MG 08 color

[stegger]

Hi gentleman
Could someone tell what color exactly (according to RAL ) were painted MG 08 ? I know that from the factory they came blued , but later ?
Thanks in advance

[amafrank]

Since many were painted by individual groups of soldiers using material found on hand its very hard to say what colors were used. After looking at quite a few original guns in museums and in collections I've not yet seen any with matching colors. Some used a variety of flat green which varied from light to dark green. Others used widely varied colors like red, brown, green, silver, black and on and on. I don't know that there was any official color for the guns so i think you can use just about anything.....


Frank

[alpencorps]

HELLO,
Make your paint by yourself...

An old Instruktion

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Greetings from Bavaria

[stegger]

Many thanks guys , you have confirmed my opinion about this .
Matter is that our reenactment club produced an MG 08, firing blanks , and is currently being debated, what color should be painted