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It's not an American can (European), if that makes a difference to you. Period is correct though.
Going with the Marine theme, you can put the can on the tongue, or hang it off the sides ahead of the wheel wells.
In my service, I only saw them on the tongue (late 70s-late 80s). The ones on...
Here is the link to the MERDC manual, I found it under the Deuce manuals.
http://test.steelsoldiers.com/upload/M35/TB43-0147.pdf
It should explain the schemes, though you will have to look for actual colour examples elsewhere. Rapco sells all the colours, but the example chips on their site...
No, the overall green could be either semi-gloss or flat, but semi-gloss went out when the camouflage came in. Camo is all flat, reduced reflectance being part of the camo effect.
The MERDC camo was introduced fleet-wide to all the services for tactical vehicles in c.1975 (except at Ft Hood...
Looks like the Winter Verdant scheme - green 34079 (named Forest Green), brown 30118 (named Field Drab), sand, and black. All would have been flat.
Look at TB 43-0147 for the info and the patterns.
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