Modern Danish Army AFV Paint

Standard colours of Danish AFVs since 1980s

Since early 1980s Danish Army vehicles wear a distinctive green-black (or overall green) camouflage. The green colour is known as the “SK/80” or “Regular Green” (or “Kermit Green”).

When the Danish Parliament decided to deploy Leopard 2 MBTs and support vehicles to Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2007, the vehicles of the Tank Detachment were painted in a special colour scheme known as the “QRF (Quick Reaction Force) scheme”. The new tri-colour camouflage (more suitable for local terrain conditions) was used on Leopard 2A5 DK, Leopard 1 ARV (Bergepanzer) and support vehicles.

A modification of this scheme - without the green colour – has also been observed since 2010 on Leo's of the Army Combat and Fire Support Centre.

The Orange Line paints are specially formulated lacquer based paints optimised for airbrushing. The product was developed to satisfy needs of all modellers – it is perfect for professional use (application of many semi-transparent layers, gradual building of colours / colour shading, application of very fine lines, etc.), but also very forgiving to beginners. It has significantly limited odour compared to other similar products, hence is more suitable for home use. All colours are highly pigmented and permanent.