It’s a bit surreal that a recognition stripe that was probably intentionally meaningless somehow evolved into this especially since it’s not the only one. Z, b

It’s a bit surreal that a recognition stripe that was probably intentionally meaningless somehow evolved into this especially since it’s not the only one. Z, boxed Z, O, V, and a few others been used. Recognition stripes are intended to be on one hand easily recognizable and on the other meaningless so to be not confused with symbols or markings used by any of the belligerents involved in the conflict. The whole backstory behind them was most likely retconned by Russian propaganda simply because of the attention it drew. If nothing else it’s a showcase of how lacking the Russian army is in comms, IFF and blue force tracking compared to western armies. And by all accounts it doesn’t seem to even reduce friendly fire that much since the Russians have been firing on their forces too.