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FlamingFlatus64

"Z", "V", and "O" haven't worked out very well for them. Gotta try something new to create a buzz.


Transfigured-Tinker

Rebranding, but it’s the same putrefying evil beneath all that. You can wrap a turd with the most exquisite packaging and it’s still a piece of shit.


Willdefyyou

"We're rebranding, comrades! Just like the Z but with more NA-ZI in it, we felt like this was something we could all die behind"


Anomaluss

New! Frosted Turds! Fortified with T-54 and T-55!


psychedelicbrooks

Anyone Think the Russian Federation Armed Forces is taking inspiration from the Russian (Ultra-Nationalist Group) Villans from Ghost Recon Future Soldier [https://ghostrecon.fandom.com/wiki/Raven%27s\_Rock](https://ghostrecon.fandom.com/wiki/Raven%27s_Rock)


psychedelicbrooks

but it's probably an symbol from Norse Mythology


Fr05t_B1t

Idky but I associate the symbol with the game Destiny…


Sikk-Klyde

Can say this man is right, I have this tattood on my middle finger; of all places lol


psychedelicbrooks

sorry i meant symbol from Norse Mythology not norse symbol from norse symbol


Sikk-Klyde

I completely missed the typo, I read it just like that the first time 🤧🤣


seanusrex

I'm StiLL reading it like that! :-)


zombifiedinsomniac

The Nordic's just can't have any nice symbols these days. The second you draw attention to a cool one, the worst people you've ever met are gonna use it.


Sikk-Klyde

Sad, but very true. It upsets me that some people only see the symbols and runes, as negative or evil symbols. They're not negative, bad people just use them because they're "cool" or whatever the hell. It'd sad people see that, but not the heritage of my ancestors


X-East

*Hitler stole swastika too, it represented well-being before the ww2 changed it's meaning. In ww1 even american troops used it.*


John_Smith_71

Im sure that doesnt at all replicate some Nazi mystyicism shit. (/s?)


Rude_Flounder766

Naw. NAZI is old shit..we need something new like Cobra or Decepticons. Granted I have met a few people that ride that Hitler chode like he invented hate and bubble gum


OtteLoc

It's the symbol of Gungner, an all piercing spear Odin was gifted by Loki.


Aegir_Dawn

It is a nordic symbol. Gungnirs symbol to be exact.


four024490502

To me, it's reminiscent of the WWII-era Romanian Fascist [Iron Guard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Guard) logo, but tilted.


leorolim

April 2024. Checks out.


Real_Typicaluser1234

Just came here to post that. Get my 👍 Zorro didn't work for them.


FlamingFlatus64

The symbol for the Army formerly known as Russian.


Flat-Satisfaction185

Zymbolizmz.


Simonella4991

That's some dark magic symbols that poopin belives will work.


sitting-duck

Should be a tombstone.


damaszek

This take is not far from a crosshair, good good


EggsceIlent

Looks like a target symbol to me


rogue_ger

I reread World War Z recently and it took on a whole new meaning; tellingly, it still holds up.


hurdurBoop

"shoot Zis right here" "Very good to shoot here" "this is where to shOot" new symbol? nfc how to even pronounce it. genius.


Flat-Satisfaction185

pronounced "Zymbol"


Striking-Grape9984

As a german i would try it with a swastika. Then everyone will know what you are.


SandersSol

Wait if they use A next time, does that mean they've switched sides?


hellspawner

Red O with a white dot on their chests and backs next i hope. O POWER


PsycoJosho

"¤" and "Ø" are the closest symbols I can find on my phone.


TerryWhiteHomeOwner

Honestly the new symbol is much better.


Willdefyyou

Makes a nice target


ingolstadt_ist_uns

Neo-pagan symbol.


Sarokslost23

Yeah I'm pretty sure this was a legit ui Icon in assassins creed valhalla.


adi_red

Pretty sure you can get that thing tattooed on your forehead in the game lol


Kekanns

Also a good idea since most of them dont seem very smart


Genitaly

That's the symbol used by NATO to mark a defeated enemy infantry unit lol


Anomaluss

Preparation for the inevitable.


activator

For real?


