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11-02-19, 08:11
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Russian Vehicle Markings
Not strictly CMP related, but does anybody know of any good websites, books or other resources accurately detailing the markings applied to military vehicles by the Russians in WW2. I found this site:
http://www.wio.ru/tank/oz/oz-en.htm but it appears to be for armour. I'm looking for info on the markings applied to softskins. Any ideas?  Thanks! Owen.
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1940 11 Cab C15 1939 DKW KS200 1951 Willys M38 1936 Opel Olympia MVPA # 39159 MVT # 19406 
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11-02-19, 23:36
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Owen
If you are not looking for a particular unit those armoured unit insignia would have also been on the thousands of soft skin vehicles in those units (maybe as many as ten trucks/jeeps for every tank). Russian soft skins appear to have almost no markings except for a few numbers on the door. Case in point about my comments on armoured units above. From your marking link this Chevrolet with the elephant is a soft skin vehicle belonging to the 14th Guards Mechanised Brigade. The others demonstrate the sparse markings, most photos show no markings visible at all on Russian vehicles. They often have those detachable signs on the sides - perhaps these were pool vehicles just given temporary identification for particular jobs. Maybe they had large central workshops where units just exchanged vehicles and they did not "own" their personal vehicles so had no unit markings? Lang Last edited by Lang; 12-02-19 at 00:12.
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12-02-19, 00:17
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Here is one with a unit marking on the windscreen. This reinforces my thoughts about centrally owned and temporarily issued vehicles. From the shop name this is in Romania.
Last edited by Lang; 12-02-19 at 02:56.
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12-02-19, 08:29
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Lang,
Thanks for your responses. Looks like in the main they just had a serial number in cryllic on the doors, with occasionally (but more often not) a unit marking too. There is a wealth on info out there on the British, Canadian, US and even German vehicle markings, but the Russian markings much less so. Owen.
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12-02-19, 08:50
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Owen
Another picture of a jeep. But more telling is the military vehicle club in their restored vehicles. These people (no matter where in the world) all want to cover their vehicles in numbers and unit signs of the "correct" period. These blokes have nothing, leading me to believe that is what it was. Last edited by Lang; 12-02-19 at 11:22.
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12-02-19, 11:35
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A desire, perhaps, to make it more difficult for the enemy to know who they are dealing with on the battlefield?
David
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