- Yes
- No
NOTE - This suggestion is based upon British units operating in the North-West European Campaign 1944–45.
In-game, we currently have red, yellow, blue, and green variations of the tactical markings used for identifying the Squadrons within British armoured units. Each colour represented the Senior, Second, and Junior Armoured Regiments, and the Motor Battalion of an Armoured Brigade respectively.
However, there is still a large gap in the form of the white-coloured markings which were generally used by the reconnaissance units, these being the Armoured Reconnaissance Regiments, Armoured Car Regiments, and Infantry Divisional Reconnaissance Regiments.
Together with Arm of Service markings and Corps, Divisional, or Brigade emblems, the combination of these shapes and colours helped identify both the Regiment to which a vehicle belonged and its particular Squadron. The shapes represented Regimental HQ, A Squadron, B Squadron, and C Squadron respectively.
Within the standard British tactical marking system, B Squadron was represented by a hollow square.
There’s a decent list of vehicles that this marking could be applied to, both in terms of what’s currently available, and possible future additions. These include:
- Cromwells
- Challengers
- Stuarts
- Daimler Armoured Cars
- Humber Armoured Cars
- AEC Armoured Cars
- Staghounds
- Chaffees
- Comets
The exact sizes and placements varied. It typically depended on unit preferences, available surface area, and especially whether units preferred their markings to be more visible or less. They could usually be found on the turret or hull sides, hull front or rear, and occasionally the rear of the turret. Examples are shown in the Images section below.
This marking would be a simple addition but would allow the representation of a wide range of units across a nice variety of vehicles covering different sizes, weights, and roles.
Images
2nd Welsh Guards, Guards Armoured Division.
‘Belfry’ of 8th KRIH, 7th Armoured Division.
Challenger tank of 15/19th Hussars, 11th Armoured Division, Holland, 17 October 1944. - IWM (B 11051)
‘Blenheim’ of 2nd Battalion, Welsh Guards, at Pickering in Yorkshire, 31 March 1944. - IWM (H 37167)
2nd Battalion, Welsh Guards, at Pickering in Yorkshire, 31 March 1944. - IWM (H 37168)
Cromwell tanks of 2nd Welsh Guards are greeted by cheering crowds as they enter Eindhoven, 19 September 1944.
Cromwell tanks of 2nd Battalion, Welsh Guards, moving up towards Escoville during Operation ‘Goodwood’, 18 July 1944. - IWM (B 7562)
‘Bandit’ and a Challenger, 8th KRIH.
Sources
British Tanks in Normandy - Ludovic Fortin
https://43rdrecce.co.uk/vehicle-markings/