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Hello, I would like to suggest these two identification sign decals (or, perhaps, their derivative variants) — the Imperial Russian Air Forces’s Roundel and Flash.
History
History
In the start of XX century, there was a problem of airplane identification. Within Russia, it was solved in January, 1913, when the Law of Russian Empire Air Space was introduced. In March of 1914, two insignias for Russian airplanes were accepted: for the fighter planes, it was a roundel: the outer part was red, the center was white, the line between them was blue (pic.1). Some individual cases, such as support and bomber planes, included Russian tricolor flash (the triangular flag, pic.2).
During the starting phase of WW1, the first roundel version had some problems with poor identification from the ground, which lead to certain fatal losses and airplane damage caused by Russian skirmishers. Russian captain, inventor and anti-airman ace, Vasily Vasilyevich Tarnovsky suggested making red and blue outlines thinner, and filling the rest of inner space with white color for better diversification, and visibility.
Further variations were developed, such as making French-styled roundel and applying black triangles, but nonetheless, the red-blue-white roundel remained most widely used. It had varied from factory to factory, having blue dot inside the white circle, having white outlines, still having little white circle, etc. Later, the tricolor flashes of different sizes and side ratios were also used on fighter aviation, till they were phased out by red and white roundels, then roundels with stars, and eventually, normal red stars used by Red Army Air Force.
Gallery
Gallery
In-game Garford-Putilov truck with roundel applied (custom camouflage)
Austin Serie 2 armored truck in Russian Army service, with the more regularly scaled insignia. This one would be a great alternative to air force with big white circle. Drawing from https://tanks-encyclopedia.com
Reasoning
Reasoning
I think it would be really nice if the classic British (blue-white-red) and French (red-white-blue) roundels were now accompanied with Russian red-blue-white, especially after the WW1 event and having the Garford-Putilov truck in our hangars. It would also be nice to get some earlier/cheaper representation rather than having Russian Air and Space Force star and entirely paid flag of Russia. With actual historical context, too! Not as suitable for Soviet aviation, but I think it would look great on lots of them. Roundels also give a special touch to tanks, and Russian imperial insignia is a great counterpart to Soviet/post-Soviet stars to be put on them. Flash would look really decent on aircraft fuselage, and late WW2 ground vehicles, too.
Sources:
- Public domain photographs
- Лашков А. Ю. Опознавательные знаки авиации России | Военно-Ученый Архив
- Авиационные ОЗ России и СССР