This has caused a lot of puzzlement over the years. Lots of photos of the female Mk V with the amoeba camo, both in Smolensk and in Berlin, but no explanation of the origins.
This might be a clue. I haven't seen it before.
I don't know the location - maybe Smolensk cathedral in the background - but the important thing is the placard in front of the tank. I've no idea what it says, apart from танк, but maybe one of our Russian-speaking friends can translate. It might be a clue.
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I think the "amoeba" camouflage was a two greens pattern applied by the Red Army to the Mark Vs they acquired during and after the
Civil war. The cardmodel of a Red Army Mark V by Wayne McCullough (on Landships II) has a two green amoeba pattern. I've seen but can't find at the moment
a scan of a Russian publication showing the camouflage used during and after the Civil War - the amoeba pattern was noted as a standard
for Mark V tanks.
Some images of Red Army Mark V tanks from the Civil War up to the late 1920s - https://wio.ru/tank/ww1t2/rus-mk5.htm
