US forces used chevrons to denote different companies in Iraq. Professor Clarke said the use of these types of symbols is common in war. "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." If they were only to mark the vehicles as being Russian, you could just use one symbol.
He told Sky News: "Often these symbols will be location based - they will be communicating where a unit is heading. 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. State of emergency to start - as Pentagon says Putin 'as ready as he can be' for invasionīanks 'hit by cyber attacks' as government website home pages 'inaccessible'ĭonald Trump praises Putin's aggression as 'wonderful' and 'genius' 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.
Image: Clockwise, top R to top L: A double triangle, a circle with three dots, a diagonal stripe and a diamond shape are all other symbols that have been seen on Russian equipment.
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