S.C.C. № 2 Brown

S.C.C. № 2 Brown.

S.C.C. № 2 Brown, the base colour for all British Army equipment, introduced 30 Mai 1942, in the foreground and Humbrol 26 »Khaki« on an Airfix 1:76 scale Austin K2 Ambulance behind.

S.C.C. № 2 Brown

  • S.C.C. No. 2 Brown, AK Real Colors RC035
  • SCC № 2 British Army 1941–44 Service Drab, A-MIG-111
  • S.C.C. № 2 Khaki Brown, Hataka B076
  • Brown Bess, Humbrol MC6
  • Humbrol: 5 × 98 Chocolate + 4 × 29 Dark Earth
  • S.C.C. № 2 Brown, Mr. Paint MRP-346
  • Revell: 6 × 361.84 Leather Brown + 5 × 361.86 Olive Brown
  • S.C.C. No. 2 Brown, SMS PL149
  • Tamiya: 5 × XF-68 NATO Brown + 4 × XF-3 Flat Yellow + 1 × XF-1 Schwarz
  • German Cam. Med. Brown, Vallejo 70.826
  • Dark Earth, Vallejo 71.029
  • S.C.C. № 2 Brown, WEM AR B 05

From May 1942, S.C.C. № 2 Brown gradually replaced the earlier base colour »Khaki Green № 3«. Existing inventory of the khaki green base colour had to be used up before units were permitted to order the new brown base colour. The darker camouflage patches on both base coats were painted Dark Tarmac № 4 (Asphalt Grey) or S.C.C. № 1A (Dark Brown) and eventually S.C.C. № 14 (Blue Black), introduced in 1943. Army Council Instruction (A.C.I.) 533 of 12 April 1944 introduced S.C.C. № 15 Olive Drab as the new base colour for all equipment. Existing vehicles were not repainted immediately, which is why brown tanks and vehicles still participated in the Normandy Landings in Juni 1944.

British Bailey Bridging retained the S.C.C. № 2 Brown base colour to avoid confusion with mechanically incompatible US Bailey Bridging.

British Camouflage Patterns of World War Two