Hello, I use a reference pic for my model and I have a question about this picture.

Do the coloured strips at the top of the windscreen mean something as those are not present on all vehicles ?

https://www.google.fr/search?q=land+rover+snatch+alamy&client=tablet-android-samsung&tbm=isch&prmd=inv&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiq1_GWz9zXAhXCVxQKHUtHC9oQ_AUICSgB&biw=1280&bih=800&dpr=1#imgrc=NmNbl48kPqDdcM:

It looks like reflective tape - you can see it on other vehicles but it is not universally applied.

Regards,
John

Thank you John, can I ask you the function of it ?

I suspect it is for night-time convoy/distance keeping but I wouldn't like to gurarantee that.

John

I believe it is a copy of nautical practice, where many civilian ships and boats have dayglo red strips across the tops of the fronts of their wheelhouses. These were introduced after a number of collisions as an aid to visibility. Quite what purpose it serves on a vehicle is unclear. Perhaps a quick visual reference about which way it is facing. It is completely unofficial. It may be a local tac marking of some sort, but it certainly draws attention. Not necessarily a good move.

Convoy station-keeping is always the responsibility of the following vehicle, which is why convoy lights are at the back. Daylglo tape is retro-reflective: it needs a white light source to reflect. Shining a white light back in the following driver's face to see if he's still there is not a good plan.

the orange reflective strip started as a unit thing then become adopted to be a quick friendly vehicle i.d for ground troops similar in use to the vehicle identification panels and flags etc from air identification. however not all units stick the scotchcal tape on.

Ok thank you for your answer John, Peter and Craig