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Saudi RSLF Emblem Question
jphillips
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Posted: Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 03:14 PM UTC
Can anyone tell me where I might find an image of the Saudi army (RSLF) emblem? They put it on all their vehicles. I'm hoping to find an image I can import into Paint and print onto a clear blank decal sheet. Echelon has a set of Saudi National Guard emblems, but I can't find anything for the army; I was hoping to be able to print my own.
http://milinme.wordpress.com/2014/05/03/saif-abdullah/
I've tried the RSLF's official page, but I can't seem to load it.
Hisham
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Posted: Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 05:15 PM UTC
I don't know if this is the one you're looking for, but in Arabic it says Royal Saudi Land Forces



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Posted: Friday, May 30, 2014 - 04:23 AM UTC
Thanks, Hisham - but the emblem is a little different - it has the arms of the House of Saud inside a cog wheel, and a scroll below, with an inscription. It's shown on the vehicles in the link I posted, which took part in "Saif Abdullah." I'll figure something out.
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Posted: Friday, May 30, 2014 - 04:52 AM UTC
Problem is that I couldn't find a clear pic of it in the link you posted

Do you see anything close to it in this search result? I'm interested in finding it

Saudi Emblems

Hisham
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Posted: Friday, May 30, 2014 - 05:15 AM UTC
Hi Hisham

I guess this is the marking he's looking for :



Here's a variant :

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Saudi_Arabian_M151_light_utility_vehicles_with_recoilless_rifles.JPEG

H.P.
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Posted: Friday, May 30, 2014 - 05:48 AM UTC
That's it, on the truck door. I was having trouble posting the image from Photobucket. Thanks, Frenchy! I wish I could find something clearer. If only these insignia were as easy for us to source as black Balkankreuzen! That will be the day.
Hisham
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Posted: Friday, May 30, 2014 - 06:16 AM UTC
Thanks for posting the pic, Henri-Pierre! I guess this insignia is for this particular exercise... Anyway, I'll keep looking, maybe I'll luck out

Hisham
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Posted: Friday, May 30, 2014 - 06:35 AM UTC
Hisham

In fact I've seen it on other vehicles in other circumstances, like this ASTROS II MRLS :

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Avibras_ASTROS-II_SS-30.JPEG

H.P.
Hisham
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Posted: Friday, May 30, 2014 - 06:45 AM UTC
I found all the different insignia for the different corps in the Saudi Armed Forces.. but none of them even come close to this one.. they are all circular and similar to the one I posted. Problem is the writing at the bottom is not clear enough so I can make it out.. So, this is like a field thing.. different than the insignia for the corps themselves?

Hisham
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Posted: Friday, May 30, 2014 - 09:07 AM UTC
Frustrating, isn't it? Sometimes it seems even the smallest and simplest things are impossibly difficult. Maybe the universe is trying to tell me I should just forget about this stuff and build World War II German panzers!
Hisham
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Posted: Friday, May 30, 2014 - 09:38 AM UTC
You know, it's actually easy to construct by cutting parts of other emblems and pasting them together.. like the crossed swords and the palm tree and all that.. and it looks like it's all black... the only problem is that I can't make out the writing at the bottom.. it looks like "Saudi Armed Forces".. but I can't be sure.. If you could find a clear pic of it.. I can write it for you and you could just construct the rest like I said

But I'll keep looking.. it's become like a challenge

Hisham
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Posted: Friday, May 30, 2014 - 01:37 PM UTC
That's what I did, and I guess it'll do - there's no point in being a splinter hunter is there? The script on that tiny scroll will be illegible in 1/35th scale anyway.
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