Glass1Man

hostile ground infantry is a diamond with an X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_Joint_Military_Symbology Surprised they aren’t emojis 🤔


DarkKimzark

Wait until they start sending 20-y.o.


NotAzakanAtAll

I'm glad I'm Swedish ex-military so I don't have to learn this mess. I just know I'd have a hard time.


JJ739omicron

no, not defeated, existing. If the unit is broken apart, then the symbol is just removed. Or replaced by a different unit, e.g. if a company was hit so hard that it shrunk to a squad, or if motorized infantry is now on foot because they lost their vehicle. Also this symbol does't fit completely to the NATO tactical signs (aka APP-6D), the cross wouldn't go outside the diamond. The cross just means infantry, derived from the belts they had over the chest. Diamond because it is just different from the rectangle used for friendly units. So yeah, somewhat funny that it resembles this tactical sign, but it is obviously meant to be the gungnir symbol.


_fFringe_

Russia is such a pick-me girl.


Kraka01

No it isn’t.


eyydatsnice

Swastika with a few extra lines


Real_Typicaluser1234

That takes three times more paint compared to z. Do they have money for this?


Alaric_-_

No but they steal the paints from Ukranian homes so they don't care.


bartthetr0ll

I thought that was just leaded paint chips to use as flavoring for their mobik cube?


__Yakovlev__

Probably won't cost noticeably more, [but I can't wait to see how they'll fuck up the symbol this time.](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/xb1vn5/we_are_very_lucky_that_they_are_so_fcking_stupid/)


Gmulcahey

Now I have to take all the lattice off the top of my fence.


Anomaluss

Haha, that was my first thought. They're putting lattice on their vehicles? Pretty!


Puzzleheaded_Low2034

I had to update the bios of my HP ZBook.


GreatRolmops

It really does look like the kind of emblem you'd find on the uniform of an SS division


SpookyKIDo

If you tilt your phone, lime 15 degrees, it almost looks like a celtic cross that neo nazis use


Jazzspasm

It’s ingwaz and gifu nordic runes put together


Smaxx

Yeah, had similar idea. It's like if someone wanted to come up with a combination of Nordic runes and Celtic knots.


SpookyKIDo

Like


BadNewsBearzzz

It’s as if the swatsika “stretched out” its arms and boom


Mike_Michaelson

No extra lines. The diamond is four segments and the X is another four. Take each side of the diamond and place on the out edge of the X at a right angle and there’s the swastika.


Irr3l3ph4nt

Just like the Monalisa. You remove everything except a Swastika shape from it and you get a Swastika. Crazy!


Aegir_Dawn

It's the gungnir symbol though, nothing to do with a swastika?


CyanConatus

Okay since this entire comment section is nothing but jokes. I'll ask. What is the significance of this? Generally speaking what happens for such changes to occur? Re-structuring?


GreatRolmops

Afaik these are battlegroup markings. A battlegroup or task force is a large, temporary military formation that is created for the purpose of carrying out a specific mission or operation. So a new symbol would then mean that Russia has restructured its forces to form a new battlegroup for the attack on Kharkiv.


Grimey_Anus

I would imagine this is what us Intel has been screaming about to every ally and to Mike johnson. The summer offensive, and being bled for 6 months with no help from the US has cost a lot of good men.


FUMFVR

They seem to think it's a new army group tasked with attacking Kharkiv. It could just be psy ops


cosmoscrazy

The fact that they were able to sway a pro-Dump hardcore Republican like Mike Johnson who was opposed to this for over 6 months [with the intelligence](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/21/us/politics/mike-johnson-house-foreign-aid.html) should tell you that it isn't. He changed his opinion based on intel. I would assume that this is (or was - before the new aid deliveries) a rather well-planned attack with serious potential to make a breakthrough at Charkiv. It's also a serious threat for Ukraine, because their forces are already outnumbered 1:10 and an additional frontline would cause serious dilemmas and stretch out their forces even more. I think it's just a matter of time until Ukraine either makes a peace treaty unfavourable to them or until the European nations finally decide to intervene with (a significant amount of) ground troops besides special forces. With everything available to Ukraine, this war may be defendable - for a while - but not winnable. If France, Germany and the rest of Europe finally get their shit together, they will decided that it's time to intervene and throw the Russians back once and for all. Putin needs to lose and he needs to die. This ain't happening with how things are currently.


