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Re: Bismarck colors

Post by tommy303 » Fri Nov 30, 2012 5:46 pm

I might be mistaken, but just off the top of my head, red was practice, yellow was nose fuzed and base fuzed HE, and blue was armour-piercing.

Re: Bismarck colors

Post by Dresden » Fri Nov 30, 2012 4:18 am

So what kind of shell do each of those colors (red, blue, and yellow) represent?

Re: Bismarck colors

Post by tommy303 » Wed Nov 14, 2012 7:46 pm

For the most part, white for the inner surfaces of the armour , bulkheads, and light grey (RAL 7001) or Elfenbein (RAL9003) for equipment, if I recall. Also dark grey for flooring.
A surviving 28cm turret from Gneisenau:

http://www.rupprecht-thomas.de/festunge ... stratt.htm

Re: Bismarck colors

Post by anton » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:48 pm

dos enyone know the inside colors of the main gun turrets thanks

Re: Bismarck colors

Post by Pandora » Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:50 pm

Ok, thank you very much.

Re: Bismarck colors

Post by tommy303 » Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:10 pm

Yes, used by the Kriegsmarine Shipyard in Wilhelmshaven circa 1944 and reproduced in Dieter Jung, Arno Abendroth, and Norbert Kelling, "Anstrich und Tarnanstriche der deutchen Kriegsmarine," Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn, 1997

Re: Bismarck colors

Post by Pandora » Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:04 pm

thank you.
I believed that RAL numbers were just the equivalent of the original color used but not the real color.
is that image you posted form a navy manual maybe?

Re: Bismarck colors

Post by tommy303 » Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:54 pm

Those seem to be the standard German navy colours of the time. Try this chart:

http://german-navy.tripod.com/German_Paint1.gif

Bismarck colors

Post by Pandora » Sun Aug 28, 2011 11:37 am

Bismarck colors in the Anatomy of the Ship book are,

Mid grey (RAL 7000) for main hull
Dark grey (RAL 7024) for fore and aft parts of hull
Light grey (RAL 7001) for superstructure
Red brown (RAL 8013) for underwater keel

But are this the real German navy colors?

thank you

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