Painting SovietFrom the start of the war, the Soviet vehicles were painted in a base colour of olive green. Although the shade of this colour varied from one unit to another, three main shades were utilised through World War Two. From 1939 to 1942, a light reed green was in evidence. From 1942-1943 to 1944-1945 a medium olive green was used. This was almost identical to the U.S. colour, olive drab. In the final year of the war, many new vehicles were painted in a dark olive green. Occasionally, equipment could also be painted a base colour of brown, red brown, sand or grey. Over any of these, a disruptive pattern of a darker shade or colour could be used. For example if medium olive green was used as a base, a darker green or dark earth could be painted over it. Earth and sand colours tended to dominate in the Asiatic and southern regions. Greens tended to be more dominant in the central and northern regions. Lend-Lease vehicles were generally left in their original colours by the Soviets.
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