fv1609 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 The camouflage pattern applied is Dispersed Pattern, not Disruptive pattern (and DPM is Dispersed Pattern Material, not Disruptive Pattern Material as popular misconcept has it, except on Dennison smocks). Disruptive Pattern has sharp edges, usual acutely triangular or splinter. The effect is to break up the shape. Apart from Dennison smocks, it is most often seen i pictures of ships (in the Far East in WW" IIRC) where the sharply contrasting colours and angles prevent the eye from determining the shape of what it is seeing. Possibly the most violent Dispersed Pattern was on Fighter Command aircraft at the outbreak of WW2, where the left side of the underbelly was painted black and the right side white. To an observer on the ground, only one half of the aeroplane or the other (depending on the colour of the sky / clouds behind it) would be noticed, and because the eyes only saw half an aeroplane, the brain would not see an aeroplane. Dispersed Pattern consists of swirls of colours (maybe five on a combat jacket) which blend the jacket into the background. The pattern is similar on vehicles but normally in the UK only using two colours (some countries use three or four) in the ratio 2/3 base - normally green - to 1/3 black. In winter, whitewash may be issued to be cover 1/2 the green to make it 1/3 green, 1/3 black, 1/3 white. In eight years in BAOR we got issued winter cam once (in January 1981). Army Code No.60503 Materiel Regulations for the Army Volume 2 Vehicles & Technical Equipment Pamphlet No. 3 Painting of Army Vehicles, Aircraft & Equipment Paragraph 105b Annex B December 1980 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/DPM.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I have the MERLIN database printouts for most of my vehicles. Those which were painted in green and black state "Army/NATO Green Disruptive Pat IRR' or similar for Colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Dunn Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 We are stripping the 109 FFR right down to bare metal the paint we have been advised to use is a Zinc Chomate (self etching) we have grey but it may be available in other colours i may then put a green undercoat on or even go for Deep Bronze Green then NATO Matt Green and then do the Black Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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