At the end of the nineteenth century, with the birth of bacteriology, military medical researchers in Germany, the United Kingdom, and France were active in discovering the etiological agents of some diseases and in developing preventive vaccines. Epidemic typhus, plague, malaria, cholera, typhoid fever, hepatitis, tetanus, and smallpox have nearly constantly accompanied wars, frequently deeply conditioning the outcome of battles/wars more than weapons and military strategy. HTK-A090 – Sand – FS33531 (CARC Middle Stone), recent (OIF, OEF) desert colour of US military vehicles.The environmental conditions generated by war and characterized by poverty, undernutrition, stress, difficult access to safe water and food as well as lack of environmental and personal hygiene favor the spread of many infectious diseases.HTK-A238 – Desert Tan – FS33446 (CARC Tan), initial standard colour of US military vehicles in desert conditions (with strong fading tendency).HTK-A153 – MK-7 Temporary White – Washable (temporary) matt paint used to cover selected areas in improvised winter camouflage of US AFVs (over CARC scheme).HTK-A125 - NATO Black – FS37030 (CARC Black), used in standard NATO 3-colour camouflage of majority of US Army and USMC AFVs.HTK-A188 – NATO Brown – FS30051 (CARC Brown), used in standard NATO 3-colour camouflage of majority of US Army and USMC AFVs.Also overall colour of Stryker IFV family HTK-A152 – NATO Green – FS34094 (CARC Green), used in standard NATO 3-colour camouflage.Used on part of M1 Abrams of USMC during ODS HTK-A016 – Dark Green – FS34079 (MERDC Forrest Green), overall colour of early M1 Abrams tanks.HTK-AS67 includes standard colours of US AFVs since mid-1980s.
Heavy-armour vehicles' interiors are painted gloss white, while most of APCs/IFVs still use light green shade (FS24533). CARC Tan (FS33446) or more recently CARC Middle Stone (FS33531), both with strong fading tendency, have been used in desert conditions.
Washable white paint was advised for temporary (partial or overall) pattern in winter environment. The new paint scheme was to be used by all NATO ground forces and consisted of a base green colour (FS34094) with brown (FS30051) and black (FS37030) disruptive shapes. HTK-AS67 “Modern US Army and USMC AFV paint set”Īfter relatively short period of using the complex MERDC camouflage, in mid-1980s a new 3-colour pattern was developed by NATO (as in the US this process was parallel to transition to Chemical Agent Resistant Coating paints - CARC - it is often referred to as "CARC scheme").
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