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Sub-subunit or sub-sub-unit is a subordinated element below platoon level of company-sized units or sub-units which normally might not be separately identified in authorization documents by name, number, or letter. Fireteams, squads, crews, sections and patrols are typically sub-subunits.
Types of sub-units
editBundeswehr | English | French | Russian | Polish | ||||||||
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Icon | Description | Designation | Structure | Commander/leader | ||||||||
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one dot over framed unit icon | Trupp[1] | 2–7 men, Tank crew |
Unteroffizier ⇒ Hauptgefreiter | Squad | Equipe[2] Equipage[3] |
Группа (gruppa)[4] Звено (zveno)[5] Расчёт (raschot)[6] |
Drużyna[7] | ||||
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Two dots over framed unit icon | Gruppe[8], Halbzug |
8–12 men, 2 tank crews |
Oberfeldwebel ⇒ Unteroffizier | Section | Groupe[9][10] Patrouille[11] |
Отделе́ние (otdelenie) Экипаж (ekipazh)[12] Расчёт (raschot)[13] |
Drużyna[14] Załoga[15] Działon[16] | ||||
Rotte[17] | 2 aircraft | Two-ship flight/Pair | Patrouille légère | Пара (para) | N.N. | |||||||
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Three dots over framed unit icon | Zug, Hörsaal |
ca. 40 men[18] | Hauptmann ⇒ Hauptfeldwebel | Platoon | Section[19] | Взвод (vzvod) | Pluton | ||||
Schwarm/Kette | 3–4 aircraft | Flight | Patrouille[20] Peloton[21] |
Звено (zveno) | Klucz | |||||||
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four dots over framed unit icon | Staffel[22] | Hauptmann ⇒ Hauptfeldwebel | Echelon[23] |
Escadrille | Eskadra |
- Legend
- Army
- Air Force
References
edit- ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-8.
- ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-13.
- ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-13.
- ^ Usually as a translation, rarely used in post-WWII Soviet and Russian infantry tactics due to small squad size
- ^ In historical context, e.g. 1930s Red Army teams
- ^ When referring to infantry teams crewing collective weapons: HMGs, grenade launchers, ATGMs etc.
- ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-25.
- ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-8.
- ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-8.
- ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-13.
- ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-13.
- ^ Crew in most military branches, e.g. aviation, armour, automobile troops etc.
- ^ Crew in artillery and all kinds of missile troops
- ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-25.
- ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-25.
- ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-25.
- ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-8.
- ^ The personal strength, e.g. of self-contained platoons, training platoons, technical platoons, or Bundeswehr sub-subunits with platoon structure, might contain different staff.[citation needed]
- ^ A section with group-structure (e.g.: US Marine Corps, 8–12 soldiers) may contain, in opposite to a "Section" in France armed forces, decisive less personal strength.[citation needed]
- ^ In fighter aviation
- ^ In bomber and military transport aviation
- ^ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-8.
- ^ APP-6 Military Symbols for Land Based Systems. NATO. July 1986. pp. B8.