Painting and Marking of Vehicles - 1 Division Signals Instruction - March 1944

1 CDN DIV - SIGNAL INSTRUCTION No. 57

27 March 1944

Painting and Marking of Vehicles

1. It is expected that a supply of U.S.A olive drab paint will be available shortly to repaint all vehicles. Until this is issued all vehicles in need of paint will be painted using existing supply of brown or dark green paint. no attemp will be made at disruptive patterns; vehicles will be painted a uniform colour.

2. Divisional Patches, Unit Serial Numbers and WD numbers will be touched up or repainted as needed.

3. Tactical Signs:

(i) These will consist of a letter followed by a number in yellow characters 3 in. high, on a black background. Black patch not to exceed 7 in. x 5 in.

(ii) Location of signs-

(a)Jeeps

Front - Right bumper

Rear - On body to the left of spare wheel

(b) Trucks, Heavy Utility

Front - Right bumper

Rear and Sides - Centre of door panel on main body

(c) Lorries - Command

Front - Right bumper

Rear and Sides - Centre of door panel on main body.

(d) Lorries - 3 ton and trucks, 15 cwt.

Front - Right bumper

Rear - Right tail gate

Sides - Centre of door panel on cab. Where doors are missing the sign will appear on side panel of cab.

(iii) Letters to be used are set down below. Allocation of numbers is left to Sec Officers, except that in the case of similar secs the Coy Comd will ensure that the same number is allocated to corresponding vehicles in all cases.

U.H.Q.	Z
H.Q H.Q. Coy	Y
'Q' Section	Q
'M' Section	M
H.Q. 1 Coy	X
'A' Section	A
'B' Section	B
'C' Section	C
'D' Section	D
'O' Section	O
H.Q. 2 Coy	W
'E' Section	S
'F' Section	S
'G' Section	S
'H' Section	H
H.Q. 3 Coy	V
'R' Section	R
'J' Section	J
'K' Section	K
'L' Section	L
'N' Section	N

Signed (B.W. Grover) Lt-Col. O.C. 1 Cdn Div Signals