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Hohenstaufen |
Posted: July 10, 2003 11:06 pm
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Did the romanian army have divisional insignas? thanks.
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Victor |
Posted: July 11, 2003 10:13 am
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No, they did not. There were however special insignias for officers who served in a particular unit (regiment or mountain battalion) at least 7 years.
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daveh |
Posted: July 11, 2003 02:50 pm
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Fruntas ![]() Group: Members Posts: 53 Member No.: 10 Joined: June 18, 2003 ![]() |
Do you have any idea why they did not? I ask partly because I know that British, US and German divisions did.
What markings were use to identify equipment as belonging to a particular division? Were any markings used to distinguish regiments? Yet again thank you for all efforts Victor |
Hohenstaufen |
Posted: July 11, 2003 04:13 pm
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Would you or anybody have photos/illustrations of these particular insignas? Thanks again.
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Victor |
Posted: July 12, 2003 06:21 am
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I do not know why they did not have.
To identify the trucks, cars etc, the circulation numbers were used. Some regiments had special markings on their cars, like a stork for the 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment (my grandfather's unit in 1941). Others had triangles, squares and circles of different colors. These were painted mainly on trucks and other equipment. I have two illustrations of these kind of badges: one for the 4th Infantry Regiment Ilfov and one for the 7th Mountain Battalion Ioan Buteanu |
daveh |
Posted: July 12, 2003 10:45 am
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Fruntas ![]() Group: Members Posts: 53 Member No.: 10 Joined: June 18, 2003 ![]() |
Hi Victor
do you know if such markings were a unit based ad hoc system or a formal army wide system?
Would it be possible to start a sticky to show any units with such badges? I would be very interested in such details. I have seen pics of an R-2 with Gewrman style tactical numbers on its turret. How frequently were such numbers used? |
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mihai |
Posted: August 12, 2003 02:01 am
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>all
http://www.worldwar2.ro/foto/?id=49&area=2...e=2&language=en (From:this is greatest site as you know,"WouldWar2,ro") Is this isdivisional marking in the pictures? :?: there are some marking in R-1 tank . I think it's unit marking of this cavarly one. Finally,What this picture's source? I use this pictures in my article about Romanian Army. mihai |
Geto-Dacul |
Posted: August 12, 2003 02:19 am
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mihai wrote :
It is Sfantul-Gheorghe (Saint George), patron of the army... It is not a divisional insignia, after what I know. I also saw this picture in Mark Axworthy's book "Third Axis Fourth Ally"... |
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Victor |
Posted: August 12, 2003 05:49 am
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It's St. George - patron of the cavalry. It is not a divisional insignia.
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mihai |
Posted: August 12, 2003 08:40 am
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>Mr,Geto-Dacul&Mr,Victor
Thank you! ![]()
This is very interseted! :shock: This marking of St george was often described in cavarly unit? Who is the Armoured unit? In Romanian army,Did you have clegy system of army chaplains & Field bishop in German or UK. In the book "Armata Romana in al doilea razboi mondial "1995 Bucuresti, Clergy man's picture is here. mihai |
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Geto-Dacul |
Posted: August 13, 2003 02:11 am
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mihai wrote :
It may be a cavalry unit equipped with R-1 light tanks (for recognition missions). |
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Victor |
Posted: August 13, 2003 06:01 am
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Look at the caption under the picture: 5th Mechanized Squadron/8th Cavalry Brigade. It was a recce unuit, as Geto-Dacul pointed out.
Yes, the Romanian army had priests. |
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