Paint colors - Markings - Stickers and decals
OD - Olive Drab 24087
MERDC - (Mobility Equipment Research and Development Center)
MASSTR & Dual-Tex "Original Digital"
Semi Gloss OD paint, white stars and numbers. M151, M151A1 and the early A2s all left the factory in this USGI standard base color.
MASSTR & Dual-Tex "Original Digital"
MERDC - (Mobility Equipment Research and Development Center)
MASSTR & Dual-Tex "Original Digital"
MASSTR & Dual Texture "Original Digital" the camos no one (or very few) has ever heard of.
MERDC - (Mobility Equipment Research and Development Center)
MERDC - (Mobility Equipment Research and Development Center)
MERDC - (Mobility Equipment Research and Development Center)
The 8 variants of the camo that most every M151A2 and any M151s & A1s in inventory from 1975 on, wore at some time in their life.
3 Color NATO & Straight Tan
Markings - Registration Numbers, Unit numbers, tire pressure, etc..
MERDC - (Mobility Equipment Research and Development Center)
Current 3 color NATO camo, approved for installation 1983 onward. So in theory no M151 series vehicle owned by the US government ever left the factory in 3 color camo.
Straight Tan, no other color
Navy, USMC, USAF and other special colors
Markings - Registration Numbers, Unit numbers, tire pressure, etc..
Markings - Registration Numbers, Unit numbers, tire pressure, etc..
Other colors used by other branches of service and related examples.
Markings - Registration Numbers, Unit numbers, tire pressure, etc..
Markings - Registration Numbers, Unit numbers, tire pressure, etc..
Markings - Registration Numbers, Unit numbers, tire pressure, etc..
Figure out those numbers. Size, location, what order, acronyms, etc.... Star placement and size.
Then all those extras put on like the picture above.
Stickers and decals
Stickers and decals
Stickers and decals
Stickers on the dash, windshield, hood, engine compartment, engine. Don't do this ... Yes do that....
OD - Olive Drab 24087
An authentic shade of Olive Drab used on almost all vehicles during the Vietnam War.
So all M151s, M151A1s, Ford M151A2s and the 71 contract AM General M151A2s should have left the factory in this color.
MASSTR & Dual-Tex "Original Digital"
MASSTER (Modern Army Selected Systems Test, Evaluation and Review)
Paint "colors" and the related FS Federal
Rust Brown 30117 - Sand 30372
Forest Green 34079 - Black 37038
Dual-Tex was a US ARMY field test in the late 70's through early 80's in Germany.
Paint "colors" and the related FS Federal
Forest Green 34079 - Field Drab 30118
Sand 30372 - Black 37038
MERDC Paint Scheme & Paint by Numbers
In 1975 the trials were complete, and the familiar four-color scheme had been selected. Technical manual 5-200 "Camouflage Pattern Painting" was released. This contained the templates for color placement on all of the vehicles in service, as well as codifying regulations for how the pattern was supposed to be applied.
3 Color NATO & Straight Tan
In 1984 the new NATO three-colour camouflage scheme was selected to replace MERDC
Paint "colors" and the related FS Federal
Green 34094
Brown 30051
Black 37038
OR
Tan 33446
USMC Vehicles
USMC Green - Forest Green Semi-Gloss 24052. I believe this was the only color used on M151s before camo base color 34079
34079 - This was the base for MERDC
USMC used "Highway Gothic" as stencil font
USMC Yellow is Fed Std 595C - Yellow 23538
NO National Symbol (stars) were on USMC vehicles
USMC Markings discussed below.
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Navy, USAF and other special colors
16081 Navy - Gloss light Gray Vietnam Era & earlier.
? Navy - Gloss Gray / Green, 1970s to current.
25045 USAF - Strata Blue Semi Gloss
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Markings - Registration Numbers, Unit numbers, tire pressure
This section is full of both "by the book" info and lots of actual pictures of vehicles. Both new and well used with dates on as many as possible.
PLEASE NOTE there was many years of overlap in many cases. Where one base used the old system and another base the new. This is very common with USMC vehicles.
US ARMY Pre Vietnam
UPCOMING INFO - 1960 to ... mainly dealing with "straight" M151s.
US ARMY Vietnam
Markings used both in Vietnam and around the globe 1965ish to 1974ish
US ARMY Post vietnam
The Start of MERDEC to just before 3 color camo
US ARMY 1984 to end of service
3 color camo and related
USMC Early and late Vietnam
Early Vietnam used the WWII style of marking vehicles. 1967ish the markings changed to the full unit symbols in red and yellow. There was also a variation with white main symbol.
ALL USMC M151 series vehicles were either 300000 or 500000 series registration numbers
USMC 1974 to end of service
Symbols went away for unit designation, and a system where an M followed by a 5 digit number referenced the specific unit. DoDAAC or Dept of Defense Activity Address Codes
Examples: M13210 = 1st MARDIV 2ND BN 1ST MARINES
M11120 = 1st MARDIV 1ST BN 1ST MARINES
There is a LONG list of these #s
ALL USMC M151 series vehicles were either 300000 or 500000 series registration numbers. By 1974 the 500000 series was being used. I do not have an exact date yet.
US NAVY
Coming soon
USAF Pre 1974
Coming Soon
USAF Post 1974
Coming soon
Oddity with markings - Never say never....
- M151s with registration numbers that are not "correct" for an M151.
- Other MVs with the 2B****, C, D, E, F... Etc. Registration number.
- M151A1 with an NB0*** registration number. NB0 series #s did not come out till 1974 but I have at least 1 picture and a few military references to A1s that were given "new" much later numbers.
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Stickers and decals
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