US Army Paint Set (MERDC Camouflage) 8x17ml Hataka HTK-BS51

US Army Paint Set (MERDC Camouflage) 8x17ml Hataka HTK-BS51

Acrylic paint set from the Blue Line series, optimized for brush application, containing standard colors of US Army vehicles used from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.

The early 1970s saw the development by the Mobility Equipment Research & Design Command (MERDC) of a new camouflage system for US Army vehicles. It was a set of patterns that could be adapted to different geographical and seasonal conditions by changing one or two colors. The new camouflage was tested and approved in 1975 and was widely used until 1984, when the so-called NATO scheme was introduced.

The set allows for the recreation of all variants of MERDC camouflage, including:

• Summer Verdant
• Winter Verdant
• Tropical Verdant
• Snow with Trees
• Snow with Open Terrain
• Grey Desert
• Red Desert

Contents of the set (8 bottles of 17ml):

• HTK-B016 Dark Green (FS34079) - used in the Winter, Summer, and Tropical Verdant variants as well as Snow with Trees
• HTK-B209 Field Drab (FS30118) - used in the Winter Verdant, Snow with Open Terrain, and Grey Desert variants
• HTK-B210 Sand Brown (FS30277) - used in all variants except Tropical Verdant
• HTK-B041 Night Black (FS37038) - used in all MERDC variants as an auxiliary color
• HTK-B211 Interior Green (FS34151) - used in the Summer and Tropical Verdant variants
• HTK-B021 Medium Green (FS34102) - used in the Tropical Verdant variant
• HTK-B212 Earth Yellow (FS30257) - used in the Grey Desert and Red Desert variants
• HTK-B213 Earth Red (FS30117) - used in the Red Desert variant