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When did SCC colours fall out of general use?


simon king

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Looking at Regulations for the Equipment of the Army. Part 1. 1942, the painting of steel helmets makes no mention of a SCC. Just:

 

Section H1. HA.5681 Paint, prepared for use, brown, dark, textured, matt finish (C.S.1736)

 

Incidentally Dark Brown appeared as No.12 in BS 381 Colours for ready mixed paints in 1931. This morphed into No.412 in BS 381C of 1948.

 

How similar was that to SCC 1A? I have often wondered.

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I noticed an advert in the Wiltshire Times this year from 1944 advertising a release of war department paint for private purchase.

The colour was dark brown so it does seem to have fallen out of favour quite quickly when British Olive Drab was adopted in early 1944.

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