Navy M-38 Paint

KHH37435 · Post by **KHH37435** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 12:57 pm

Were all M-38's used by the Navy painted blue or were some OD?

Bill_F · Post by **Bill_F** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:29 pm

wouldn't navy m38's have been painted grey? I have never seen a Navy rig painted blue, only OD and grey.

Post by **wesk** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:17 pm

Coast Guard used the medium blue. Navy used grey.

Bill_F · Post by **Bill_F** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:26 pm

Ok, I have never seen a jeep or any rig done as a coast guard unit.

DMCarpenter · Post by **DMCarpenter** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:38 pm

Bill:

Granted, it was an early WWII shot and G503, but I saw a pic of a USCG harbor patrol jeep some years ago. It was grey (or appeared to be in the b/w photo, with 'COAST GUARD' stenciled under the windshield.

The interesting part was that the jeep was armed, with a Colt Potato-digger. That really made it an interesting study.

Dave

KHH37435 · Post by **KHH37435** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 3:34 pm

How about Air Force M-38's? Where they painted blue or were any of them painted OD?

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 4:52 pm

I remember from somewhere that blue paint did not show up well on
early black/white film, and that it was used for vehicle hood numbers
as a security measure. I would think it would photograph on a vehicle
as a whole as some type of gray.

Jim in Darkest Arkansas

Post by **wesk** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 6:56 pm

KHH,
Try reviewing some photo albums and you'll see that Navy was primarily gray from WWII thru today. US Army Air Corp was OD, USMC was Marine Corp Green, The USAF carried forward the OD and at some point between 1952 and 53 they went Strata Blue with an occasional mix of OD's for special units and theater of ops. Coast guard used both Gray in WWII and a light blue later.

http://www.willysmjeeps.com/v2/modules. ... _album.php

KHH37435 · Post by **KHH37435** » Wed Feb 27, 2013 10:18 am

Thanks everyone, that helps.