Marine M3 Stuart paint scheme on Guadalcanal (1 Viewer)

[dragon53]

Did Marine M3 Stuarts on Guadalcanal have an olive drab/tan paint scheme similar to the photo below?

 

[theBaron]

Possibly? Marine armor isn't a specialty of mine, and I've only seen few photos of Stuarts on Guadalcanal, and those were OD. But that doesn't mean there weren't any with any camo patterns.

Prost!
Brad

 

[DETHKOR]

The M3 Stuarts used by the Marine Corps on Guadalcanal were originally US Army tanks and were delivered in army OD,not Marine Corps dark green.The Marines painted yellow bands around the lower part of the turret early in the campaign,but later some of the tanks were camouflaged by their crews using whatever paint could be had in a non-standard pattern,usually just light brown or tan/yellow stripes in an irregular pattern.Some might have had a pattern similar to this M5 but probably less heavy on the tan.

 

[dragon53]

GUYS:

Thanks for the info. I found mostly olive drab Stuarts on Guadalcanal, but found one photo of an olive/tan striped one, but it didn't look like the photo I posted here. I did find a wavy olive/tan Stuart but it was from later in the Pacific Theater.

 

[theBaron]

I thought about field-applied camo, too. The only criticism I'd have, if that model is supposed to represent a field camo job, is that the markings are applied over the camo pattern. If it were applied in the field, I would expect the camo to be applied around existing markings, even to the point of having some over-painting, because I don't think anyone on the island was too worried at the time with coloring inside the lines

Prost!
Brad

 

[ivanmoe]

Found this http://georgy-konstantinovich-zhuko...-usmc-light-tank-m3-in-new-zealand-as-the-1st

-Moe

 

[semperrandyfi]

The Marine Corps in WW2 preferred not to give the Japs better aiming points on their vehicles,hence
no white stars on sides.Orange on turret top (some)to avoid friendly fire from non-Zeros.
Army apparently had a vehicle glut(and tank crewmen to boot)as white stars adorned said tanks and
tracs.