Landships II

I was under the impression that the first Mark I tanks were delivered painted in Battleship Grey.

Before the first action in 1916 many of the participating tanks were painted on the vertical surfaces by their crews with camouflage

colours (known as the Solomon scheme)

The camouflage was quickly dropped when it was realised that the tanks got covered in mud on the Western Front and

camouflage was quickly hidden. The sensible colour to paint them was Brown and British tanks remained Brown until the 1920s.

I think Green Mark Is may be a myth - even back in WW1 the tanks had to pass acceptance checks and testing. I won't attempt to

replicate a Lincolnshire accent - "What do you call that then - says here this tank is supposed to be painted Grey - but it looks Green -

not going to be paid for that one until it is Grey"

Charlie