Standard colors of South African military vehicles in post-WW2 period

Vehicles of South African Defense Forces between 1961 and 1975 mostly wore overall BS Olive Drab livery, except for the ones stationed in Walvis Bay, Namibia, which were painted overall BS Light Stone (this continued till their withdrawal in 1994). The same color was used on Centurion tanks and Saracen APCs of Middle East Defense Organization (MEDO) units, which South Africa briefly formed part of. In the Bush War era (1975-94) BS Dark Earth became a standard SADF color. After transformation to South African National Defense Force in 1994, the new 3-colour camouflage of Military Dark Earth, MRG Stone and Buffalo Green was introduced to AFVs. It is also used on selected helicopters (incl. Rooivalk and Agusta A109), with different brown color.

Contains the following colors (lacquer based paints, optimized for use with airbrush):

• HTK-C236 – BS Olive Green – BS381C:220, standard color of Union Defense Force vehicles (also known as UDF Olive Green 16) till 1961
• HTK-C146 – BS Olive Drab – BS381C:298, standard color of armored vehicles of South African Defense Forces from 1961 till 1975
• HTK-C237 – BS Light Stone – BS381C:361, standard color of SADF vehicles stationed in Walvis Bay, Namibia and vehicles detached to MEDO
• HTK-C206 – BS Dark Earth – BS381C:450, standard color of armored vehicles of SADF from 1975 till 1994. Later on auxiliary vehicles
• HTK-C252 – Military Dark Earth – Post-1994 standard camouflage color of SANDF primary (A-class) armored vehicles (incl. Rooikat and Olifant)
• HTK-C253 – MRG Stone – Post-1994 camouflage color of SANDF AFVs (incl. Rooikat and Olifant) and helicopters (incl. Rooivalk)
• HTK-C254 – Buffalo Green – Post-1994 camouflage color of SANDF AFVs (incl. Rooikat and Olifant) and helicopters (incl. Rooivalk)
• HTK-C308 – BS Middle Brown – The best match for camouflage color of South African Air Force helicopters (incl. Rooivalk and Agusta A109)