• Steel Soldiers now has a few new forums, read more about it at: New Munitions Forums!

  • Microsoft MSN, Live, Hotmail, Outlook email users may not be receiving emails. We are working to resolve this issue. Please add support@steelsoldiers.com to your trusted contacts.

Yellow Diamond on Windshield?

LanceRobson

Well-known member
1,638
206
63
Location
Pinnacle, Stokes County, NC
I believe it is a "near recognition symbol" to designate the unit the truck belongs to. When deployed (or training for deployment) bumper numbers are usually removed. Symbol shape, color and location are used to designate particular units or sub-units. A good exapmle on combat vehicles is the painted (or GLINT tape) dashes and chevrons on tanks, APCs etc.)

We own some trucks from the 42d Infantry Division that were used during their Iraq deployment and during the train up for it that have a variety of blue and white squares variously divided vertically, horizontally and diagonally.

Lance
 

ida34

Well-known member
4,118
31
48
Location
Dexter, MI
We used to put our unit centaur and unit patch painted on the windshield. This helped us ID our units trucks easily. In the picture with all the canvas off, we are lining up our trucks for shipping pack to the states after Desert Storm. The yellow circle with the C was added for shipping purposes and after they got back it was removed. It was not painted but taped on.
 

Attachments

Top