The sand coloured paint on German tanks (RAL 7028 Dunkelgelb) was the standard base coat applied to all German tanks post early 1943 however once the vehicle arrived at the front with its crew, the crew would apply RAL 8017 Rotbraun and/or RAL 6003 Olivgrün to actually create a suitable camouflage that matched their surroundings.
@@kirishima638 The original dark grey RAL 7021 wasn't terribly effective outside of the urban environments of Western Europe and seeing as Germany was now focusing almost all efforts on fighting in the Soviet Union they decided to switch to a camouflage system that would provide better concealment against the open fields and foliage of the sparsely populated steppe
@@kirishima638 Because it is better to use camo patterns to break up the shape of the vehicle plus painting your own camo to suit the surroundings is more effective than a one size fits all approach. Not to mention a lot of allied vehicles did use multi-colour camouflage. There is also the fact that green plus the white star was almost always used in propaganda and war films to show Allied tanks and an erroneous light grey for German tanks so it effectively became the iconic/stereotypical colours most people associate with ww2 tanks
i am french and visited many times the Musée des Blindés in Saumur, always fall in love with the big german tanks (Tiger, JagdPanther, Panther, KTiger)...; absolute beasts ! and really HUGE
5:40 Yes, King Tigers were part of Germany's last-ditch invasion of Western Australia in December 1945. In a repeat of the mistakes of Operation Barbarossa on the Russian Eastern Front, the German Army again misunderstood the weather - trying to drive west to east across the Australian outback in the summer to capture Sydney proved too much, as the German forces expected winter in December and were equipped with heavy wool coats and gloves.
Always enjoy your chatting Ash, you were telling us about restoring bikes and then lost your train of thought. Sorry to hear about the passing of your grandfather always remember the happy times mate.
I just got the Maus renovation contract. I was literally cursing the engineers that designed it. There's just too many wheels, bolts, and valves. Man, now I get your pain.
Firstly, I'm glad you're ok and sorry it's been tough. As for this video, I bought this game on PS4 after seeing your videos and I really enjoy it. It's relaxing to play unlike that OTHER 'tank' game. But the developers have consistently mislead console players about the release dates. We were supposed to get the same content, bringing it in sync with the PC version last year. Then they promised it for January. And still nothing. I find the other modes of the game, the metal detecting, the test driving, and the painting, seriously under developed and tedious. But there is something about sanding, painting and crafting new parts which is seriously addictive.
Gday ash, you from down south somewhere? Accent sounds a bit wacky haha, Love ya content mate, Fan from the sunshine state😎🍻 Sorry to hear about your grandad mate, losing a family member is never easy, condolences to you lot👍🏾
@@Ash007YT But isn't a TD still a tank? I thought the only types of TD's that weren't technically tanks were open tops like the Dicker Max or the Sturer Emil. But I could definitely be wrong. Love ya from the great lake state.
As Ash says "if you don't comment and subscribe..." my youtube froze for a second and I learn what it means to be an auzie. (hope I spelled that correctly)
Just got the game, but how do you go out and look for wrecks in the fields? Realy want to go and explore outside the shop and can you pull the wrecks in you shops yard inside to restore??
I know im late to the party but the tiger 2 wasnt the heavyest tank used by germany that would go to the jagdtiger wchich still to this day is the heavyest tank to ever see combat
