Z and O are seen on tanks and for that matter most hardware. Most military can recognise the silhouette of a particular tank or a missile launcher etc. The O or Z are particular regiments but also helps other regiments to recognise them. V is also appearing which is Victory. I’ve read a couple of different reasons. The other is a tick (yes) in a box representing the referendums.
I've read that they are force identifiers. They are not Cyrillic alphabet letters, so it makes them unique identifiers (except for O). Z may stand for "zapad" (west) and V may stand for "vostok" (east). I'm not sure about O, but O is close in shape to the Cyrillic letter for "yu" which would go with "yug" (south). Zapad and Vostok have been used as military exercise designators.
Z and O are seen on tanks and for that matter most hardware. Most military can recognise the silhouette of a particular tank or a missile launcher etc. The O or Z are particular regiments but also helps other regiments to recognise them. V is also appearing which is Victory. I’ve read a couple of different reasons. The other is a tick (yes) in a box representing the referendums.
I've read that they are force identifiers. They are not Cyrillic alphabet letters, so it makes them unique identifiers (except for O). Z may stand for "zapad" (west) and V may stand for "vostok" (east). I'm not sure about O, but O is close in shape to the Cyrillic letter for "yu" which would go with "yug" (south). Zapad and Vostok have been used as military exercise designators.
Yeah I figured that's what it represented.. I been on ANNA news since this whole thing started. Cool to see them embracing it.
Have you a link to ANNA to add to my sources please? Thanks!!
The one i use the most is their TG https://t.me/s/anna_news
I have more resources on tg like other foreign independent journalists over there... Ill get back to you with the others when I get to my phone
Thanks. I usually source from IntelSlavaZ on Telegram.
How do we know the V stands for victory