The three-color patterns were designed to have sharp, hard edge definition between the colors. After performing the visual inspection from level I, the inspector would lay an overspray gauge (see illustration) on the color boundary line and check if any overspray extended into the "fail zone" on the gauge. Level II: This level takes the level I inspection and adds an overspray test. There are three levels of inspection spelled out in TM 43-0139, with Level I being the most lenient and Level III the strictest. Once again each pattern must be inspected, no random sampling allowed. This is the least favored method and is to be used as only as a last resort.
MILITARY CAMO MANUAL
Manual Method: The manual method falls back to the way the patterns were applied in the MERDEC days, drawn on freehand over the base green color, using the CPP drawing as a guide. Every pattern applied by the projection method is to be inspected, no random sampling is allowed. It is considered appropriate to use when the number of items to be painted is small, and the cost to develop a robotic program or templates cannot be justified. This method is considered to be inaccurate and inconsistent. As with the template method, the item is pre-painted in the base green color. Projection Method: As the name suggests, transparencies of CPP drawings are projected onto the object to be painted and the pattern is drawn on by hand. Like the robotic program, once a set of templates are made and certified, only random spot checks are required to ensure accuracy. This method is also considered accurate and repeatable. The painter then fills in the outline using the appropriate colors. The piece of equipment is first painted in overall base green, the template is then carefully positioned on the item and the outline is transferred using chalk or soapstone. Templates could be made of rigid materials such as wood or aluminum, or they could be flexible, made of Mylar or plastic sheet. Template Method: Makes use of rigid or soft templates to locate and mark the color boundary lines on the item. Equipment painted by a certified program only need to be spot-checked on a random basis. When a new pattern program is created, it goes through a certification process. Considered the most accurate, repeatable and desirable of the four methods, it is used extensively by the manufacturers. Robotic Method: An automated robotic program is used to apply the disruptive bands and patches simultaneously. TM 43-0139 gave four methods for applying the camouflage pattern to a piece of equipment they were listed in order of preference and accuracy. Prior to the 1991 Gulf War, most everything came off the assembly line painted in the NATO colors, During Desert Shield and Desert Storm production was rapidly switched over to tan.Īfter the war, the intended mission determined how a vehicle was painted, purchase contracts spelled out what percentage of production or what vehicle variants would be painted tan and what would be painted in the 3-color pattern.
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