±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: HighestAce
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6648

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 277
Total: 277
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Community Forums
02: Photo Gallery
03: Community Forums
04: Statistics
05: Photo Gallery
06: Home
07: Community Forums
08: Photo Gallery
09: Community Forums
10: Photo Gallery
11: Home
12: Community Forums
13: Community Forums
14: Community Forums
15: Photo Gallery
16: Community Forums
17: Member Screenshots
18: Home
19: Community Forums
20: Community Forums
21: Community Forums
22: Home
23: Community Forums
24: Downloads
25: Photo Gallery
26: Community Forums
27: Photo Gallery
28: Downloads
29: Community Forums
30: Photo Gallery
31: CPGlang
32: Photo Gallery
33: Home
34: Member Screenshots
35: CPGlang
36: Downloads
37: Home
38: Community Forums
39: Community Forums
40: Statistics
41: Community Forums
42: Community Forums
43: Community Forums
44: Community Forums
45: Photo Gallery
46: Community Forums
47: Photo Gallery
48: Community Forums
49: Home
50: Community Forums
51: Photo Gallery
52: Photo Gallery
53: Member Screenshots
54: Home
55: Community Forums
56: Home
57: Photo Gallery
58: Home
59: Home
60: Community Forums
61: Downloads
62: Community Forums
63: Home
64: Community Forums
65: Statistics
66: Photo Gallery
67: Home
68: Your Account
69: Community Forums
70: Community Forums
71: Community Forums
72: Community Forums
73: Community Forums
74: Community Forums
75: Home
76: Photo Gallery
77: Community Forums
78: Downloads
79: Member Screenshots
80: Community Forums
81: Home
82: Downloads
83: Home
84: Photo Gallery
85: Community Forums
86: Community Forums
87: Community Forums
88: Community Forums
89: Community Forums
90: Community Forums
91: Downloads
92: Home
93: Community Forums
94: Community Forums
95: Photo Gallery
96: News
97: Downloads
98: Community Forums
99: Home
100: Community Forums
101: CPGlang
102: Home
103: Community Forums
104: Downloads
105: Community Forums
106: Downloads
107: Community Forums
108: Home
109: Community Forums
110: Community Forums
111: Your Account
112: Community Forums
113: Photo Gallery
114: CPGlang
115: Community Forums
116: Photo Gallery
117: Photo Gallery
118: Community Forums
119: Community Forums
120: Community Forums
121: Community Forums
122: Community Forums
123: Home
124: Photo Gallery
125: News
126: Community Forums
127: Community Forums
128: Photo Gallery
129: Statistics
130: Community Forums
131: Community Forums
132: Community Forums
133: Community Forums
134: Community Forums
135: Photo Gallery
136: Home
137: Member Screenshots
138: Home
139: Home
140: Member Screenshots
141: Community Forums
142: News Archive
143: Statistics
144: Community Forums
145: Home
146: Community Forums
147: Photo Gallery
148: Photo Gallery
149: Member Screenshots
150: Community Forums
151: Community Forums
152: News
153: Community Forums
154: Downloads
155: Home
156: Downloads
157: Photo Gallery
158: Community Forums
159: Statistics
160: Community Forums
161: Downloads
162: Photo Gallery
163: Home
164: Community Forums
165: Community Forums
166: Home
167: Community Forums
168: Community Forums
169: Photo Gallery
170: Home
171: Member Screenshots
172: Home
173: Community Forums
174: Community Forums
175: Community Forums
176: Community Forums
177: Photo Gallery
178: Community Forums
179: Home
180: Community Forums
181: Home
182: Home
183: Community Forums
184: CPGlang
185: Community Forums
186: Home
187: Home
188: Home
189: Photo Gallery
190: Photo Gallery
191: Community Forums
192: Home
193: Community Forums
194: Community Forums
195: Community Forums
196: Community Forums
197: Photo Gallery
198: Home
199: Photo Gallery
200: Community Forums
201: Community Forums
202: Photo Gallery
203: Community Forums
204: Home
205: Downloads
206: Home
207: Home
208: Photo Gallery
209: Home
210: Member Screenshots
211: Community Forums
212: Community Forums
213: Member Screenshots
214: Community Forums
215: Community Forums
216: Community Forums
217: Home
218: Community Forums
219: Community Forums
220: Community Forums
221: Home
222: Community Forums
223: Community Forums
224: Community Forums
225: Member Screenshots
226: Community Forums
227: Photo Gallery
228: Photo Gallery
229: Community Forums
230: Community Forums
231: Community Forums
232: Community Forums
233: Community Forums
234: Community Forums
235: Community Forums
236: Community Forums
237: Community Forums
238: Community Forums
239: Home
240: Photo Gallery
241: Photo Gallery
242: News Archive
243: Community Forums
244: Photo Gallery
245: Photo Gallery
246: Community Forums
247: Downloads
248: Community Forums
249: Community Forums
250: Community Forums
251: Community Forums
252: Community Forums
253: Statistics
254: Photo Gallery
255: Community Forums
256: Community Forums
257: Search
258: Community Forums
259: Home
260: Community Forums
261: Statistics
262: Community Forums
263: News Archive
264: Photo Gallery
265: Photo Gallery
266: Downloads
267: Community Forums
268: Home
269: Community Forums
270: Statistics
271: Downloads
272: Member Screenshots
273: Community Forums
274: Community Forums
275: Community Forums
276: Home
277: Statistics

