Enamel paint RLM 62 Grün (Green) Green ARCUS 283 RLM 62 Green Color Guide:
-RLM 62 Green entered service in 1936 under L.Dv. 521.
-The realities of the Spanish Civil War demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the Luftwaffe's all-grey or silver paint scheme. Over the bomber DKH L40/52 Grau or RLM 63 Hellgrau gray paint used by fighters, a temporary camouflage consisting of RLM 62 Green irregularly shaped patches could be painted over the standard gray before the introduction of the official 3-colour camouflage. standard.
-In 1936, a tricolor shrapnel camouflage consisting of RLM 63 Hellgrau, RLM 62 Grün and RLM 61 Dunkelbraun was approved. The lower surfaces were to be painted in light blue color RLM 65 Hellblau.
-A year later, in 1937, an entirely new 2-color green camouflage was approved to replace the 3-color scheme that eliminated the use of RLM 62 Green for Luftwaffe aircraft. -However, some units continued to use the old 3-color camouflage even during the Polish and French campaigns of WWII.
RLM 62 Grün was also used to paint Wehrmacht armored vehicles. In February 1943, an AHM directive, Blatt 5, No. 181, introduced a new multicolored camouflage for armored vehicles in place of the old dark gray camouflage. The new scheme involved coloring in sandy Dunkelgelgelb nach Muster with irregular spots of Rotbraun Nr. 19 and aviation RLM 62 Grün. This temporary camouflage was used to paint machinery at the factory until April 1943, when a new permanent scheme was officially approved. In this new scheme, RLM 62 Grün has been replaced by a new color RAL 6003 Olivgrün, specially developed for armored vehicles
