Repainting Aussie helmets: Instructions from 1940.

[Ubique]

I was reading "Standing Orders for the Equipment of the Australian Military Forces and Senior Cadets Vol 4, 1940" and found a section on repainting helmets. I thought it interesting that the colour is referred to as "grey, dark, G.S." and not for example "khaki green No.#3" or one of the other green/khaki colours mentioned in the book. I wonder if these instructions are an echo of a British manual as is often the case?




Cheers,
Oz.

[tinlid]

Nice piece of information, it really needs to be stuck,with other Australian helmets and information so it can be accessed before it gets lost to time.

[Ubique]

Happy to re-post if someone wants to show me where.

Oz.

[tinlid]

Unfortunately there is no thread dedicated to Australian & also New Zealand helmets.
Needs one of the Mods to stick one so all information on them can go there. 😊

[Jerry B]

Unfortunately there is no thread dedicated to Australian & also New Zealand helmets.
Needs one of the Mods to stick one so all information on them can go there. ��

Indeed, just spent a while searching for New Zealand helmets....

[Composite]

Couldn’t it go on the Commonwealth one for Mk2s?

[Jerry B]

Couldn’t it go on the Commonwealth one for Mk2s?

Probably, but still be good to have a single thread for aussie lids and another for the kiwis, or a joint thread at least