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Miniatures Adventure => Old West => Topic started by: Szary on June 29, 2021, 12:13:40 PM

Title: Color of guns and artillery carriages during the Mexican Revolution
Post by: Szary on June 29, 2021, 12:13:40 PM

I have a quick question - what colour were the guns and (probably painted the very same colour) most of their paraphernalia of the Federal Army during the Mexican Revolution?

Two 75mm cannons are already waiting on my painting desk and I'm not really sure about the colour they should be painted.

Title: Re: Color of guns and artillery carriages during the Mexican Revolution
Post by: sukhe_bator on December 25, 2021, 03:43:11 PM

In case you were still wondering... it largely depended on largest client ordering the batch/consignment. They would be painted in the dominant livery so a light tan if most of that batch were intended for the US, blue/grey for the French etc. etc. French 75s were ordered for both US and French army. Neither livery would be wrong. Camo schemes were unlikely to be used since there was little or no aerial artillery spotting to worry about...

Title: Re: Color of guns and artillery carriages during the Mexican Revolution
Post by: juergen c. olk on January 13, 2022, 10:10:38 PM

I just watching "VIVA VILLA" and go with it. There would be such a hodge podge on the Mexican side.

Title: Re: Color of guns and artillery carriages during the Mexican Revolution
Post by: Panzer21 on July 30, 2023, 10:21:18 AM

From what I've managed to discover, probably grey although a lot of illustrations show green.
A light green-grey is probably best compromise.
Beware the Mexican artillery piece in an Israeli museum painted sand yellow; they were supplied for and used in 1948.
The truth is no-one really knows for sure, but the grey/ green is the closest from contemporaneous illustrations.
Neil