Suggestion: Use Humbrol's 'Matt Dark Green' #30. Then wash over Humbrol #34 or Tamiya XF2 on the whole vehicle. Suggestion: Once again use Humbrols 'Matt Russian Green' #114 as base color. Then apply about 75-90% of one of the following colors: Humbrol #34, Gunze Sangyo #H11, Pactra #47 or Tamiya #XF2. Suggestion: Use Humbrols 'Matt Russian Green' #114. Then apply about 50% of either Humbrols 'Matt Dark Earth' #29 or Tamiyas XF52 color. Suggestion: Use Humbrol's 'Matt Russian Green' #114. Dark green and dark earth paint with '106', a red star, (Different situations, e.g Stalingrad, resulted in that tanks were driven directly from the factory to the battlefield w/o being painted.) This pattern was painted on most vehicles, and it was often applied at the factory.

KV-1S with standard green paint, Kursk, July 1943 Suggestion: Use Humbrol's Dark Earth #29. Notice the painting on the turret where a soviet tank fires at Hitler

KV-1 Model 1941/42 with standard brown paint. In Guards units, sometimes guard emblem was applied on the turret. Very rarely it was painted on the front of the recoil mechanism of the tank gun (below the barrel). Very rarely national emblem was applied.Ī red star was painted on the frontal part of the turret above or below the tactical marking. On some tanks symbols for destroyed enemy equipment were painted on either the gun barrel or fenders. They were applied using either white, yellow or red paint. 'Lidice' (Revenge for the German massacre on civilians in Czech village of Lidice) On the sides of the turret and sometimes on the hull, patriotic or fundator signs were painted, few examples: From May 1st of 1945, white triangles painted on top of the turret were introduced. It was done with the knowledge of the high command for recognition by Allied airforce in the eastern and western Germany. During the Berlin operation from April 24th of 1945, special markings were applied as white stripes on the top and side of the turret. During the battles at Don and Kursk white geometric figures were painted on top of the turret or engine compartment. Tactical markings for the air recognition were also used, especially from 1943-45. Sometimes tactical markings were mixed numbers and geometric figures. Some Guards and Independent units had their own tactical markings such as geometric figures, letter etc. In this case the second number was for platoon. Vehicles of the 1st Company had tactical markings beginning with '1' and from the 2nd Company with '2' and so on. In some units, organized markings system was used allowing to specify e.g. Tactical number consisted of two, three or four digits, combination of two numbers or combination of geometrical sign and numbers were used. For example a T-34/76 marked with '87' on the turret showed that the tank belonged to the 114th Tank Brigade. Geometric and numerical markings were used, and this system was a compromise between overall military secrecy and organized command system. Some vehicles were painted with two contrasting shades of green. Even more scarce were a three color scheme of green, dark earth and yellow or red. Rarely, in the summer a two color scheme was painted, green and dark earth or ground brown. Most often the vehicles turned out white-green. In the winter vehicles were painted with washable Type B paint, but sometimes even with water mixed with lime.

Various types of paints & shades of green was used, everything from very light green to black green. They were painted like this in June 1941, and reached Berlin in April of 1945 in the same way. The most common pattern for T-34/76 tanks was painting the entire tank in dark green. Therefore it can be hard to tell that they used that pattern from that date until that date and so on, and it also differs a lot from the German camoflauge patterns. First of all: During the war, Red Army did not adapt standardized tactical marking system.

Soviet tank force june 1941 armored