[caldrail]

I doubt the jeep would have been painted white. In all the newsreel footage I've seen the vehicles are always a darker colour (presumably olive green). Bear in mind that the GAZ67 isn't likely to be used right on the front line as such. If you look (and yes, I do know the Russians re-enacted a lot of their real life action) the soldiers advance at a rapid trot alongside or atop tanks, not soft vehicles. In other words, such vehicles were used behind the lines.