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Awesome truck, @suetoniuspaullinus – as far as the recognition banner goes, leaving aside any questions of personal preference or taste or comfort … I really like how you made it detachable since …

Banners like this are mostly a 1941 kind of thing.  You only do this when your side positively owns the air.  You see it with Germans in Africa 1941, Barbarossa 1941, Americans in Korea, Americans in Iraq, etc.  Basically, this is when the biggest threat you face from the air is from some nearsighted aircraft gunner on your side deciding you maybe the enemy.

By 1942, I’m pretty sure the Germans would have quit this, the British were doing much better in the air by then, especially with those Hawker Hurricane Ds with the twin 40mm autocannon.  😀

As far as the the swastika in the DAK insignia … yeah.  😐 What are you gonna do?  Personally I always err on the side of history.  And DAK insignia is usually so small in comparison to the whole vehicle that it almost doesn’t seem to matter.

We have the same issue on this side of the water when it comes to Confederate flags in Civil War history / wargaming.