Russian Vehicle Markings

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Tony

I think you might be selling the Russian vehicles short. Although they had hundreds of thousands of American vehicles and you see a majority of these in combat photos because they are 4x4 or 6x6 the great bulk of the Russian fleet were home built vehicles.

They were known for their simplicity and ease of maintenance. They do look old fashioned.

We now know the Soviet block have had the best off-road military vehicles in the world for nearly 70 years. They have kept them simple concentrating on all-terrain ability without the complicated sophistication and comfort of western vehicles - most of which are adaptions of civil designs and merely side-line production by huge corporations earning their main living from commercial sales.

Lang