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M1 Abrams tan and green camo
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Posted: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 01:58 PM UTC
The Abrams in this vidio have tan and green camo. Its from facebook and was taken at the Anniston Army Depo. Is this a test camo or have they been doing this because this is the first time that I've seen it? I know in europe they are painting them all over green with some tan still showing on some parts. Sorry I couldn't find a youtube vidio of it.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155766780698558&id=44053938557



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Posted: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 04:17 PM UTC
Morocco received some M1A1s from USA last year. They were painted with same camo pattern and colors that you shared. Probably these are made for Moroccan Army.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 05:03 PM UTC






H.P.

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Posted: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 05:30 PM UTC
Hunh. They have the APU instead of the air conditioner in the basket. I wonder what sort of armor they have? I presume the Chobham stuff with the depleted uranium doesn't go to buyers that aren't really close to the US?
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Posted: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 05:39 PM UTC

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Hunh. They have the APU instead of the air conditioner in the basket. I wonder what sort of armor they have? I presume the Chobham stuff with the depleted uranium doesn't go to buyers that aren't really close to the US?



VCSU (Vapor Compression System Unit - or "air conditioner" as you called it) is only installed in M1A2SEP tanks. Those are M1A1.

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Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2018 - 03:55 AM UTC
Trainspotter caught a train carrying tan + green (or black? hard to tell in the dark ...) M1's
Link to YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahueKN_a0DI&t=0s&index=89&list=PL1QYpWAzxtiNotrk-wu3AqAxO3SIY_0Xd
There is a first appearance at 18:03 and then again at 21:03.

U-Mark posted in this thread:
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/267364&page=1#2260683

My contribution to this is simply tying the threads together in case it is about the same tanks....
/ Robin

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Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2018 - 05:29 AM UTC
I was hoping that the US was using a new camo! I was already planning my next purchase to use this paint scheme! Maybe I will do it in the future.
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Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2018 - 08:47 AM UTC
Looks like the green follows the same pattern as the black in the NATO three tone scheme
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Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2018 - 09:04 AM UTC
I found another trainspotter video on YouTube called UP Military train. A very long train carrying a lot of M1's,some are in the tan and green scheme some are overall green. Following the tanks comes an almost endless line of M113 variants in everything from MERDC schemes to overall sand. 480 quality, but worth a look. Thanks, Mark
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Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2018 - 11:55 PM UTC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLBYbTv2Plk
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