Israeli Defence Forces AFV paint set 6x17ml Hataka HTK-BS114

Israeli Defence Forces AFV Paint Set 6x17ml Hataka HTK-BS114

Acrylic paint set from the Blue Line series, optimized for brush painting, containing the standard colors of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) vehicles used since the 1950s.

The Israel Defence Forces, formed in 1948, have participated in numerous armed conflicts, such as the Suez Crisis (1956), the Six-Day War (1967), and the Yom Kippur War (1973). Initially, the backbone of the armored forces consisted of foreign designs, including M4 Sherman tanks, AMX-13, Centurion, and M48. Over time, the main supplier of equipment became the United States (M60, M113 armored personnel carriers), and Israel also used captured equipment (the Tiran family). Since the 1980s, the primary asset of the IDF has been domestically designed tanks from the Merkava family. The painting of these vehicles has evolved from the early Olive Drab, through various shades of sand-gray, to the modern gray-green camouflage.

The set includes 6 bottles of 17ml:

• HTK-B018 US Olive Drab - the standard color of IDF vehicles in the 1950s, including during the Suez Crisis.
• HTK-B244 IDF Sand Grey 61 - color used in the 1960s, including during the Six-Day War on M50, M51 Isherman tanks, or early Magachs.
• HTK-B258 IDF Sand Grey 73 - standard color from the 1970s, used during the Yom Kippur War.
• HTK-B248 IDF Sinai Grey 82 - color from the period of the Lebanon War (1982), used on Merkava Mk 1/2 and Magach 6/7 tanks.
• HTK-B243 IDF Sinai Grey 87 - modern color of IDF vehicles (since 1987), used on Merkava Mk III and IV tanks.
• HTK-B239 Seafoam Green - color used for painting the interiors of armored personnel carriers (e.g., M113 Zelda).