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Viet Nam Markings

Post by snipertn » Fri Dec 09, 2016 4:35 am

I am a retired Air Force SP . As some of you know I may be purchasing a barn find M151A2 1970 . While I am working on this vehicl that I will probbaly purchase, does anybody know , or can anyone send me a link where I can get some ideas for markings ? I would like to represent the Air Force since most you see at shows and in parades art Army or USMC marked . I'm wanting to keep it in a camo paint scheme , just wanting to represent the AF .

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Re: Viet Nam Markings

Post by muttguru » Fri Dec 09, 2016 4:59 am

Snipe....

it isn't as straightforward as you might think.
A 1970 M151A2 would have been semi-gloss olive drab. Camouflage pattern painting wasn't introduced until August 1975. The war was over by then.
USAF M151s were little-used in comparison to US Army and Marine Corps vehicles and as such did not require full repainting for many years. I saw a USAF M151A2 at Mildenhall in the late 1990's and it was still in SG-OD.

So the short version is... if you want your A2 to represent the VietNam era, you'll need to paint it SG-OD.

Ken

ps... as it is your vehicle (or soon will be) you can of course paint and mark it whatever you want but if you want it reasonably accurate :D
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Re: Viet Nam Markings

Post by Rickf » Fri Dec 09, 2016 5:31 am

Here is a manual for the Air Force markings. It covers all vehicles used by the Air Force and even though it is dated 11/88 and change 1993 the Jeep in it is a M38A1 and the car is a 67 Chevy.

http://www.g838.org/g838_manuals/36_1_3_combined.pdf
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Re: Viet Nam Markings

Post by cjcottrill » Fri Dec 09, 2016 5:38 am

When I was stationed in Germany, (Army 1975) we used MERDC but the Air Force was still OD. I probably have a couple pictures somewhere with an Air Force ground air control Jeep in the background.


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Re: Viet Nam Markings

Post by Surveyor » Fri Dec 09, 2016 10:53 am

Not an A2 but still a cool picture... he even chocked it.

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Re: Viet Nam Markings

Post by 199th MP » Fri Dec 09, 2016 11:34 am

if you would like to see a large collection of thousands of MP jeeps during viet nam, check out jim stewart's page. this should give you plenty of ideas.
http://www.militarypolicevietnam.com/Be ... After.html


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