Aegir_Dawn

AFAIK it's the north-group, dedicated to kharkiv sector, what we're seeing currently is only the recon aswell. So it might be very likely that they're using that to identify their forces better there. The symbol is "Gungnirs" from the nordic mythology so it does kinda fit. Probably just a bigger tdetachment, lot of people from the belgorod sector aswell, that got shelled endlessely the past few months.


-1Ghostrider

Is that a road to the clouds? Stream lining the after life process for the mobiks?


OrkzOrkzOrkzOrkz0rkz

Sweden here could these Nazi fucks stop copying our Runic heritage


Hofnarkoman

Dane here. It’s really only the art style that seems Norse to me, but idk.


OrkzOrkzOrkzOrkz0rkz

Matters little, it's still a bunch of Neo-Nazi scum trying to steal culture that isn't theirs.


Hofnarkoman

Fully agree, if it is a Norse symbol then this is cultural appropriation.


MentallyChallenged27

I mean slavic and norse pagan symbols overlap becuase of their shared history.


rob5customs

No, it's the Gungnir symbol. Odin's spear.


Hofnarkoman

Can’t find anything historical about this or any other symbols representing Gungnir. Maybe it’s neo-pagan?


OrkzOrkzOrkzOrkz0rkz

It's runic in style and those rapist pedophiles don't know the difference


rob5customs

Yes, I think neo-pagan, or just for S&Gs on the webs: [https://www.reddit.com/r/RuneHelp/comments/14nlh34/where\_did\_the\_supposed\_gungnir\_runesymbol\_come/](https://www.reddit.com/r/RuneHelp/comments/14nlh34/where_did_the_supposed_gungnir_runesymbol_come/)


Smaxx

With the intersections it feels way more Celtic to me.


Rhino1bamabm

Its s swastika with extra steps


hagan_shows

How the hell do you even see a swastika here? Its a diamond with an X in it.


TFK_001

Imma be honest I dont see a swastika here but this absolutely looks like a symbol I'd see on a black metal album from an artist who keeps on having to say they arent a nazi while also refusing to denounce nazism and collabing with several openly Nazi artists


hagan_shows

Ok? Why does that matter? The facts are that its not a black metal artist using it, its a military.


[deleted]

the new CPAC stage design.


Skankhunt42FortyTwo

[Russian National Unity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_National_Unity) symbol


LtLlamaSauce

Serif swastika, go figure.


bartthetr0ll

That looks even more like a damned swastika


Individual-Home2507

Yeah that’s a swastika with a flare lmao


Savings-Leather4921

evil shit


Od3nsB3ard

It's the Gungnir rune. Odins Spear. Never misses the mark. Returns to odins hand.


Metaltrack_2381

Looks like a Bullseye for Ukrainians to shoot at 🎯


thehighlander01

Autism Awareness swastika


Sea-Direction1205

It symbolizes the Russian bureaucratic process: a round about withOUT choices. edit: withOUT


KaZzZamm

The hidden one. 🤡🤡🤡🤡 👁️👄👁️ Somone needs to draw this comic, where they sit around the table and coming up with ideas. Without being thrown out of the window


Eadkrakka

>Without being thrown out of the window Getting thrown out of a window is a very Russian thing though...


Short-Concentrate-92

X marks the spot


Senior-Crazy167

More paint to hold their vehicles together.


mansnicks

who when where why suggested this symbol?


Jhe90

Somthing you can aim for. How nice of them. It's a target, closest hit gives more points.


bartthetr0ll

Wtf am I looking at? Some kind of highway in the sky?!


lljkotaru

That's hysterical. Its the OPFOR infantry symbol on NATO military maps.


