Can you help to solve this mystery? The photo below shows a marking uncovered when I was restoring my 106 SR.

It was difficult to make out - was it a P or was it an R and what did it mean? I didn't paint it back onto the jeep because I wasn't sure and forgot about it until I came across a windshield removed from another 106SR which had the same marking that could be clearly made out though like mine it had been painted over.

The marking is as shown above, not a 'P' or an 'R', but a tactical marking presumably relating to 106SRs. The marking seems to have been used during the 1970s but was not replaced when the jeeps were repainted. It is possible that it was part of a marking system used by the 8th Infantry Division (8DI) as my jeep also had a lion rampant marking on it from the same period. A further piece of evidence supporting this idea is that the standard M201 belonging to Pat Ware, which was also 8DI, had a tactical marking in the same place though the symbol was different.

Can anyone out there explain? Once I know what it is I will paint it back on my 106.

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