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
Fort Sill in the seventies...
The AFV ASSOCIATION was formed in 1964 to support the thoughts and research of all those interested in Armored Fighting Vehicles and related topics, such as AFV drawings. The emphasis has always been on sharing information and communicating with other members of similar interests; e.g. German armor, Japanese AFVs, or whatever.
Go to page 1, 2  Next
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  AFV News Discussion Board

View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Jens_O_Mehner
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 511
Location: Giessen, Germany
PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:20 pm
Post subject: Fort Sill in the seventies...

Fellow curmudgeons,

found these on a German modelling DG: Fort Sill way back when Cool

Enjoy,

Jens O.
Back to top
View user's profile
Neil_Baumgardner
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 3942
Location: Arlington, VA
PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:23 pm
Post subject: Re: Fort Sill in the seventies...

Thanks Jens. I see the M108 and XM104...

Neil
Back to top
View user's profile
Doug_Kibbey
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 23, 2006
Posts: 4678
Location: The Great Satan
PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:31 pm
Post subject: Re: Fort Sill in the seventies...

- Jens_O_Mehner
Fellow curmudgeons,

found these on a German modelling DG: Fort Sill way back when Cool

Enjoy,

Jens O.


OK, now I am worried..."Heute Lawton. Morgen die Welt!" Shocked

These guys are just too familiar with our heartland, fer crissakes!

....and whassup with this paintjob?! I was around in the '70's and while we were experimenting with some camo at the Armor Board in '73, I don't recall anything that looked like THIS! Shocked




WHAT was going on after I got out, anyway?!

Great stuff, Jens...Thanks!

Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Jens_O_Mehner
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 511
Location: Giessen, Germany
PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:06 pm
Post subject: Re: Fort Sill in the seventies...

- Doug_Kibbey

OK, now I am worried..."Heute Lawton. Morgen die Welt!" Shocked

These guys are just too familiar with our heartland, fer crissakes!

....and whassup with this paintjob?! I was around in the '70's and while we were experimenting with some camo at the Armor Board in '73, I don't recall anything that looked like THIS! Shocked



Teeheehee,

wait until I tell you about my past and secret life at Tobyhanna Army Depot Mr. Green

Actually, I'd seen this improvised camo in the past, seems in OD times the tan bands were supposed to be used in a desert environment, there was also a similar version for snowy terrain involving white bands. Cool

Cheers,

Jens O.
Back to top
View user's profile
JimWeb
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 1439
Location: The back of beyond
PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:41 pm
Post subject: Re: Fort Sill in the seventies...

Speaking of strange cam - image from mid-80s

Somebody must have been on drugs when they did this...

Cool

_________________
TTFN
Jim

If your not a member of JED then your
not serious about anything military..

***********************
www.jedsite.info
JED Military Equipment
***********************
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
Doug_Kibbey
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 23, 2006
Posts: 4678
Location: The Great Satan
PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:49 pm
Post subject: Re: Fort Sill in the seventies...

I've seen better looking tile jobs in gas station bathrooms....

Say...aren't you supposed to be in Romania about now?
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Dontos
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 3436
Location: Vine Grove, KY
PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:06 am
Post subject: Re: Fort Sill in the seventies...

Not of the 70's.....

But here is my version of Ft Sill in the 60's......



Don
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Visit poster's website AIM Address Yahoo Messenger Photo Gallery
Doug_Kibbey
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 23, 2006
Posts: 4678
Location: The Great Satan
PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:20 am
Post subject: Re: Fort Sill in the seventies...

- Dontos
Not of the 70's.....

But here is my version of Ft Sill in the 60's......



Don


Of course, recruiting standards were much lower then....Cold War, Vietnam and all. Wink
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Dontos
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 3436
Location: Vine Grove, KY
PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:28 am
Post subject: Re: Fort Sill in the seventies...

