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Author Topic: British Tank Markings - A Guide  (Read 23596 times)

Offline Jemima Fawr

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Re: British Tank Markings - A Guide
« Reply #135 on: September 23, 2020, 05:12:19 PM »
Ace!  Again, thanks for doing this, so we don't have to!  :D

I've been doing a lot of research and revision on the Burma Front just lately.  So disregard my Burma painting guide for the moment, as it's still wrong in a few areas and is going to be completely rewritten.  7th Armoured Brigade and 50th Indian Tank Brigade are on my blog in the corrected form.  254th Indian Tank Brigade will be up soon, to be followed by 255th Indian Tank Brigade.
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Re: British Tank Markings - A Guide
« Reply #136 on: September 28, 2020, 03:34:59 PM »
Apparently MMP Books are in the process of reprinting Taylor's Warpaint series. Finally some good news in 2020!

http://mmpbooks.biz/ksiazki/30

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Re: British Tank Markings - A Guide
« Reply #137 on: September 29, 2020, 11:43:07 AM »
Excellent! The completist in me needs Vol 4. Some of their other titles are also good reference works, eg the one on the Valentine.
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Re: British Tank Markings - A Guide
« Reply #138 on: October 11, 2020, 04:21:06 PM »
Added Commonwealth Infantry insignia. I'm afraid I'm still neglecting the Far East - sorry Jemima! I will get around to it, honest.



https://tank-markings.blogspot.com/p/divisional-insignia-infantry-formations.html

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Re: British Tank Markings - A Guide
« Reply #139 on: October 11, 2020, 05:02:18 PM »
No worries!  I contradict myself with every bit of new research anyway...

One observation re 3rd Canadian Division - the colour of their badge was 'French Grey', which was a very bluish shade.  The original military 'French Grey' was the light blue colour worn by British cavalry on tropical service, being a mixture of blue and white fibres.  So I'd make it more of a greyish pale blue shade.

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Re: British Tank Markings - A Guide
« Reply #140 on: October 12, 2020, 06:36:50 PM »
Does anyone have any idea of the insignia for the short lived Australian 1st Armoured Division?

Offline Jemima Fawr

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Re: British Tank Markings - A Guide
« Reply #141 on: October 12, 2020, 09:25:41 PM »
Does anyone have any idea of the insignia for the short lived Australian 1st Armoured Division?
Wasn't it a WW1 tank silhouette?  Like the RTR arm-badge?

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Re: British Tank Markings - A Guide
« Reply #142 on: October 12, 2020, 10:15:11 PM »
Wasn't it a WW1 tank silhouette?  Like the RTR arm-badge?



Arm patch, according to wiki anyway...

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Re: British Tank Markings - A Guide
« Reply #143 on: October 12, 2020, 10:17:32 PM »

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Re: British Tank Markings - A Guide
« Reply #144 on: October 12, 2020, 11:42:22 PM »


Arm patch, according to wiki anyway...
Cheers!  The old grey cells weren't far off! :)

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Re: British Tank Markings - A Guide
« Reply #145 on: October 12, 2020, 11:50:40 PM »
Ah, I had a look to see what the 2/6th Armoured Regt Stuarts at Buna had as markings; it was an armoured arm holding a battleaxe (white on black), but the unit patch was the WW1 tank badge as above, but on a diagonally-split red/green backing.  From further reading, it seems that the div sign was the arm with battleaxe, but the individual regiments wore the WW1 tank badge with different coloured backings.

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Re: British Tank Markings - A Guide
« Reply #146 on: October 12, 2020, 11:53:43 PM »





Offline Etranger

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Re: British Tank Markings - A Guide
« Reply #147 on: October 13, 2020, 04:21:38 AM »
Ah, I had a look to see what the 2/6th Armoured Regt Stuarts at Buna had as markings; it was an armoured arm holding a battleaxe (white on black), but the unit patch was the WW1 tank badge as above, but on a diagonally-split red/green backing.  From further reading, it seems that the div sign was the arm with battleaxe, but the individual regiments wore the WW1 tank badge with different coloured backings.


from wiki again. More on the Buna Stuarts here http://anzacsteel.hobbyvista.com/Armoured%20Vehicles/m3inactionph_1.htm including description of tank markings.


With the infantry & the cavalry regiments that traced their lineage back to the WWI AIF (or earlier) they often took the unit insignia from the ancestral formation, so a diagonal or horizontally split shoulder patch was common.
« Last Edit: October 13, 2020, 04:36:28 AM by Etranger »

Offline SirRoystonPapworth

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Re: British Tank Markings - A Guide
« Reply #148 on: October 13, 2020, 12:45:59 PM »
Blimey chaps! Thank you!

Unusually I hadn't thought of looking on Wikipedia, it just seemed too obscure...

Offline Etranger

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Re: British Tank Markings - A Guide
« Reply #149 on: October 13, 2020, 09:30:55 PM »
Although I wouldn't use Wiki as the only primary source, for non-controversial topics it usually has useful information and there are typically links to references.

 

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