WWII Canteen question

[No Quarter]

Hello, I was curious about the different shades of colors on these canteen covers. Did different manufacturers make them with different shades of green such as the two pictured? Was the tan one on the left issued to Marines? Thanks for any answers.

 

Jacob

[Cap Camouflage Pattern I]

The standard colors changed over time.

 

In WWI a lot of gear was a "Mustard" or "Golden" color. For the first half of WWII you will see Olive Drab #3, a tanish color, then around 1943 Olive Drab #7 a greener color, starts being phased in, during this transition you can find items made with Both OD #3 and OD #7 on the same item. Towards the end of WWII and post war most items are made in OD #7.

 

Colors variations exist due to a whole number of factors, what dye lot it was part of, and even where in the roll of cloth it was cut from.

 

The Color did not matter to anybody who used the item, and the colors are not branch specific. Troops will mix OD #3 and OD #7 depending on what they happen to be issued.

 

The canteen cover on the left is not USMC canteen cover, the USMC and the US Army had their own canteen carrier patterns, the Army Covers have wool linings, and the USMC ones do not. Occasionally you will see a Marine using an Army cover due to shortages of the USMC carriers.

[No Quarter]

The standard colors changed over time.

 

In WWI a lot of gear was a "Mustard" or "Golden" color. For the first half of WWII you will see Olive Drab #3, a tanish color, then around 1943 Olive Drab #7 a greener color, starts being phased in, during this transition you can find items made with Both OD #3 and OD #7 on the same item. Towards the end of WWII and post war most items are made in OD #7.

 

Colors variations exist due to a whole number of factors, what dye lot it was part of, and even where in the roll of cloth it was cut from.

 

The Color did not matter to anybody who used the item, and the colors are not branch specific. Troops will mix OD #3 and OD #7 depending on what they happen to be issued.

 

The canteen cover on the left is not USMC canteen cover, the USMC and the US Army had their own canteen carrier patterns, the Army Covers have wool linings, and the USMC ones do not. Occasionally you will see a Marine using an Army cover due to shortages of the USMC carriers.

Thank you for the information.

 

Jacob

[patches]

And lets not forget fading, for example the ones posted are used covers, fading and use significantly alter the color of all web gear in time, generally to shades different from one another, meaning one might have more use, thus it having more of a fade. One would have to compare unissued items to see true differences in material shades as Cap Camo Patt correctly points out in his reply

[ccyooper]

<p>Also, I believe services sometimes dyed serviceable equipment as part of the refurbish or repair process prior to reissue.</p>