WW2 insignias of the RKKA 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's roofs. The red star was the main symbol of Russian national markings, but used rarely.

The tactical sign of 7th Guards heavy tank brigade (IS-2)	The emblem of 41st Guards tank brigade of 7th mechanized corps USSR.	The insignia of 90th tank brigade (T-34)	124th tank brigade, KV-1 (previously - 24th tank division).	The emblem of separate 213th tank brigade "fir-tree" (T-34 and captured panzers Pz.III, Pz.IV)
The identification marks of 8th selfpropelled artillery brigade: an eagle (SU-76M, T-70)
The most common RKKA tactical markings: the rhomb with a numbers inside. The diamond was the Russian staff sign for the tanks (the rhomboid shape of world first combat tanks).

The "7" digit in a square was the tactical signs of 4th Guards mechanized corps in 1944. The drawings of the different animals became to this role later:
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 (lizard), fox (wolf) and probably rhino identification signs

		3rd tank corps	9th tank corps
1st Guards tank corps badge	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	Insignias of 11th Guards tank corps: 40th, 44th and 45th Guards tank brigades.
tactical insignia of Soviet 3rd Guards mech corps.	5th Guards mechanized corps		8th mechanized corps (M4 Sherman)	10th mechanized corps (T-34-85)	5th Guards cavalry corps (SU-76)

338th Guards heavy selfpropelled artillery regiment (ISU-152). 376th Guards heavy selfpropelled artillery regiment (ISU-152) - the square sign or "K" char.	1443rd selfpropelled artillery regiment: emblems of artillery and tanks together.	366th Guards selfpropelled artillery regiment.	119th engineer tank regiment of Red Army	53rd tank regiment of 81st motorized division (BT-7)	48th tank regiment of USSR (Т-34).