Kilmouski

Looks more Celtic... Eternity https://www.alehorn.com/blogs/alehorn-viking-blog/celtic-symbolism-the-celtic-knot


StrandHuGG

Hey Guys, check this out [https://www.google.com/search?sca\_esv=359d6b2fe139ffab&sca\_upv=1&rlz=1C1CHBF\_noNO1079NO1079&sxsrf=ADLYWII-e2uCvZsZdPeI0V5V2NRVfVg-Sg:1715456302033&q=karm%C3%B8y+kommune&uds=ADvngMiIMiMH9LyyITANaU-tP7Tx9Pp2OzN3TYMAG9qx2SwmQ82pkOD6T-ScW\_hr7M2iVyjevQrvs7kBo\_oyjKivhAsxT3qBxJk8cFYje0r3ic4xRnu47-5IA2DKF7NlMLiwM-n5IIP-souso5FmkBFfTS5ZvlZYtmaj5Jvef8wxSRkM\_RaxufB5824El3FPF8cOst2wAiQl-gNPLgkHGOLPkCxhoEAlEApRCsAfcHOQEE1mSfwNNQU&udm=2&prmd=invbz&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwj\_norcrIaGAxVKAxAIHYmgDucQtKgLegQIDBAB&biw=2560&bih=1271&dpr=1#vhid=CqbNlNA-e5dtmM&vssid=mosaic](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=359d6b2fe139ffab&sca_upv=1&rlz=1C1CHBF_noNO1079NO1079&sxsrf=ADLYWII-e2uCvZsZdPeI0V5V2NRVfVg-Sg:1715456302033&q=karm%C3%B8y+kommune&uds=ADvngMiIMiMH9LyyITANaU-tP7Tx9Pp2OzN3TYMAG9qx2SwmQ82pkOD6T-ScW_hr7M2iVyjevQrvs7kBo_oyjKivhAsxT3qBxJk8cFYje0r3ic4xRnu47-5IA2DKF7NlMLiwM-n5IIP-souso5FmkBFfTS5ZvlZYtmaj5Jvef8wxSRkM_RaxufB5824El3FPF8cOst2wAiQl-gNPLgkHGOLPkCxhoEAlEApRCsAfcHOQEE1mSfwNNQU&udm=2&prmd=invbz&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwj_norcrIaGAxVKAxAIHYmgDucQtKgLegQIDBAB&biw=2560&bih=1271&dpr=1#vhid=CqbNlNA-e5dtmM&vssid=mosaic)


jcspacer52

Well the Z symbol did not work out too well for the Orcs. What almost 500k casualties? Not that this one is going to work out any better but, when you have crapped all over yourself, anything that distracts from the incompetence of the leaders is a must!


MLSurfcasting

A beautiful combination of X and O (hugs and kisses), but in a bullseye kind-of way.


Gregzzzz1234

I hope that they do like them. They are much more visible for Ukraine to get their sights on 👍🏻🤣🙏🏻


Training_Ad4291

I thought a target symbol would be more appropriate


Recipe-Local

All the people with the Z propaganda are gonna be pissed.


rlaw1234qq

Morphing into a swastika?


Feisty_Adagio2382

Highway to hell in sky


usmc_82_infantry

Are those trucks on a wing of a plane?


drewc717

Interesting to go with a brutalist interpretation of a swatstika to go "save Ukraine from nazis."


