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Russia launches ‘Operation Z’ - tanks & trucks marked with symbol

Bryan

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Russia launches ‘Operation Z’ - tanks & trucks marked with symbol

To avoid friendly fire?

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From last Sunday...
https://www.the-sun.com/news/4729771/russia-operation-z-ukraine-border-invasion/

A RUSSIAN invasion force aboard tanks and armoured vehicles marked with a letter “Z” was rumbling towards Ukraine’s border today.

In yet another ominous sign of looming war, vehicles were understood to have been marked with distinctive white letter inside a square box to avoid friendly fire once action begins.

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Russian military isn't able to discern which tanks and other vehicles are their own?
Ukrainians have much of the same equipment. I'm also pretty confident that Russia isn't using most of their latest and greatest equipment, so that probably equalizes them even more. Wouldn't be surprised if both still have Soviet markings on them.
 
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Russian military isn't able to discern which tanks and other vehicles are their own?

Friendly fire is always a concern. When I went to Iraq in 2003, we put special tape on our vehicles and helmets that would shine when looked at through NVGs.
 
Looks legit. I'm sure whoever took the pictures only has access to 25 year old camera resolution quality.
 
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