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The Combat Identification Panel (CIP), also known as a Coalition Identification Panel, is an Identification friend or foe device mounted on military ground vehicles used by United States Armed Forces' United States Army with United States Marine Corps and its allies to distinguish them from the enemy during battle.

History

Combat Identification Panels were developed after the Persian Gulf War to reduce friendly fire incidents among allied ground forces. These panels are designed to produce a distinct and easily identifiable infrared signature when seen through thermal imaging systems. Originally created as a hasty expediency, the use of low-thermal-emissivity tape and physical separation from the body of the vehicle meant that the panel would appear as a contrasting dark (i.e. cooler) area through thermal viewers.

CIPs first saw widespread use in the Iraq War where nearly all coalition vehicles were equipped with these devices, usually mounted on the sides and rear of the body and/or turret. Some were even mounted on the driver and front passenger doors of Humvees with a special cutout so the door handle could still be accessed through the panel, as well as on the hood between the windshield and the top grille.

References

globalsecurity.org : Combat Identification Panels
fas.org : 2005 U.S. Army Weapons System Handbook : JCIMS

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+{{Short description|Military device to mark friendly vehicles}}
-[[Image:M1 abrams armyrecognition usa 026.jpg|thumb|A CIP panel can be seen mounted on the side of this [[M1A1 Abrams]]' turret]]
-[[File:Iraqi Sandstorm.jpg|thumb|right|CIP panels visible mounted on the front door and hood of the leading [[High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle|Humvee]]]]
+[[File:1-118th Combined Arms Battalion fires newly acquired Abrams 140414-Z-ID851-006.jpg|thumb|right|A pair of CIPs mounted on the side of an [[M1A1 Abrams]]' turret]]
-The '''Combat Identification Panel''', also known as the 'Coalition Identification Panel' or simply 'CIP', is a device mounted on military ground vehicles to distinguish them from the enemy during battle. They were developed after the first [[Operation Desert Storm|Gulf War]] to reduce [[friendly fire]] incidents among allied ground forces. These panels are designed so as to produce a distinct and easily identifiable [[infrared]] signature when seen through [[thermal imaging]] systems. CIP panels first saw widespread use in [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]] where nearly all [[Multi-National Force – Iraq|coalition]] vehicles were equipped with these devices, usually mounted on the sides and rear of the body and/or turret. Some were even mounted on the driver and front passenger doors of [[High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle|Humvees]] with a special cutout so the door handle could still be accessed through the panel, as well as on the hood between the windshield and the top grille.
+The '''Combat Identification Panel''' ('''CIP'''), also known as a '''[[Multi-National Force – Iraq|Coalition]] Identification Panel''', is an [[Identification friend or foe]] device mounted on military ground vehicles used by [[United States Armed Forces]]' [[United States Army]] with [[United States Marine Corps]] and its allies to distinguish them from the enemy during battle.
+==History==
+[[File:Defense.gov photo essay 090512-A-3108M-003.jpg|thumb|left|The CIP is the large square panel mounted directly above the rear axle of the nearest [[Humvee]]]]
+Combat Identification Panels were developed after the [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]] to reduce [[friendly fire]] incidents among allied ground forces. These panels are designed to produce a distinct and easily identifiable [[infrared]] signature when seen through [[thermal imaging]] systems. Originally created as a hasty expediency, the use of low-thermal-emissivity tape and physical separation from the body of the vehicle meant that the panel would appear as a contrasting dark (i.e. cooler) area through thermal viewers.
+[[File:A Challenger 2 crosses into Iraq. 21-03-2003 MOD 45142823.jpg|thumb|right|A British Army [[Challenger 2]] with a combat identification panel mounted on the side of the turret]]
+CIPs first saw widespread use in the [[Iraq War]] where nearly all coalition vehicles were equipped with these devices, usually mounted on the sides and rear of the body and/or turret. Some were even mounted on the driver and front passenger doors of [[Humvee]]s with a special cutout so the door handle could still be accessed through the panel, as well as on the hood between the windshield and the top grille.
 ==See also==
+* [[Clapboard (architecture)|Clapboard]], the "overlapping" architectural element which it resembles
 * [[Invasion stripes]]
+*[[Tactical recognition flash]]
+{{Commons cat|Combat Identification Panels}}
 ==References==
 * globalsecurity.org : [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/cip.htm Combat Identification Panels]
-* peoiews.monmouth.army.mil : [https://peoiews.monmouth.army.mil/TIMS/JCIMS_Page.htm Joint Combat Identification Marking System (JCIMS)]
 * fas.org : [http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/wsh/150.pdf 2005 U.S. Army Weapons System Handbook : JCIMS]