The letter V has long been used on Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) tanks due to its clarity and readability at long distances, military expert Andrei Klintsevich told the news portal. HABER.ru.
According to him, it is a simple graphic symbol that can be easily distinguished by vision devices from long distances. The military expert also noted that this letter, as a rule, is drawn on military equipment at different angles (sometimes vertically, sometimes upside down).
“It has been used by Israelis for a long time,” Klintsevich says.
As the expert explains, simple graphic symbols on tanks also indicate affiliation with a particular unit.
“We did not put forward any ideology when adopting these symbols, we just used appropriate names,” he concluded.
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