LOL , I had to Google " Tom daniels Rommel Rod "

Oh good grief  , does it matter ?

Paint it what you want  , I don't think the people concerned with historical accuracy will be complaining .

There's a million pages of modelers arguing over what actual Afrika Korp looked like  . Don't think you need to involve yourself .

If you want to kinda know what Wehrmacht colors upon vehicles looked like  , go over to Armorama.com  and check all that out .