Stenciling My Deuce?

[David_4x4]

OK I have a question about stenciling a M35a2. On the bumpers, which side gets designated what?

Here's what I have. I'm stenciling my truck to my dad's cousins assignment in Vietnam. He was A Co., 1/69 Armor, 4th ID. So how would I write this on the bumpers etc? Do Companies and Battalions get one side and Division on the other? Or does it even matter?

Thanks in Advance

 

[houdel]

The battalion/brigade designation goes on the left side of the bumper as you are viewing it (right side of front bumper, left side on rear), company and vehicle number on the opposite side. The Division is not included. Thus you would have 1/69 on the right front and left rear; and A-(number) on the left front and right rear. If you look closely at my avatar I have 2/181 on the right side of the front bumper and A-6 on the left side. This is my old ARNG unit, Co. A, 2nd Bn 181st Infantry (Mech). The numeral 6 is usually reserved for the Company Commander.

 

[ida34]

My unit during the gulf war was as follows

18th FAB ABN C-14
5/8 FAR

18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne
5 Battalion 8th Field Artillery Regiment Charlie Battery Vehicle 14

We also had a red stencil of the 18th FA ABN patch on the upper passenger window near the outside edge. On the other side was a Centaur.

The drivers name was stenciled in black on the driver's side and the vehicle commander was stenciled on the pass side. Both were at the bottom outside edge. The commander was the ranking officer or NCO in the section or squad.

 

[emmado22]

The Army today would do it like this:

FRONT Bumper

Pass side
4I 1/69/\

Driver Side
A-XXX




BACK Bumper

DRIVER side
4I 1/69/\


Pass Side
A-XXX

The /\ would be a triangle, colored in, symbolizing Armor 4I is 4th ID, the 1 slash 69 is the 1st of the 69th. The A-XXX would be the Company (A) and the truck #

Hope this helps...

 

[ida34]

I almost forgot. When in the field we would cover the headlights and bumpers with old sandbags to obscure the numbers so the enemy could not get intel on our strength or movements. When we could not fit a sandbag over the numbers and the stencils we would just smear mud on the bumper numbers and the name stencils.

 

[David_4x4]

Thanks for the info guys. It's definately helping out with more than I knew.

 

[SETOYOTA]

When you get ready for stencils contact Russell Deese at 229-377-1528. He can make anything you might need............I have no relationship with this guy other than good quality work.

Chuck

 

[liljohn]

For Vietnam era markings, read the correct publication here:

http://www.armyradio.com/arsc/custo...ical_Bulletin_746-93-1/Technical_Bulletin.htm

It gives you all you need to know to correctly mark your vehicle for the time period.

I used to have a PDF version somewhere, in fact I thought it had been put up here at SS once upon a time, but I'm having no luck finding it on my computer or here.

 

[David_4x4]

Re: RE: Stenciling My Deuce?

For Vietnam era markings, read the correct publication here:

http://www.armyradio.com/arsc/custo...ical_Bulletin_746-93-1/Technical_Bulletin.htm

It gives you all you need to know to correctly mark your vehicle for the time period.

I used to have a PDF version somewhere, in fact I thought it had been put up here at SS once upon a time, but I'm having no luck finding it on my computer or here.

Link doesn't work.

 

[liljohn]

Bah. Well, just go to armyradio.com and search for TB 746-93-1, you'll find it.

 

[David_4x4]

Bah. Well, just go to armyradio.com and search for TB 746-93-1, you'll find it.

Site seems to be back up now. I had originally tried goin to armyradios.com also, but I guess the whole site was down for the time being.

It's working now though and thanks for the link.