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[Overlord]

In this topic you can suggest camouflage patterns for World of Tanks.

We would like to see your ideas on German, American, French, and British tanks. The necessary requirement is to provide link to the reference material - blueprint, scanned book, etc ie any sort of visual confirmation that this particular pattern was used (could be used) in real life. Apart from that don't forget to state the name / type (e.g. British / desert) of the camo, and post a brief description for it. You can add any relevant information as well.

Everyone is welcome to vote for the camos they like, using forum reputation system. Press green (plus) button, if you like the suggested pattern (it's not necessary to downrep those who posted camos that are not to your liking).  Don't abuse the system, please.

Best and the most popular camos will be added to the game in the updates to come.

Be clean and concise and no discussions here.  

Thanks for the help!



It's necessary to provide source, ie author/book.

[Tiger_23]

Pre- to early war years:  (Buntfarbenanstrich)
1927 to November 1938

Spoiler

http://t0.gstatic.co...bX6cbh8zG__EMhL
NR 18 - RAL 840 B2 Nr 18 Braun-matt
NR 17 - RAL 840 B2 Nr 17 Erdgelb-matt
NR 28 - RAL 840 B2 Nr 28 Grün-matt
http://t3.gstatic.co...26wFXm8e6oenZOg

http://www.panzernot..._0.23.00.20.jpg

http://www.autogalle...11_Baydeww2.jpg

http://www.improvisa...nzer1pla020.jpg

-Panzer Colors 1934-1945 by George Parada
-http://www.panzerworld.net/colours

[Skygunner]

German Splinter Camo

Years : ?

Type : woodland

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http://www.panzertru...agdpanther2.jpg

If you have better information on this please share, this is not an area of expertise of mine. (what sort of "reference" are we deeming as acceptable? technically a non-doctored photo is a "reference", however finding a specific camo, such as a military parade one, or a non-official field camo may be very difficult, even if hard evidence such as photos of it exist))

[bullofscapa]

I would like to see the Ambush Paint Scheme from Kampfgruppe Peiper. It is one of my favorite Schemes for German armor. The new skins have a pattern that is similar, and maybe just needs tweeked?



I am not sure what to call the second scheme, but the Samur Tiger looks good in it as well,



I also like the Afrika Corps colors the bovington tiger is currently in too

[cipher12]

It would be nice if there where some British desert camos such as the light blue and yellow camo of the Matilda II or the black and yellow camo of the Crusader III (no Idea what the real name of these camos where)

[Tiger_23]

Skygunner, on Dec 20 2011 - 16:07, said:

German Splinter Camo

Years : ?

Type : woodland

If you have better information on this please share, this is not an area of expertise of mine. (what sort of "reference" are we deeming as acceptable? technically a non-doctored photo is a "reference", however finding a specific camo, such as a military parade one, or a non-official field camo may be very difficult, even if hard evidence such as photos of it exist))

i like this camo (you stolen my idea lol xD)

German camo 44-45 “Ambush” Scheme

Heeres Memorandum No.181, dated 18 Feb 1943, standardized the overall basic colour for vehicles and equipment as a deep sand-yellow (dunkle gelb RAL 7028). From this date all new vehicles were to be supplied from the factory in this colour. Memorandum No.181 also introduced a new camouflage pattern painting system using two other colours, Olive green (olivgrun RAL 6003) and red brown (rotbraun RAL 8017). Supplied in 2kg tins, the paint was in a form of a thick paste, which could be thinned to the required consistancy by adding petrol or water.

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RAL 7028 Dunkelgelb I
RAL 6003 Oliv-Grün
RAL 8017 Rotbraun (Schokoladenbraun)







A scheme used by many panzerjager units is now known as the 'Ambush' scheme. Designed to replicate sunlight diffusing through foliage, it proved effective for vehicles taking up static, delaying positions. Olivgrun and rotbraun were painted in patches and or stripes over the dunkle gelb base colour. To simulate sunlight passing through foliage, all dark areas were painted with spots of dunkle gelb. Spots of olivgrun and rotbraun were applied to the dunkle gelb areas, olivgrun nearest to the olivgrun areas and rotbraun spots nearest to the rotbraun areas.







http://www.figuren-m...anzer-IV-F1.jpg

http://t1.gstatic.co...4VvSrldEHoXP2FF

http://www.wwiivehic...ium-tank-02.png



By 1945, due to paint shortages, many AFVs were supplied to troops only in dunkle gelb, or with dunkle gelb and olivgrun painted directly over the base red oxide primer.

Applied for any gun or by hand, the color was affected by the type and amount of diluent used. On the base color dunkle gelb, olivgrun rotbraun and were applied in spots, stripes or patterns depending on the chip ground crew and the crew preference.

(the colors have different shades due to thinner types different formats, type of terrain or preference of the crew)

- books Osprey (New Vanguard) and Concord Publishing (Armour at War). Both have B&W photos and colour plates.

[blitzr123]

I found this article a while back and this camo of a soviet T-34 looks similar to other snow camo but more swirly like wind effects.  Might look good on other nation tanks.  Dunno if the camo is period accurate but the tank is certinly around the WWII era.
http://www.nothingto...ondseytank2.jpg

[HanZulu]

Overlord, on Dec 20 2011 - 14:34, said:

In this topic you can suggest camouflage patterns for World of Tanks.