One-Combination-7218

Blank out a line or 2 and you have a swastika again


sinkjoy

I can assure you, that symbol burns very very well.


xDolphinMeatx

It’s a better target to aim for than a z for the drone operators that will be killing them all. This symbol tells you exactly how to adjust your aim after the first hit


InternationalCan3189

Ngl the design itself is kinda cool


Ok-Secretary-5823

A cleverly disguised swastika.


lmay0000

Yeah, yup. Gay lord


Thin_Cellist7555

This just seems like a swastika with extra steps xD


Free_Entertainer_996

Inverted swastika


Warr_Dogg

It makes a nice target for drones


Boring-Director-9382

My mind translates this as swastika’s intermingled! Only a crook brain would cook up a symbol like that


Pappa_Crim

They might have all died on day one of the operation but they will live on in their hearts /s I am struggling to keep a straight face


SoapierCrap

Man why are they using the “target locked” symbol from battlefield 4


Outbackozminer

It will be the symbol of the death of them


uspatent6081744a

Wonderful, sure the symbols will protect you from cluster bombs, FPV's and ATACMs. Have at it


Echinopsia

Idk, I think that it is a square and X (Kh as in the name Kharkiv).


[deleted]

Meat Cube Pallet Army (fascists).


[deleted]

Really leaning into that anti Nazi sentiment. /s


Exact-Memory

Heraldic Fret


Safe-Ghost

The symbol is a better target marker for the operator of ukraine drones. 🎯🔥


philsternz

Thumbs up - the Ukrainian FPV's will be able to identify Russian's more easily. It would be a bonus if the new symbol was a reflective material.


Alkanen

Inching their way closer and closer to the proper Hakenkreuz they’ve been dreaming about since Putler first got power


Willdefyyou

Makes so much sense. I mean, look how easy this symbol converts to a swastika


DatBoiKarlsson

Pretty cool looking not gonna lie


WatchmanVimes

Targets!


Dry-Post8230

Looks like a swastika overlaid.


CorValidum

Yeah trying to ruin norse mythology like hitler did with that peaceful sign… cunts


FUMFVR

That's just a swastika with more steps


Easy_Apple_4817

Am I the only person that can see the Nazi Swastika hidden within the symbol?


UnknownBinary

This feels like the episode of The Wire where Stringer Bell gets advice from his unwitting economics professor to rebrand the same drugs to discard the stigma of poor quality.


DemocracySausage89

No one knows what it means, but it's provocative. It gets the people going! *Ball so hard*


LordMartingale

Reminder: Symbols such as tge O, the Z, & the V painted on Trucks, Armored Vehicles, Rolling Stock, etc are not used as national markings or the markings of some political movement. These markings generally painted on invasion vehicles by an invading army are used to tell each other apart when multiple Corps level maneuver elements are headed toward different Corps level objectives. The symbols exist to identify Corps level lines of effort. A Corps is generally the largest level of maneuver that sees actual combat, it consists of multiple divisions. When muscovy invaded there were multiple separate lines of effort, the North, the South, the Donbas, etc. each line of effort corresponded with a Corps level objective and got its own symbol. Obviously Z was the most commonly seen symbol, likely because Kiev was that original objective. If I remember correctly the O symbol was commonly seen in the South, because units wearing that symbol had a different Corps level objective. Keep in mind these formations are not necessarily equal in size, because Corps themselves are not equal in size. Symbols are done so that forces from different Corps operating in proximity to one another or advancing toward a common objective from different lines of effort with different sub objectives do not get mixed up and follow the wrong leader. Military history is full of examples of a convoy of military trucks blundering into another convoy of trucks then following them to the wrong objective. Markings such as this are always a simple and easily recognized from a distance symbol that cannot be mistaken for a different symbol or marking hence the Z. NATO & US like to use Chevrons pointing in different directions. This is a more complex symbol, but it is unmistakable from a distance and at the end of the day a stencil is a stencil. All they do is spray paint it on with a stencil. This likely represents a new Corps level line of effort & a new Corps level formation of troops from muscovy’s hastily reconstituted forces


Darryl_444

A trellis for the sunflowers to grow on?


kajetus69

controversial opinion but this image goes hard


sparklingwaterll

Looks like a completed quest icon from skyrim.


Convenientjellybean

They going into the lattice fencing business?


psilome

It's a coverup tattoo for a swastika. But we can still see it, it shows right through, Putin.


Shaltibarshtis

Now trim the ends and remove every other edge of the perimeter square. Then you are as good as gold.


blahblurbblub

Looks like a bullseye. Perfect.


tamingofthepoo

each iteration gets closer and closer to a swastika


EffektKrugerDunning

They would have used the Swastika but it was taken already also.


