 

[dmetalmiki]

Nope. Never seen any.

 

[kubotaman]

That's what I thought, thanks.

 

[KansasBobcat]

Agree with NDT

 

[M813rc]

Except for these ones.

Cheers

Pic 1 -deploying to exercise Bright Star 1985 in Egypt
Pic 2 -82nd Airborne in Grenada
Pic 3 -Northern Iraq 1991
Pic 4 -no details

 

[kubotaman]

Thanks.

Pic 1, what is that vehicle on the right?

 

[poof]

okay. once again.. not so quick.. this is 1981. I flew in from Germany. 3AD. tag line. this is my sisters wedding, she was a commander of a trans unit at FT. Irwen CA. notice its an A1 also.. "desert padre" is under window. was the post chaplins vehicle...

 

[turnkey]

Never knew till now ...Thanks for info and pics...

 

[kubotaman]

Same, thanks poof and M813RC

 

[F18hornetM]

Pretty cool pics. I never saw one sand colored. All ours were desert camo or green camo -[USMC 1982-1986] 2 of those years in 29 palms. Just goes to show you with military vehicles, anything is possible.

 

[SETOYOTA]

I owned a Marine Barstow mutt straight from storage. It was tan

 

[clinto]

Desert Storm I think

 

[M813rc]

There are always exceptions. If it can be done, some soldier or Marine has.

The original question here was specifically Army M151s. In the Marines, we often applied temporary colour schemes to fit wherever the vehicles were going. I remember buying water-based paint at a hardware store in San Clemente to paint some M151s and M880s tan for an exercise at 29 Stumps, c1980. The water-based paint washed off easily with a pressure washer after the exercise/deployment.
Unfortunately, I didn't take a lot of pictures back then. Film/processing was expensive on the salary we made.

Cheers

 

[m38inmaine]

Approx. 7min 21sec in and onward, several tan A2's in action on Grenada, some what I would call "hasty" still green on the inside and even some tan ambulance versions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqwMXmhWFq0

 

[M813rc]

Tan M416s too

Why do medics always want to cut your gear off??

Cheers

 

[Recon22]

Thanks for posting that vid. Cool seeing the old gear again. Saw a few 20 round AR mags in that.

 

[F18hornetM]

Great video.. All the old equipment does look cool. I was in Cuba at the time and we sent some equipment there. Of which we really didn't have to spare! Never got it back at least while I was there.
Your right M813Rc wish I had taken more pics. I worked with the controlling group for 2 years for all live fire exercises in 29 palms and had a million opportunities for really cool pics..Armor, trucks, arty, air strikes etc
Thanks for all the pictures

And, gotta admit, it may not be armored, but the M151's were sure handy for everything