Charlie Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Does anyone know the colour codes for the vehicle record cards? I believe the first number is the colour and the second the pattern........ but I expect to be proven wrong! C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Pretty much Charlie the second element is officially the finish, gloss or matt but within that the pattern is included. It is defined in the Materiel Regulations for the Army. Gone to bed I'll post up the key tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 First Character - Colour 1 Red 2 Blue 3 Yellow 4 Brown 5 Black 6 Orange 7 Green 8 White 9 Grey 0 Multi-coloured A Army/NATO Green R RAF Blue N Royal Navy Blue S Sand C Civilian - Any Commercial Colour Second Character - Finish 1 Matt 2 Gloss 3 Trade Finish (for commercial vehicles & cars) 4 Disruptive Pattern 5 Distinctive Pattern 6 Infra Red Reflective - IRR 7 Infra Red Reflective - IRR Disruptive Pattern 8 Distinctive Pattern IRR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted August 19, 2014 Author Share Posted August 19, 2014 Thats great info, thanks Clive, So what do we recon colour code 00 is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 This has cropped up elsewhere, on a Land Rover forum I think. My conclusion there was that it is way of recording that the colour was not known when the card was filled out. That was preferable to leaving it blank suggesting that it was an omission of error. Similarly I have seen a record card showing an Asset Code of 0000-0000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAFMT Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Interesting, I'm guessing the R code wasn't used on cards much- all of the RAF vehicle cards I've dealt with record the colour using the crafty method of just writing "Blue" "Green" etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Interesting, I'm guessing the R code wasn't used on cards much- all of the RAF vehicle cards I've dealt with record the colour using the crafty method of just writing "Blue" "Green" etc. Ah yes much more user friendly! But presumably those cards pre-date 1st January 1976 when the Army assumed the responsibility for RAF MT & became the Single Service Manager. I suppose a two-character code lends itself more to the data processing systems used by the Army starting with VESPER then SALOME & now JAMES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAFMT Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 After reading that i used the very unscientific method of "a quick look", and yes about that time, maybe a bit before the codes start being used. Although, quite a few use the code and description such as one for a trailer who's DIS was 1980: "76 Green" It would make an interesting avenue of study for someone, unfortunately I've too much on my plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I was wondering whether these record cards after Jan 1976 were still RAF cards or Army ones (DOS Form 419B)? If the RAF ones were still being used, perhaps as a slight act of defiance or for local convenience, it may have been felt that the colour in words would continue to be included? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAFMT Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 There was a switch, and the army forms don't give much space - just enough to put the code. Perhaps the RAF were actually being sensible for once- the codes do nothing but cause more work looking in the manual to find out what they mean. Actually writing it out takes a few seconds more at the time, but is much easier to read back later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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