i'd want to see the fear in their viewfinder.....

Those V marking are a form of vehicle ID designed to help the friendly ground forces ID coalition vehicles. So were relfective tape, panels, and other indicators. There are other things being used to help aircraft and others distinguish friendly vehicles such as infrared emitting panels that show a distinctive signature when seen through infrared sensing devices.

I think I've seen those >'s or V's on pictures of Israeli tanks aswell. Israel has never been in any coalition as far as I know, except for that time where they allied with France and the UK in an attempt to conquer the Suez canal.

Still, it's a form of vehicle ID no matter who uses it.

Israel uses them as ID, and the facing direction of the the triangle marks either the company or platoon noumber. I think copany. Also note on the front of the Isral barrel are either three, two or one white line. This is also to know the noumber of the company or platoo(i think platoon).

attempt to conquer the Suez canal.

Free?

It began in Desert Storm I because of friendly fire incidents. Apparently a few Air Farce jockeys couldn't distinguish the profile of an M-1 from a T-72.

Originally Posted by SHERMAN

Israel uses them as ID, and the facing direction of the the triangle marks either the company or platoon noumber. I think copany. Also note on the front of the Isral barrel are either three, two or one white line. This is also to know the noumber of the company or platoo(i think platoon).

I see.

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attempt to conquer the Suez canal.

Free?

Let's not get biased here...Maybe it should be "attempt to take control of theSuez canal"?

Let's not get biased here...Maybe it should be "attempt to take control of theSuez canal"?

Open a new topic in modern military history and I will explain my choice of words.

Originally Posted by bulldogg

Apparently a few Air Farce jockeys couldn't distinguish the profile of an M-1 from a T-72.

Haha, Air Farce. 8)

Could it have been pilots from other coalition countries who were not familiar with the M1 yet?

Originally Posted by sinkhole

Just wondering, I see it on Abrams and Challengers and I want to know what it means.

CONUS US American Legion Administrative Desert Shield/Storm era confirmed inverted 'v' means 'against heaven or the creator G_d, according to Helen Stout, American Legion Post 7 Morgan McDermott. It is an easy to identify battlefield marker. It was never used prior to S/W Asia actions by the modern US Army on a widespread scale.

I never used such on any of my assigned MBT's. Target acquisition is reportedly aided by 'chill spots' or AFV visual cues seen only by apparent thermal or radioactive-armor signature. The latter are self-homing UAV, UCAV, UCAS death-traps.