Gee Doug,....thanks alot.... Crying or Very sad (sniff, sniff)

Actually, Little did I know, I would end up 'Living the Legend' also.... but in a different area.

ADA (note branch insignia in photo...) was just not what I wanted to do, when it came time to raise my right hand.... (voluntarily in 1985... )

My 'new' avatar is a 'classic' also.... 1979 during a trip to Carlsbad Caverns (roaming the desert with a couple of friends... )

Don
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Visit poster's website AIM Address Yahoo Messenger Photo Gallery
Doug_Kibbey
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 23, 2006
Posts: 4678
Location: The Great Satan
PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:46 am
Post subject: Re: Fort Sill in the seventies...

- Dontos
Gee Doug,....thanks alot.... Crying or Very sad (sniff, sniff)

Don


Well, I owed you one for that "dinosaurs" thing. Call it evens. Laughing

Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Dontos
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 3436
Location: Vine Grove, KY
PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:57 am
Post subject: Re: Fort Sill in the seventies...

- Doug_Kibbey
- Dontos
Gee Doug,....thanks alot.... Crying or Very sad (sniff, sniff)

Don


Well, I owed you one for that "dinosaurs" thing. Call it evens. Laughing



Actually I was going to 'counter fire' with something like ....

I was only 6 years old!!!.... What is your excuse?? But didn't want to go there. Don't want to drag Roy and the multitude of others into 'our' little squable.

Don
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Visit poster's website AIM Address Yahoo Messenger Photo Gallery
Doug_Kibbey
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 23, 2006
Posts: 4678
Location: The Great Satan
PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:05 am
Post subject: Re: Fort Sill in the seventies...

- Dontos
- Doug_Kibbey
- Dontos
Gee Doug,....thanks alot.... Crying or Very sad (sniff, sniff)

Don


Well, I owed you one for that "dinosaurs" thing. Call it evens. Laughing



Actually I was going to 'counter fire' with something like ....

I was only 6 years old!!!.... What is your excuse?? But didn't want to go there. Don't want to drag Roy and the multitude of others into 'our' little squable.

Don


(Psssst! Since you mentioned Roy...now there's a dinosaur!, but don't tell him I said so.... Wink )
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Roy_A_Lingle
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 1997
Location: El Paso & Ft Bliss, Texas
PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:12 am
Post subject: Re: Fort Sill in the seventies...

Hi Folks!

- JimWeb
Speaking of strange cam - image from mid-80s

Somebody must have been on drugs when they did this...

Cool


If this old "dinosaur" remembers right, that was called Du-Tex or something like that and it was the U.S. Army's attempt to improve on the British Berlin Brigade's city camo job. It was tested by a few units in Germany but as far as I know it didn't last very long. I think there was a story in Armor magazine with a photo or two of a M113 painted with that pattern.

CIA, yes! Dinosaur? Well maybe, I have been feeling that old lately.
Sgt, Scouts Out!

_________________
"You can never have too much reconnaissance."
General G.S. Patton Jr.
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
JimWeb
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 1439
Location: The back of beyond
PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:10 am
Post subject: Re: Fort Sill in the seventies...

- Doug_Kibbey
I've seen better looking tile jobs in gas station bathrooms....

Say...aren't you supposed to be in Romania about now?


Couple of weeks time...

Cool

_________________
TTFN
Jim

If your not a member of JED then your
not serious about anything military..

***********************
www.jedsite.info
JED Military Equipment
***********************
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
Jens_O_Mehner
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 511
Location: Giessen, Germany
PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:07 am
Post subject: Re: Fort Sill in the seventies...

- Roy_A_Lingle

If this old "dinosaur" remembers right, that was called Du-Tex or something like that and it was the U.S. Army's attempt to improve on the British Berlin Brigade's city camo job. It was tested by a few units in Germany but as far as I know it didn't last very long. I think there was a story in Armor magazine with a photo or two of a M113 painted with that pattern.



Well done, CIA,

it was actually called Dual-Tex and was an attempt by the 7th Army to improve MERDEC, field tested by the 2ACR and one step of the way towards CARC- ISTR the Bundeswehr trialed something similar as well. Contrary to popular belief, it was not inspired by or intended as an equivalent to the British Berlin camouflage, but was supposed to blend in better than MERDEC and reduce IR visibility. Some more info and two shots of 2ACR M60A3s can be found here. Cool

I've seen M113s, M60s and M35/M109s in this scheme, there may have been others, but certainly not M24s Wink

Cheers,

Jens O.
Back to top
View user's profile
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  AFV News Discussion Board
Page 1 of 2
All times are GMT - 6 Hours
Go to page 1, 2  Next



Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You cannot download files in this forum