Under the skirts

[frank xerox]

Unnecessary question I guess but the completist in me needs to ask.
Were schurzen painted on the inside?
 I don’t mean camouflage, but dunkelgelb? Red oxide primer? “exit this way”?
Anyone know?

[Michi]

I don't really know, but I would expect them not to be painted. They wouldn't rust away anyway.

[Two Inches of Felt]

Why wouldn't they rust?

[Michi]

Why wouldn't they rust?

They would, but they wouldn't rust AWAY given that their thickness is a couple of millimetres at least.

[frank xerox]

Cheers lads - I know I’m overthinking this.
If they’re made in a tank factory then I can see them getting automatically sprayed with primer just because. But they’re essentially disposable bits of plate steel, no doubt made in a general workshop and mated with the tank later.
But then you give a squaddie a spray gun and tell him to paint that tank....

[Elbows]

Hit up some people from the Imperial War Museum (on Facebook, etc.) - they might be able to answer this.  See if you can pop a question over to Hillary Doyle?

[frank xerox]

Found a pic - Pz 3 M angled so you can see the first couple of feet of the inside of the far plate and it’s support struts - it’s dunkelgelb folks. On my phone so no pic but it’s dunkelgelb

[carlos marighela]

Did anyone really expect Germans not to paint the bits you can’t see?

[frank xerox]

Nailed it!