Saw this and wondered whether zimmerit was making a comeback!
Be an interesting vehicle to model…
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Maybe they overdid it on the salt-proofing? Reminds me of the old undercoat they would spray on cars in northern markets.
Somebody had their compressor up too high?
I wonder if the hatches and turret still move?
Is that a NERF BTR?
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The way my airbrushing goes sometimes, I get that sort of effect anyway!
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So maybe Rhinoliner has branched out?
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Krylon come out with a new rattle can flat glitter stealth paint that absorbs humidity?
That’s what you get when you carve the hull from those foam blocks florists use…
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Looks like it’s covered in polyurethane foam insulation.
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Just a guess, but it may be insulation to reduce the heat signature.
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The guys over there may be fan of Jim Carry. It looks like an armored version of Dumb and Dumber’s car w/o the nose and ears.
btw: the text on the building in the background mean “Maintenance Point”.
How it is done :
I guess they have plenty of old tanks to practise 
It’s expected to reduce the infrared and electromagnetic signatures…
Here’s another one :
H.P.
Sorry about that - I just realise you’d made the same point re airbrushing(!)
I seem to be a bit slow these days.
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I guess it works to protect the vehicle by crippling the enemy with laughter?
On a serious note, how does this coating affect the crew’s ability to mount up safely? And to perform maintenance?
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Those pics where they are applying the foam, looks just like “Great Stuff” insulation foam when you spray it from a can.
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Personally looks like a rubber coating to hide the thermal image possibly ! Still a very interesting image. Would luv to know the story behind this ?
NASA did something similar with their original M113 rescue vehicles that were introduced for the Mercury and Gemini missions (asbestos coating for heat protection).
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Thanks for sharing these amazing fotos and the great little known story about these machines. I have already taken the liberty of sharing these with my friend an Aero Engineer at Boeing.