Someone please tell me there is a simple WW2 French tank camouflage scheme.

                              

Sorry. From Steven J Zaloga's "Blitzkrieg"

Char D1: 67e BCC "all over green with no markings". 
https://www.deviantart.com/liquid-nitrogen/art/HISTORICAL-Char-Renault-D1-879725102

Char D2: "generally two tone green and ochre outlined in black"
FCM 36: "Intricate horizontal 3 tone pattern"
Char B1: "most elaborately marked tanks of the 1939-40 battle"
Char Legere 35R: "usually camouflaged in a two or three tone scheme"
Char Legere  R30 and R40: "generally remained in monotone green"
Char Legere 35H and 39H: "infantry Hotchiss ... frequently left in monotone dark green" - the cavalry version ... not so plain.
Char 2C: "most overall dark green"
Somua S35: you don't want to know
AMR 33/35: "Three toned pattern"
Other: Panhard a/c, P16 half track, UE - usually montone green

So if you mix Char 2C, D1, Infantry Hotchkiss you can just do a plain green - but I feel that's missing the joys of French armour.

H39
https://www.deviantart.com/liquid-nitrogen/art/HISTORICAL-Char-Hotchkiss-H35-879634275

Quote from: fsn on 23 February 2023, 04:30:29 PMH39
https://www.deviantart.com/liquid-nitrogen/art/HISTORICAL-Char-Hotchkiss-H35-879634275

Thanks
I think we have a winner

As fsn lists there were quite a few plain green schemes. But surely the fun of 1940s French force is all the lovely camo schemes!

Here is the Flames of War guide, if that helps
https://www.flamesofwar.com/Default.aspx?tabid=110&art_id=2145

The pre-war tanks seemed to have had quite elaborate schemes, that certainly got simpler as the war progressed and thanks were rushed off the production line.

QuoteSorry. From Steven J Zaloga's "Blitzkrieg"

Other: Panhard a/c, P16 half track, UE - usually montone green

So if you mix Char 2C, D1, Infantry Hotchkiss you can just do a plain green - but I feel that's missing the joys of French armour.

So the FT17s would be in this green then?

Quote from: fred. on 23 February 2023, 06:17:58 PMAs fsn lists there were quite a few plain green schemes. But surely the fun of 1940s French force is all the lovely camo schemes!

Not if you have the dexterity of a drunken goat

Quote from: hammurabi70 on 23 February 2023, 09:40:02 PMSo the FT17s would be in this green then?

No, sorry. "Tended to be two toned in horizontal patterns."