I received a MAN 10t truck for Christmas (bought it for the wife to give me!) and wondered about the white UN scheme - was the entire truck repainted underframe and all when assigned UN duty, or was it a field respray that left hard-to-reach parts like the frame in their original BW green?
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On both tracked vehicles and soft skins I’ve seen no consistent pattern. Some tracked vehicles have the running gear painted. Others do not. Same with wheeled vehicles. There are examples where the wheels are not painted, but most seem to be. On most however, it looks like the wheel wells have been painted white. I’ve done a few over the decades. I didn’t concentrate on the chassis much at all, because it’s a wonderful area to practice mud techniques, so the point was moot.
On the MAN I’d imagine what you can see is white. What you can’t - who cares? But since you ask about MAN specifically:
There are plenty of pristine examples out there though in case you don’t care for muddy.
The biggest thing I learned is to add a drop of blue to the white before spraying. Otherwise it may yellow over time.
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First, Bundeswehr MAN truck frames were never painted Bronzegrün. All frames are painted in a black-brown. Vehicles were painted in “UN” white here in Germany and then send to location. So the paintjob was straight and clean.
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Not my photos, but some I bought in a second-hand–book store about fifteen years ago from the collection of a deceased military vehicle enthousiast:
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Thanks guys! Looks like it all gets painted white, and then weathered.
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Michael Jerchel?
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I don’t know. I have five 23-ring binders like this:
Most of the photos have a short description and a number written on the back:
I think the description is from the person who collected these photos (whose name I do know), and the number is from the person who made/sold them, because the handwriting seems to be different.
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