Triangle Tattoo
Posted: Fri 30 Jan, 2004 3:50 pm
Greeting chaps,what is the triangle tattoo seen on some paras forearms,are they done with indian ink and what do they symbolize?
Cheers.
Cheers.
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Posted: Fri 30 Jan, 2004 3:57 pm
It's a pegasus. A flying horse. Work it out
Posted: Fri 30 Jan, 2004 4:09 pm
No,its too small to be a pegasus,from memory,its only about a inch wide with what looks like a dot in the middle with a word written on each outer edge of the triangle,the ones I saw were on toms in the earley 90's so maybe it was something from the 80's? they looked like home made indian ink jobs.
Posted: Fri 30 Jan, 2004 4:16 pm
It's a blood group tatoo and it states the soldier's blood group. Handy for medics to know if killed in combat.
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Posted: Fri 30 Jan, 2004 10:38 pm
Dont suppose it says "DZ" does it ?
Posted: Sat 31 Jan, 2004 11:50 am
No,I dont think so,dont think its bloodgroup either strange place to put your bloodgroup on your forearm,armpit would be better!I know ive got a picture of a bloke with one somewhere,I'll try and dig it out,thanks for the suggestions,keep em comming!
Posted: Sat 31 Jan, 2004 12:41 pm
Blood group has to be written not a sign.
Posted: Sun 01 Feb, 2004 8:11 pm
HI guys, ref the tattoo, Its a blood group/coy/batt, its based on the waffen ss tattoo that they had on their arms. Not that many toms have it on nowadays.
Posted: Sun 01 Feb, 2004 8:15 pm
Cheers for that mate.
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Posted: Wed 04 Feb, 2004 12:58 pm
if its a green dot with a green dot in the middle then its a special OP badge. 4/73 bty in the RA wear it .. 
Posted: Wed 04 Feb, 2004 1:32 pm
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Posted: Thu 05 Feb, 2004 12:29 am
Don't be daft Dave... you'd go to the small arms store and draw new ones!Dave.Mil wrote:What if your arm gets blown off?
or you change Coy's?
Bloody silly idea.
Strange that someone would get a company tattoo I must admit...
Posted: Thu 05 Feb, 2004 2:45 pm
Not really mate. If they are dead, they don't need any blood!ED wrote: Handy for medics to know if killed in combat.
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Posted: Thu 05 Feb, 2004 8:04 pm
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Posted: Wed 25 Feb, 2004 4:14 pm
The triangle tattoo was a post NAAFI drunk trick.
Anyone who thinks a competent medic is going to perform a transfusion based on the info tatooed on a soldier's arm is deluding themselves.
Half the army is ratted when entering a parlour and can't even spell their girlfriend's name let alone reliably remember their blood group. Nobody gets anything other than saline until cross matched.
Anyone who thinks a competent medic is going to perform a transfusion based on the info tatooed on a soldier's arm is deluding themselves.
Half the army is ratted when entering a parlour and can't even spell their girlfriend's name let alone reliably remember their blood group. Nobody gets anything other than saline until cross matched.