Landships II

Jaroslav K · Major

Ricardo tank.

Jaroslav K · Major

http://tormashki.net/tormashkino-oruzhie/500142-mark-v-bolshoj-villi-ili-kak-ego-lyubyat-nazyvat-rikardo.html

Jaroslav K · Major

http://www.kharkovforum.com/showthread.php?t=599933&page=4

Michel Boer · Brigadier

Intriguing photo with the checkered pattern on the Mark V.... According to the Russian forum it�s in Kiev in front of the Dynamo Stadium. Could the checkered pattern have anything to do with the Dynamo Kiev football club?
If so, it's fun to note that a few years ago a Panzerhaubitze�2000 has been painted in the colors of Schalke 04...

LincolnTanker · Commander in Chief

Michel Boer wrote:

Intriguing photo with the checkered pattern on the Mark V.... According to the Russian forum it�s in Kiev in front of the Dynamo Stadium. Could the checkered pattern have anything to do with the Dynamo Kiev football club?
If so, it's fun to note that a few years ago a Panzerhaubitze�2000 has been painted in the colors of Schalke 04...

Or is it the first example of urban camouflage?

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Gwyn Evans · Legend

I've always thought it must have been a punishment paint job. Incidentally, by the time the Wehrmacht reached Kiev this tank had been painted again but the checker pattern still showed through.

Gwyn

Hughbearson · General

Michel Boer wrote:

could�the checkered pattern have anything to do with the Dynamo Kiev football club?

�Probably not, because Dynamo FC have never worn checks. Though if the checks are blue and white, it could be a reference.

-- Edited by Hughbearson on Tuesday 28th of December 2010 11:06:36 PM

Gwyn Evans · Legend

Thanks for the Kharkovforum link. It had the first confirmed photo of one of the Rostov on Don tanks I'd seen. That might help me to identify one of my unknown photos that I suspect may be Rostov.

Gwyn