Rlangham Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Does anyone know if 'mickey mouse' camouflage was ever used on British Jeeps (ie ones used by the infantry etc, so not specialised airborne ones)? Have seen it on a couple on the show circuit, with a completely black bonnet, although would have thought that with such a low profile on the Jeep they wouldn't have really bothered, haven't noticed any pictures in the 'British Wartime Jeep' book of any with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Have seen it on a couple on the show circuit, with a completely black bonnet, although would have thought that with such a low profile on the Jeep they wouldn't have really bothered, To apply "Mickey Mouse" camo correctly, all upper facing surfaces were to be black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 the Morris Commercial site had a link to WW2 camouflage. I know it or something similar was used on Dodges. though that was the random camo we know today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 To apply "Mickey Mouse" camo correctly, all upper facing surfaces were to be black. Absolutely correct marra. And I have always argued that the dearth of side panels means that applying MME cam would render essentially the whole vehicle black, so I posit that Jeeps ought NOT to be marked in MME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashley Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Hi, though not British..... in R. Cowdery all American wonder Vol 2 there are drawings and two (poor quality) photos of american camo`ed jeeps in a MM style. dated Oct. 1942 which shows black applied camo on either an olve drab or sand base. Ashley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Here you go. Picture from WHEELS & TRACKS magazine as featured on Colin Stevens' web page on Jeeps: http://bcoy1cpb.pacdat.net/MB_CDLV_505_in_MME_camo_in_UK_WT_1.jpg[/img] Regards, Hanno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Here you go. Picture from WHEELS & TRACKS magazine as featured on Colin Stevens' web page on Jeeps: http://bcoy1cpb.pacdat.net/MB_CDLV_505_in_MME_camo_in_UK_WT_1.jpg[/img] Regards, Hanno I rest my case: 1. It does nothing to break up the shape of the Jeep (the whole purpose of camouflage). The sum total of the cam effect of what they have painted on there amount to two 6" or less Micky Mouse Ears on the side of the bonnet. "Strewth. Where did that Jeep go?" "No, I can still see you." The main distinguishing features, wheels and radiator grille have not been disguised in any way. From the side, it now looks like a black Jeep with wheel arches painted green and a thin green not-very-go-faster stripe along the side. 2/10 for common sense. Must do better. See me. If I had been issued a vehicle that looked like that I'd have repainted it on the spot and cursed the civvies who didn't have a clue about how cam works. I bet a politician thought this job up as a way to get people to think they were aiding the war effort. 2. It will make a renovator's Jeep look totally naff. You have been warned. ;o) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 info out of a US WW2 manual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radek Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 mickey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David B. Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 I love these posed pictures - not a paint pot in sight ! There is another one of K2 Ambulances on the Longbridge production line with a gang of painters all with brushes in contact with the vehicles but no paint pots to be seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radek Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 do you mean this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David B. Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Very economical with the paint ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Never understood why they painted the Census numbers on the sides of vehicles in large white characters, completely destroys any form of camouflage, would of thought black/green or similiar would of been more effective. The picture of the airborne troops stood next to the jeep is a good example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 do you mean this one? This Austin photo has some interesting points in it, notice on the ambulances, the access door to the spare wheel is fitted inside outwards. This may be to reduce shipping space. Spare wheels were often not fitted with tyres when vehicles left the factory, presumably due to tyre shortages which would hold up production. Another point, the headlamps on the K5 and K2's are not blackout type, this denotes that the photo may have been taken after war ended, or perhaps these are postwar rebuilds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted angus Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Richard I am positive I have seen this photo elswhere with a caption saying words to the effect production continued even after VE day ??? TED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Richard I am positive I have seen this photo elswhere with a caption saying words to the effect production continued even after VE day ??? Hi Ted, That would make sense. Do you know, I have seen this photo several times before and never spotted those points until now. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungaman Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 info out of a us ww2 manual that manual is dated 1942.....so nice and early..also features camo on buildings and weapons.....rifle and field gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 This is the original manual that the info came from. FM 5-21. From my collection. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Does anyone know if 'mickey mouse' camouflage was ever used on British Jeeps (ie ones used by the infantry etc, so not specialised airborne ones)? Have seen it on a couple on the show circuit, with a completely black bonnet, although would have thought that with such a low profile on the Jeep they wouldn't have really bothered, haven't noticed any pictures in the 'British Wartime Jeep' book of any with it. Look at the front of the book, (picture in color with Monty sitting on front bumper) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHillyard Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I do like this picture, it is a slat aswel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I do like this picture, it is a slat aswel And a Canadian Contract Jeep as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pino357 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Does anyone know if 'mickey mouse' camouflage was ever used on British Jeeps (ie ones used by the infantry etc, so not specialised airborne ones)? Have seen it on a couple on the show circuit, with a completely black bonnet, although would have thought that with such a low profile on the Jeep they wouldn't have really bothered, haven't noticed any pictures in the 'British Wartime Jeep' book of any with it. Yes indeed, micky mouse camoufage was used on lots of British jeeps including Airborne jeeps. Acording to instructions all upper surfaces were to be painted black, though this wasn't always adhered to. Just remember that some of the soldiers given this task were on jankers (or 'confined to barracks' as we called it) or were not always of the brightest calibre. Often the paint was just slapped on...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikestarmer Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Yes indeed, micky mouse camoufage was used on lots of British jeeps including Airborne jeeps. Acording to instructions all upper surfaces were to be painted black, though this wasn't always adhered to. Just remember that some of the soldiers given this task were on jankers (or 'confined to barracks' as we called it) or were not always of the brightest calibre. Often the paint was just slapped on...... The instruction for the so called' Mickey Mouse' patterning are clearly set out in MTP 46/4A of circa November 1941 calling for SCC.2 brown basic colour with SCC.1A dark brown or SCC 14 black as a disrupter. The pattern was not an officially specified pattern per se, it was merely one variation of the design. Apparently developed as a means of applying the design quickly using templates and infilling by brush by un-skilled labour. There is no doubt that templates were used as photographs of field parks show line upon line of identically painted vehicles. It was not something dreamed up by Whitehall wizards to keep idle hands busy but based on nature and scientific principles applied by the Camouflage Directorate to assist the concealment of a vehicles with the use of nets and foliage. It is not actually easy to see white WD numbers that are only 3 1/2 inches high except at close quarters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikmax Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Any original pics of micke mouse camo on the canvas/ Roof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scammell4199 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 I have been mulling over whether to put MM camo on our Scammell when its done, but I really don't want to paint cab roof, bonnet locker tops etc in black. I also want to have an invasion star which some would argue never appeared with MM. Still umming and ahhhing. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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