DiehardmaxNL Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Hello gentlemen I have question for you guys. Why do the ukrainians have a giant white cross on the entirety of their apc' s. Does this serve a purpose or is it just aesthetics? Max 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AttorneyAtWar Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Ukrainian troops do this in real life to distinguish there older Russian equipment like the BMP-2 from hostile ones. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiehardmaxNL Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Ah thanks for clearing that up. That makes perfect sense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 A nice little example. This was actually an old Soviet practice. When Russian tanks rolled into Prague in 1968 they were painted in white recognition stripes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 DiehardmaxNL, Russian recognition marking on IS-2 for what we call the Battle of Berlin.http://panzerschreck.strefa.pl/zdjecia/is/is2/is2_9s.jpg Russian IS-3 Budapest, Hungary 1956. The locals used to run out and stick a Hungarian flag on an invading tank. Not good if one of your own came around the corner moments later and... The tanks were, after all, buttoned up. http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/soviet/IS-III_Budapest_1956.png Image 12 here is from the Invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. It appears the locals were none too happy with the Russian tanks and dumped buckets of paint on them, doing quite the number on the TC and a fair amount to the driver. http://www.slideshare.net/guimera/prague-august-21-1968-warsaw-pact-tanks-invade-praguejosef-koudelka-magnum-photos?related=1 My personal favorite so far is a bright red equilateral triangle painted on the turret roofs of whitewashed tanks for the Leningrad Operation. Thought that would look cool in a diorama. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antaress73 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Novorussians use green as recognition marker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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