Re: [OT] future military culture was: Hover Tank update

At 9:54 AM -0700 5/15/02, Brian Bilderback wrote:
>Flak Magnet wrote:
>
>>I can also see rounds that show themselves to be effective against the
>>"bug" swarms of lesser troops being painted up like cans of Raid or
>>Black Flag by troops slightly removed from the action with far too
much
>>time on their hands...
>
>A Black Flag as a decorative pennant was the first thing that came to
my mind.

	A lot of times pennants are identifiers on vehicles 
indicating arms of service or which brigade they may belong to. Just 
like the Arms of Service flashes and numbers on the right front wing 
of many British vehicles in WWII, they've used different pennants to 
indicate information in later years. In the case of some post war 
British Armour Red over Blue would indicate Royal ARtillery and red 
over blue over red would indicate Royal Engineers.

	Generally these were for parades and such, but given the 
widespread proliferation of flashes on WWII vehicles and uniforms 
despite orders to the contrary, they could appear in combat or in 
rear areas.

	The WWII flashes were so detailed you could determine which 
Battallion in a given type of division or regiment a vehicle belonged 
to. Further details (Division/Corps, Squadron/company details) could 
be gleaned from Divisional and Tactical signs.
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