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Date: Sat Aug 07 2004 - 15:01:31 PDT
Quarter Masters Corps
Ordinance
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nigel Hay -MILWEB" <Nigel@milweb.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] What do 'QMC' and 'ORD' mean?
> 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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