Romanian Tank Regiment badge or tactical symbols?

[Richard]

Hi

I am a wargamer with an interest in the Romanian army and its operations during WWII, especially prior to Stalingrad. I am currently painting some
R-35 tanks for the 2nd Tank Regiment.

Can anyone advise me if the Regiment had a badge or device that it had painted on its AFVs? Equally did the Romanians adopt any system of tactical symbols on their vehicles per se, not just tanks?

Thanks

Richard

[Victor]

The R-35s of the 2nd Tank Regiment had the identification number painted in white on the front hull, a light blue band around the turret and in the back, on the engine cover, the outline of a large Mihai cross (painted in white) with the ID number written on the horizontal arm.

Here is a photo in Military Museum in Bucharest, but of poorer quality (so was the camera which took it).

[dragos]

You can see better photos here:
http://www.worldwar2.ro/arme/?category=arm...e=4&language=en

[Richard]

Many thanks for that. Would that scheme be used in the very early war, say July 1941? Someone did tell me that the blue line came later?

Thanks for your help.

Richard

[Carol I]

The tank in this photo (taken on 8 August 1942) has the three coloured roundel instead of the Cross of Michael as the distinctive sign.

Can you please tell me when was the Cross of Michael introduced to the Romanian army on the Eastern front?

[dragos]

Each model of tank had a different marking scheme. The "Cross of King Michael" was painted on R-2 and R-35 tanks, from the beginning of campaign. R-1s were the only tanks during the war that had painted the tricolor roundel.

[Victor]

The R-1 tanks belonged to the cavalry, not to the tank ragiments. Note the cavalry's insignia: St. George killing the dragon.

[Carol I]

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Each model of tank had a different marking scheme. The \"Cross of King Michael\" was painted on R-2 and R-35 tanks, from the beginning of campaign. R-1s were the only tanks during the war that had painted the tricolor roundel.

Didn't it create confusion to have two types of national markings?

How did the Germans accept the fact that some Romanian units used 'Allied-type' roundels as markings?

[dragos]

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How did the Germans accept the fact that some Romanian units used 'Allied-type' roundels as markings?

AFAIK, on the Eastern Front there there was no other country to use a tricolor roundel as vehicle markings.

However, in the Western campaign (after 23 August 1944), the King Michael's cross was removed and in 1945 the tanks of the 2nd Tank Regiment had painted a khaki star inside a white roundel.