The tactical insignias of the Soviet armor

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GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR

The tactical insignias of the Soviet armored units

Drawings by A. Stefanov and A. Kazakov

The summer color of the Soviet tactical signs was white on green camouflage, the winter color was red on white camouflage. Also, for fast aerial recognition, there were the white (red) circles, lines, triangles, crosses, squares on the turret roofs.

The tactical signs of 7th Guards heavy tank brigade, 9ht tank corps, 3rd Guards mechanized corps, 3rd tank corps			338th Guards heavy selfpropelled artillery regiment (ISU-152). 376th Guards heavy selfpropelled artillery regiment (ISU-152) - the square sign or "K" char.	119th engineer tank regiment	81st tank regiment (BT-7)

The identification marks of 8th selfpropelled artillery brigade: an eagle (SU-76M, T-70)			The most common RKKA tactical sign: the rhomb with a numbers inside

The tactical signs of 4th Guards mechanized corps:

36th Guards tank brigade - a standing bear	13th Guards mechanized brigade - a deer	14th Guards mechanized brigade - an elefant	15th Guards mechanized brigade - a flying swallow	740th flak regiment - an elk	unknown unit - a horse
also there were giraffe, crocodile and probably rhino identification signs




1st Guards tank corps	The tactical insignia of 2-nd Guards tank corps: an arrow		3rd Guards tank corps - identification mark "Saturn ring"	4th Guards tank corps - the oak leaves	5th Guards tank corps - the number «51» or «5»
The insignias of 2-nd Guards tank army (three corps)		The insignias of 3-rd Guards tank army (three corps)		8th Guards tank corps	10th Guards tank corps
tactical insignia of Soviet 3rd Guards mech corps.	5th Guards mechanized corps		7th mechanized corps	8th mechanized corps

	90th tank brigade (T-34)	insignia of separate 213 tank brigade "fir-tree" (T-34 and captured panzers Pz.III, Pz.IV)	124th tank brigade, KV-1 (previously - 24th tank division).