Since I lost the H sprue that has all the ERA armor for my M60A1, I’m going to build it as a tank used in Grenada, quick question about the crew’s outfits, is the helmet the same as what was used in Desert Storm? Or more like the Vietnam era one? I presume they worn woodland camo BDUs…
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The DH-132 CVC, helmet is correct for that time.
Correct.
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The US marine tanks used in Grenada were also later used in Lebanon from Nov 83 till end of Feb 84. There were (5) tanks used. They were from 2nd Tank Bn, Alfa Co., 3rd Pln. Their Pln Sgt was a history buff. So, all the tanks had the markings of the 3rd SS Panzer Div stray painted in Blk on the rear fender. I can’t remember if it was the (R) rear or (L) rear fender. If you find some pics of them, blow them up and you should be able to make it out. As 18bravo stated, the early CVC helmet was used. Not the more modern one w/ extra kevlar. Uniforms were a mix of CVC overalls, BDUs and earlier styled Cammie’s. Hope this helps.
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Yes sir. That is it. The white trim around the shield along w/ the skull and cross bones were BLK. Everything in BLK on your example would be whatever color the tank was as they used a stencil when painting the symbol. This was back in 83-84. It is hard to remember. I want to say that the symbol was also painted on the left side of the bore evacuator and the name of the tank was painted on the right side. But, don’t hold me to it. I would confirm w/ pics first.
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Some probably still had the ERDL cammies, as those were still in service in late '83. At least one crewman in the photos that I posted is wearing them.
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As I stated before. We had the earlier style Cammies and woodland BDUs. We could wear either one. But, the top and the bottom had to be the same type. One could not wear an early cammie top with BDU pants. The early style was still being sold at the clothing sales on base. So, we still bought them because they were cooler in hot areas. But, we were required to have at least (2) sets of woodland BDUs during this time frame. Black leather boots were required on base when not training. Jungle boots were allowed in the field and combat. I would say about 20% of us wore jungle boots. It was new to us at the time. We all had the kevlar flak jacket that was of woodland pattern. Also, white t-shirts under the uniform top on base. Green t-shirts were allowed in the field and combat. So, in Grenada and Lebanon you would see both white and green t-shirts being worn.
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I must have missed the part in your above post about the ERDL cammies… apologies. 
I arrived at Benning for OSUT when Urgent Fury was going down. But the Army for next several years was a mish mash of uniforms as the BDUs took over. Perma Press OG 107 fatigues, OG-107 ripstop jungle fatigues, ERDL jungle cammies, and BDUs were all to be seen in that era.
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When words are typed it is hard to understand the meaning/intent behind them. No need to apologize. I was just trying to put good info out there for all that is interested. We were kind of in the same boat. I was w/ BLT 2/8. The Marine Corps was pushing the BDUs on us and we did not want them. They were too hot for the areas that we operating in. Plus we had to buy them. So, we all held onto the older style for as long as we could. 
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