"What markings on EW Soviet tanks?" Topic
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| Winston Smith | 08 Apr 2015 5:53 a.m. PST |
Now that we have Barbarossa and Rising Sun for Flames of War, I am planning on getting a whole passel of T-28s, T-26s, BT-5s and BT-7s etc from Gaming Models. What markings would they have in this stage of the War?
Would they have patriotic slogans? Red stars? |
| deleted222222222 | 08 Apr 2015 6:00 a.m. PST |
nope…..most had no markings at the time |
| GROSSMAN | 08 Apr 2015 6:37 a.m. PST |
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 Doms Decals  | 08 Apr 2015 7:08 a.m. PST |
There was a system of solid and broken stripes around the turret used to denote subunits in some formations, but as lasalle says, frequently nothing at all early war. |
| Porthos | 08 Apr 2015 8:18 a.m. PST |
This is an interesting site: wio.ru/. On the left is English text, go down to "Tanks in WW2" and then "Soviet Armour, Wartime Colour Photos". Apart from specifications there are also lots of picture. Various pictures show a number. |
rvandusen  | 08 Apr 2015 3:24 p.m. PST |
According to Zaloga's Squadron book on the Eastern Front, in the early period most Soviet tanks had minimal markings. Air recognition symbols, usually a band across the turret roof, or a triangle or square in the same position could be used. Sometimes there could be numbers, often single digits, on the sides, or the stripes around the turret mentioned above. If I recall correctly, Zaloga mentions that the system of markings is not very well understood due to the chaotic nature of the Soviet archives. |
| EJNashIII | 09 Jun 2015 9:30 p.m. PST |
Early war such individuality as seen later on wasn't tolerated in Russia. Doing so would likely get you a tenner in a re-education camp. |
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