Tancred this version can be built as a vehicle in one of the show of arms the Soviets used in their regions, like Peague etc etc, do some research and you'll find this version in one of these 'missions' with a white cross on the turret aka of the Berlin 45 airidentification!
Good choice and a good model ... only this version you are restricted to Russian Cold War version but read somwhere someone spotted a 62 model in Afghanistan ... Euro musing?
love this one but as for goining for an all green scheme well plenty of warsaw pact countries used this version with some very colourful schemes eg Poland, Czechoslovakia east germany and hungary and had some interesting summer schemes