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The tactical insignias of the Soviet armored units
Drawings by A. Stefanov, A. Kazakov, I. Zlobin
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.
 3rd Guards tank brigade (KV-1, KV-1S, T-34, T-60). |
|  The tactical sign of 7th Guards heavy tank brigade (IS-2) | 
The emblem of 41st Guards tank brigade of 7th mechanized corps USSR. | ||||
1st tank brigade (T-30) | 
20th tank brigade of 11 tank corps (IS-2) |  "L2-KS" (T-34, KV-1) - 47th tank brigade. | 
The insignia of 90th tank brigade (T-34) | ||||
95th tank brigade (T-34-85) | 
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). (not WOT) - registering via this link, you will additionally receive 50 gold coins upon entering the game. | |||||||
| 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 | ||
giraffe |
fox (wolf) |
crocodile (lizard) | also there were probably rhino identification signs | ||||
 3rd (9th Guards) tank corps |  7th tank corps (T-26) |  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) |
 
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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 (T-34). | ||
unknown unit (ISU-152). | 
unknown unit (T-34-85) | ||||||
3rd Guards detatched motorcycle regiment - eagle. | 52nd detatched motorcycle regiment - white winged diamond. | 
53rd detatched motorcycle regiment - gull. | 
341st separate armor repair battalion. | ||||
WWII Russian tank markings. Armor side profiles with decals:
4th Guards mechanised corps
8th Guards tank corps
7th Guards heavy tank brigade
9th , 11th , 31th tank corps
different armoured units
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
6th
Guards tank armies of USSR
The insignias of the Slavic national units
1st Czechoslovak tank brigade
1st Polish tank corps
Polish armor units
Aerial markings 
Aces emblems 
Symbols of Russian military operation in Ukraine 
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