We would like to see your ideas on German, American, French, and British tanks. The necessary requirement is to provide link to the reference material - blueprint, scanned book, etc ie any sort of visual confirmation that this particular pattern was used (could be used) in real life. Apart from that don't forget to state the name / type (e.g. British / desert) of the camo, and post a brief description for it. You can add any relevant information as well.

Everyone is welcome to vote for the camos they like, using forum reputation system. Press green (plus) button, if you like the suggested pattern (it's not necessary to downrep those who posted camos that are not to your liking).  Don't abuse the system, please.

Best and the most popular camos will be added to the game in the updates to come.

Be clean and concise and no discussions here.  

Thanks for the help!



Hi Overlord,

thx for this offer, I played in open beta with this camo. For public use just remove the little SS insignia. It's a very nice skin detailed with zimmerit effect.
But I would like to have a color palette too, with typical camo colors , your patterns and I can customize my own camo. I would also like to have the possibiblity to change brightness.






It's necessary to provide source, ie author/book.

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[ionviol2]

A great book for tank camouflage is in my opinion:

Terence Wise's
D-Day to Berlin Armor Camouflage and Markings of the United States, British and German Armies, June 1944 to May 1945

ISBN 1-85409-212-x

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Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Aus..E, sPzAbt.504 - North Africa, 1943.

Panzerkampfwagen TigerAusf.E, late production, sPzAbt.505, Russia, February 1944.

Tiger I, sPzAbt.508, Italy, 1943.

Tiger I, sPzAbt.509, Russia, late 1943.

Tiger of sSSPzAbt.102, 2.SS Panzergrenadier Division "Das Reich"

Tiger I, late production series, of the sSSPzAbt.503.


Source (link)

1944 Camouflage Eastern Front (Reproducing the Zimmerit pattern as well would be really nice)

[warmonger180]

the only source you'll need for the Tiger1: http://www.alanhamby.com/paints.shtml , oh and what Tanz has done for Tiger1 camo skins too

[Tiger_23]

Gary007, on Dec 21 2011 - 03:13, said:

''In this topic you can suggest camouflage patterns for World of Tanks.''

Why didn't this happen before the new camo's came out? ask us what we would like to see in the game before putting some really bad looking skins???

''its a good idea camo skins but '' dev'' try looking at the forums about how alot of ppl think it could be better''

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In this topic you can suggest camouflage patterns for World of Tanks.

We would like to see your ideas on German, American, French, and British tanks. The necessary requirement is to provide link to the reference material - blueprint, scanned book, etc ie any sort of visual confirmation that this particular pattern was used (could be used) in real life.

[srmalloy]

cipher12, on Dec 20 2011 - 18:18, said:

It would be nice if there where some British desert camos such as the light blue and yellow camo of the Matilda II or the black and yellow camo of the Crusader III (no Idea what the real name of these camos where)

Given how the existing camouflage patterns show clear signs of being particularly slapdash about the UVW mapping to various panels of the tank -- take any of the 'stripe' patterns on the US M10 TD, where the stripes run horizontally on the hull but vertically on the turret (or vice versa), I don't think that we're going to see a Caunter pattern for British tanks; that would require a custom pattern map for each vehicle to be done right.

[scarecrowmeow]

dont know how to post photos, or links to other site. but the camo that me wants "all of the nation tanks" is big bandaids. couse gets killed alot.

[Major_DeFeet]

I posted this in another thread, but in Steven Zolaga's book on the M18 Hellcat, there's a nice color plate showing the tank destroyer in a black and olive drab camo scheme at the Anzio beachhead. I believe this camo pattern was also used on other US vehicles, although it wasn't very common. I'd use this scheme with all my American vehicles if it was available because it's simple, but sharp.

http://s153.photobuc...nCamouflage.jpg

http://images.kitlin...ber/CHC9110.JPG

[Fresco26]

confused on the "was used (could be used) in real life" Could be used implies any other camo pattern that could be used on tanks? regardless if its dated to the period tanks?

[chunkbass]

Thank you for sharing.

[Shayds]

Need green/ish camo for germans.. all we have is snow and orange crap

[Vonholtz]

Major_DeFeet, on Dec 23 2011 - 22:27, said:

I posted this in another thread, but in Steven Zolaga's book on the M18 Hellcat, there's a nice color plate showing the tank destroyer in a black and olive drab camo scheme at the Anzio beachhead. I believe this camo pattern was also used on other US vehicles, although it wasn't very common. I'd use this scheme with all my American vehicles if it was available because it's simple, but sharp.

http://s153.photobuc...nCamouflage.jpg

http://images.kitlin...ber/CHC9110.JPG

love that Firefly camo where they are trying to hide the longer gun. Germans would shoot Fireflys on sight.

[HLS30]

This thread is why I don't want to buy camo with the current system and be locked into something while they add more :/

[Tyrson]

I think just opening patterns to all nations and having a colour palette, would go a long way too creating diversity, with out having to come up with whole bunch of patterns/colour combination's.
Not that a few more patterns wouldn't be welcome.