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Obsolete US Armor insignias
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Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 4:22 pm Post subject: Obsolete US Armor insignias
Thought this was interesting. www.tioh.hqda.pentagon...r_obs.aspx _________________ "TUMBLEWEED"

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Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 5:16 pm Post subject: Re: Obsolete US Armor insignias
"The insignia approved in 1917 was not well received and a new design was announced for the Tank Corps...." Well, DUH! Ya' think? Interesting stuff, Mark, thanks for posting.

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Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:37 pm Post subject: Re: Obsolete US Armor insignias
I actually had the last one shown when I was a kid (Enlisted Version on roundel). Was given to me by my neighbor. Was her husbands. Wish I knew what happened to it . _________________ Joe_D

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Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:40 pm Post subject: Re: Obsolete US Armor insignias
- Joe_D I actually had the last one shown when I was a kid (Enlisted Version on roundel). Was given to me by my neighbor. Was her husbands. Wish I knew what happened to it . Wasn't the last one also used as one of the OPFOR insignia at NTC for a while? I have one like that somewhere around here (still packed) I got when I visited with Jeff Button.

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Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:49 pm
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These are the OPFOR insignia for Armor.

Brass was worn on Beret. We also wore our rank (US in Brass) with a red star, order of precedence was Rank, Star, Tank.

The subdued tank was worn on our uniform collar with an OD green epaulet. For special duty/parade we wore the brass tank with black epaulet. This was when we still used dyed versions of the OG106 uniform with unique shoulder boards for rank.

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Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:37 pm Post subject: Re: Obsolete US Armor insignias
Of course none of those insignia are actually Mk VIII Liberty tanks - closer to Mk IVs... Neil

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Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:17 am
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- Joe_D

These are the OPFOR insignia for Armor.

Brass was worn on Beret. We also wore our rank (US in Brass) with a red star, order of precedence was Rank, Star, Tank.

The subdued tank was worn on our uniform collar with an OD green epaulet. For special duty/parade we wore the brass tank with black epaulet. This was when we still used dyed versions of the OG106 uniform with unique shoulder boards for rank.

I knew you'd come through, Joe. You have "Bad Guy" written all over you. Laughing

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