Re: [MV] What do 'QMC' and 'ORD' mean?

From: Nigel Hay -MILWEB (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Sat Aug 07 2004 - 14:33:59 PDT


QMC in Uk would mean Queen Mother's Corgis - a popular knickname for the
Royal Canine Defence Regiment - hope this helps, NH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin M Rush" <chesnimnus@juno.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Green color for USMC vehicles

> Thank you for the help, but I guess I need a little help here
> understanding. Semi-Gloss, Full-Gloss, or Lusterless Forest Green and
> Lusterless Olive Drab, are those a particular color that any paint
> manufacturer will know, or is there a code that I need to identify those?
>
> Also, having not been anything more than a midshipman, I am not
> familiar with a lot of the military acronyms, especially if they had to
> do with the Army or Marine Corp. What do 'QMC' and 'ORD' mean?
> -Colin Rush
>
> Message-Id: <6.1.1.1.0.20040806235203.03841bf0@mail.ptd.net>
> Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 23:59:38 -0400
> From: Jim Gilmore <jgilmore@ptd.net>
> Subject: Re: [MV] Green color for USMC vehicles
>
> Colin wrote:
>
>
> >"...As long as you are on the subject (sort of), can anyone tell me what
> >color was used on Marine Corp vehicles during WWII? ........"
>
>
> Color used by USMC was;
>
> Vehicles delivered on direct contract for USMC were painted Lusterless
> Forest Green.
>
> Vehicles diverted from QMC or ORD contracts were delivered in
> Lusterless Olive Drab (US Army color).
>
> >
>
>
>
>
> >Darrell wrote,
>
> >".......A while back I had ask what was the proper green for USMC
> vehicles.........
> >
> >
> >......I also found out that the "USMC Lackluster Forest Green" on the
> Rapco
> >Parts
> >web site was used on vehicle from the Korean war to the end of the
> >Vietnam war..........."
>
>
> USMC vehicles post WW II until after the Vietnam War were painted
> Semi-gloss Forest Green and not lusterless (flat).
>
> Non tactical vehicles (staff cars etc. ) were painted full gloss Forest
> Green.
>
>
> Jim Gilmore
>
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