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German 5cm tank gun HE colour?

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Tony Williams

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As the heading says....I have a 5cm L/42 HE round with the projectile (re)painted black. Is this the correct colour or should it be yellow?

Thanks for any help.
 
The 5cm HE
I think they are green with black letters on marcage.
regards

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Thank you gentlemen.

I have to say I am surprised - most German WW2 HE projectiles I've seen (of any calibre) seem to be basically yellow.
 
Commonly, the yellow explosives shell are used by the Kriegsmarine.
"Land forces" used a grey/green color with black markings.


Yoda
 
And AA (Flak). Forgot to add Luftwaffe as well.
 
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Do not let us forget that all 3 (or 4) German services used different color codes. Some were identical and quite some NOT. So do not apply 1 scheme too all German ammunition as it will not work.
 
Maybe this is of some use.
 

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Thank you all - but unless someone knows of a paint in the right colour which can be bought in very small quantities, I think it might be better for me to leave it black!
 
Tony, try a shop for scale modeling and tell them what you need (above mentioned was RAL 6006). They have tiny paint cans. One will be enough to repaint your shell.
 
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