'Kutch' Camouflage?

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  1. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Anyone know what this is/have pictures?

    It gets a mention in I Corps Ammunition Company's WD on mobilization at Aldershot 1.9.39.

    Camouflaging of vehicles not very satisfactory. 'Kutch' used to colour tents, a long drawn out and tedious job.

    The following day the diary records: All tents are up and 'Kutched'

    On day three (3.9.39) it states that: tents had to be 'Rekutched'
     
  2. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

    Andy,
    Cannot find any picrures, but it could possibly have originated in India.

    If you search Kutch it turns up Bird camouflage etc.

    Regards
    Tom
     
  3. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Cheers for checking Tom...I too got a lot of hits relating to India. I wondered if it might be a waterproofing rather than camouflage.
     
  4. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    I thought maybe waterproofing with some drab colour/product too.

    Couldn't find any proprietary dye/packaging with that name, though I notice that the region of Kutch is apparently famed for it's tie-dying.
    The mind boggles... but the Army had a lot of Indian terminology picked up over the years.
     
  5. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Andy, cracked it I think.

    Spoke with some mates that do historical Dyeing and dye history this weekend - they both instantly recognised 'Cutch' (with a C) as a brownish/khaki dyestuff.

    Cutch Natural Dye Extract
     
  6. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

    Adam,

    Nice find. Different browns to produce desert type camouflage, similar to the birds found in the area it is named after.

    Regards
    Tom
     

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