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panzerdivisionenglan
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Posted: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 - 02:06 AM UTC
I am building a M2 Bradley IFV from Tamiya. However, the decals are not for those in use in Iraq. I have modified the kit to bring it up to date, but as I have looked a hundereds of pics on the web, some have a "V" either sideways, upside down or right side up.

What are the proper tatical markings for 101st, Big Red 1, 82nd?
I am at a loss........then some do not show any type of marking?

Any help explaining this will be appreciated.

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Posted: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 - 03:17 AM UTC
Hi Tom

1st you need to decide which unit you want to do the bradley as bearing in mind the 101st and 82nd are airborne and do not have bradleys.

2nd you need to decide when your bradley was in iraq as the markings for units may vary each time they have been deployed

3rd is your bradley a m2a2 as the m2 was not in OIF only desert storm

come back to me and then we can sort out markings for you

mark
Jamesite
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Posted: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 11:16 PM UTC
I was given this kit for christmas and as primarily a WW2 builder I don't have a clue what i'm doing here. However, I too was planning on doing this as a Desert Storm version and so am interested as to the appropriate markings and any modifications neccesary to the Tamiya kit (exterior mostly).

I am planning on finding a good set of reference pics of an M2 from desert storm and going by these, but again don't have the foggiest idea where to start and so any help would be appreciated.

Cheers,

James
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