PzIV Camouflage Patterns

[Earl of Grey]

The following are color profiles I've been collecting for years. They were taken from various sources and have either been found on the internet, donated by friends or scanned by myself which explains the variying quality.

Some notes beforehand:
- The most obvious mistake a lot of artists apparently make is mistaking dusty road wheels to be painted in RAL7028 Dunkelgelb. Actual color of those road wheels depends primarily on time of manufacture.
- I'll sort the profiles after units and have one post each for all respective vehicles. That way, I can always add new profiles should I find some.
- These patterns are historically accurate to a big degree (else they wouldn't be posted here). They can thus be used for modelling or wargaming purposes without second thoughts. (For interpretation of colors see below.)
- I tried to get unit, place and time correct for every profile, but that isn't always possible. Please don't regard the captions as 100% accurate, rather as a 'very likely'.
- The colors shown in these profiles are not the historical colors of the respective vehicles but only an aproximation/impression of the respective artist. The general color placement of the three colors is usually correct (as far as it can be determined), hue/saturation etc. are not.

If you have any further questions (because I might have forgotten something), feel free to ask!

[Earl of Grey]

1.PzDiv

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_01.jpg
- Zhitomir, December 1943

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2.PzDiv

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_03.jpg
- Kursk, Juli 1943

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_33.jpg
- Normandy, summer 1944

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3.SS-PzDiv

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_06.jpg
- Warsaw, summer 1944

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_56.jpg
- Warsaw, August 1944

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4.PzDiv

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_08.jpg
- Kursk, July 1943

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_09.jpg
- Kursk, July 1943

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_53.jpg
- Poland, June 1944

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5.leDiv

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_32.jpg
- Libya, March 1942

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10.SS-PzDiv

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_10.jpg
- Normandy, summer 1944

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11.PzDiv

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_11.jpg
- Kursk, July 1943

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_39.jpg
- Germany, January 1945

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_40.jpg
- Germany, March 1945

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_38.jpg
- Bohemia, May 1945

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12.PzDiv

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_12.jpg
- Eastern Front, summer 1943

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_36.jpg
- Eastern Front, September 1944

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12.SS-PzDiv

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_16.jpg
- Normandy, June 1944

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_15.jpg
- Normandy, June 1944

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_59.jpg
- Normandy, June 1944

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_14.jpg
- France, fall 1944

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_13.jpg
- Ardennes, December 1944

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_17.jpg
- Hungary 1945

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15.PzDiv

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_18.jpg
- Libya, November 1941

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_19.jpg
- Tunisia, end of 1942

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19.PzDiv

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_20.jpg
- Warsaw, August 1944

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21.PzDiv

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_23.jpg
- El Alamein, November 1942

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_21.jpg
- Normandy, June 1944

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_22.jpg
- Normandy, June 1944

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_24.jpg
- Normandy, summer 1944

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116.PzDiv

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_25.jpg
- Hürtgenwald, winter 1944

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Panzer-Lehr-Division

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_27.jpg
- Normandy, July 1944

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FSchPzDiv "Hermann Göring"

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_26.jpg
- Poland, August 1944

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PzBrig106 "Feldherrnhalle"

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_28.jpg
- Germany 1945

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PzBrig111

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_29.jpg
- France, September 1944

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1.SS-PzGrenDiv

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_02.jpg
- Kursk, July 1943

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_35.jpg
- Kursk, July 1943

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_55.jpg
- Italy, August 1943

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2.SS-PzGrenDiv

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_05.jpg
- Kursk, July 1943

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_04.jpg
- Kursk, August 1943

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3.SS-PzGrenDiv

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_07.jpg
- Kursk, July 1943

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_41.jpg
- Poland, December 1944

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InfDiv "Großdeutschland"

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_34.jpg
- Eastern Front, July 1942

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_43.jpg
- Eastern Front, mid-1942

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Unknown

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_60.jpg
- Eastern Front 1942

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_47.jpg
- Kursk, July 1943

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_50.jpg
- Eastern Front, spring 1944

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_51.jpg
- Normandy, mid-1944

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_30.jpg
- Western Front, September 1944

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_48.jpg
- Hungary, March 1945

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_49.jpg
- Hungary, March 1945

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_31-1.jpg
- Germany, April 1945

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_31.jpg
- Germany, May 1945

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_45.jpg
- Germany, May 1945

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_46.jpg
- Germany, May 1945

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_44.jpg
- Bohemia, May 1945

[mgk]

Nice collection !!!
Do you know this site ?
http://panzerwaffe.pl/krzemek/galeria.htm
http://panzerwaffe.pl/krzemek/pzkpfw_iv/pz4_mal.htm
http://www.1939.pl/uzbrojenie/niemieckie/pojazdy/pz4.gif

[mgk]

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll164/akahoshi81/J.jpg

[Earl of Grey]

Nice collection !!!
Do you know this site ?
http://panzerwaffe.pl/krzemek/galeria.htm
http://panzerwaffe.pl/krzemek/pzkpfw_iv/pz4_mal.htm

Yup, know that site. And, by the way: the picture you posted is the last tank in my 'Unknown' post. ;)

[Earl of Grey]

5.PzDiv

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_52.jpg
- East prussia, October 1944

[Aragorn2010]

You've showed me most of them already, Earl, but to see them all in one post is....heaven.

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1.SS-PzDiv

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_54.jpg
- Normandy, July 1944

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5.SS-PzDiv

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_57.jpg
- Warsaw, August 1944

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9.SS-PzDiv

http://i716.photobucket.com/albums/ww164/earlofgrey/Color%20Profiles/Panzer%20IV/pzIV_58.jpg
- Eastern Front, April 1944