Repainting this sort of stuff was the kind of thing allocated to GDs men or defaulters. I used to have a tin hat that, underneath the sacking, was done in that vehicle bronze green.
Surplus navy paint seems to have been reused by other government departments too. Post Office Telephones had a lot of their older equipment in exchanges painted that colour.
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