Especially on the eastern front, gray silhouettes of tanks were way too easy target for Soviet gun crews. Through the war, the gray and extemporary proved itself to be insufficient. Tiger I in winter camo and in early production Panzergrau color. Then, additional brown and green paints were used. mud, to “paint irregular spots on the armor. With experience gained on battlefields across the Europe, it became clear that additional camouflage would be necessary.

All vehicles were painted in gray Panzergrau color (RAL 7021).

Early type camoĪt the start of the conflict, Germans used very simple patterns of camouflage. On the other hand, you won’t find King Tiger in Panzergrau, will you? For our guide, we will distinguish four periods of painting German vehicles: early, mid, late and for warfare used in the North African campaign. In that case, the choice of camouflage will be utmost. There are some vehicles, like Kübelwagen, Panzer III or Marders, which were used widely by Wehrmacht during the whole war. No matter which way you’ll choose, most of the colours used by German Army would be the same.Īfter you decide which vehicle you’ll work with, you should check where and when did it serve.

You can restore living history, by making a small plastic model. You can either focus on most accurate reconstruction of equipment from photography, illustration or description or try to create your own vision of the piece. At first, you need to decide which tank, armored car, car or truck you want to reconstruct. To start your journey with painting German military vehicles of the Second World War you don’t Reed large palette of paints.

Light green camo on modern russian tank