Posted on 02/23/2022 12:12:40 PM PST by tlozo
Over recent days new markings have appeared on Russian vehicles placed close to the Ukrainian border.
An expert has said the painted signs are normally used to communicate where military units are headed in battle and are usually only put on equipment shortly before combat...
'Z' symbol This type of symbol has appeared on a host of vehicles near the city of Belgorod in Russia, less than 20 miles from the Ukrainian border...
It is feared Kharkiv, a city of 1.4 million people, could be targeted if Russia launches a fuller invasion...
In another video posted on 22 February a tank can be seen painted with a triangle and two lines on its side, and a larger version of the symbol on its front that could be identified from the air...
It is suspected that the markings are likely to have two purposes: to identify vehicles as Russian, so they don't get targeted by other Russian forces in 'friendly fire', and to denote attack groups and their objectives.
Professor Michael Clarke, former director of the defence think tank RUSI, said the symbols are likely to be connected to the geographic location of where the units are destined for in an offensive.
He told Sky News: "Often these symbols will be location based - they will be communicating where a unit is heading. If they were only to mark the vehicles as being Russian, you could just use one symbol.
"The fact that they are different tells you more - they are probably signs which tell you which units are heading to the northeast or northwest of a district, for example."
Professor Clarke said the use of these types of symbols is common in war. US forces used chevrons to denote different companies in Iraq...
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
ZzzzzzzzzBest!
If they invade, they invade.
Not gonna waste my time guessing.
Maybe some Russian phrase for Let’s Go Brandon.
They were sent by Z - trust the plan 🤪
Something our government is not telling us.
I am deeply troubled by this turn of events.
#ObscureReference
There’s that and I’ve seen pics of some that are pretty bright white-—gotta give the Javelins something to zero in on.
Zorro?....................
Go back to gulf ware, look at our ground equipment. They had marks too. > or some such.
Helps fast movers identify equipment not to shoot when the fog of war gets… foggy.
Determines whether they are new or used.
It says Пойдем Брэндон.
I knew a guy who worked on code breaking back in the 70s. He said if his badge wasn’t supposed to be in the hall way he was walking down, the badass at the end of the hall would shoot him.
Probably the same thing here.
Don't get me wrong - I'm glad we finally made it to "Z". But did I miss "R" through "Y"? (Although I kind of remember some folks talking about "Y", right after the election... ;>)
Zombie Apocalypse Unit?
Mysterious Symbols Are Appearing On Russian Military Vehicles Near Ukraine
While their meanings are unknown, the codification strongly suggests a larger offensive could be about to begin.
By Thomas Newdick February 22, 2022
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44413/mysterious-symbols-are-appearing-on-russian-military-vehicles-near-ukraine
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