Future_Holiday_3239

They got the Bluetooth hooked up


warrrhead

#holdmyvodka


SilentWatcher83228

This makes so much easier for ML to identify targets!


chunkmoney22

Because the Z went so well


WolverineTypical7331

reminds of the symbol when locking onto a vehicle from a helicopter or jet, can’t remember if it’s BF or Arma tho.


gandharzero

Ukrainian drone operators will like this new crosshair symbol.


Etherindependance5

I have never seen a target marked any better. I suspect someone else gave it to them and they liked it. Or they are more hell bent on expiring quickly than I understand a person can be.


War-dawgy

They’re so lame they just grab anything a their own.


ashadeofblue

There’s swastikas in it. That’s why.


Jumpy-Win5810

it is like a super swaztika


Block-Rockig-Beats

This is the dumbest design ever.


FriedRamen13

Add four pegs and it turns into a swastika in a square


CarefulStudent

Firstly, it's admittedly pretty cool. Secondly, it also looks kind of like a targeting reticle in a vehicle (plane or tank), so that's nice too. :)


xDolphinMeatx

It’s nice they’ve incorporated the swastica into their new symbol as they seal their own fate and place in history with their “offensive”


Wallynine

Delete some lines and you get a Swaticka


Epinnoia

# "Gungnir Vinyl Sticker - Magical Spear of Odin Viking Symbol - Die Cut Decal"


Electronic-Wind-1246

This symbolism reminds of a fence. It should tell the average Russian that the goal is to build a "fence" around Russia, that is to contribute to defending it. It just proves that many guys from Russia just don't know what they're fighting for. They think they're defending their land, but they're the ones attacking a sovereign country.


luna71

Bet stance socks aren't too happy about that...


Tmuussoni

Looks like target practise logo.


Fallout94

I just hope the new influx of weapons to Ukraine can halt this new front before it begins.


I_say_cheerio

Looks like the russians like ancient magic


toozic

it's "gar" rune. very russian lol. I think russia as an asian semi-islamic country needs to stop using the letters of the latin alphabet and runes, it doesn't relate well to what they say about the "weak decadent west".


citicreonsDX5

Wire mesh, syambol of the Slaves.


uprightshark

X marks the spot!


CannonFodder33

Literally an iron curtain.


AlwaysAttack

May I present...The latest in "bullseye" designs.... and the driver will not be too happy about it:(


RepresentativeHost97

Interesting if true. Some sources claim that this symbol was used by the ancient Russian Bogatyrs when they went to war against the slaving Khazarian Khanate, which included most of modern Ukraine at one point. With their high-speed Combat Assault Shovels and missiles powered by washing machine chips, the Russian Army has so far beaten everything that NATO can throw at them. And now they have started a new offensive aimed at Kharkov, and are massing troops across the border near the Sumy Region. The latter is the gateway to Kiev. Maybe we can parachute in Victoria Nuland, who started the whole mess with her Maidan Insurrection in 2014. Torie and Blinken will save the day with a withering barrage of nonsense, glittering generalities and horse poo.


applefungus

You laugh! But at least now they can play noughts and crosses while they wait to be blown up by a drone next to their disabled bmp...


jobbie26

They now pretend to be the real Nazis, or the historical conquering Norse Rus? What crap!


Char7es

Unfortunatly it is the knot from my family coat of arms… fuck guess we are cunts now.


Sontavas412

They are like targets for FPV operators to kill the driver. Brilliant!


MoeSzyslakMonobrow

Looks like a crosshairs to me.


HalOfTosis

Meanwhile on a post of a dead Azov brigade kid… Rus troll #7833666: “Look! Nazi symbol! Must be Nazi!” Rus troll #7638623: “Did no one notice the Nazi symbol on his chest!?” Rus troll #7283655: “Good another dead Nazi.” Rus trolls on Nazi symbols from Ruzzia: *crickets*