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Sub-subunit






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Sub-subunitorsub-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[edit]

Sub-subunits (de: Teileinheit; ru: подразделение/podrazdelenie) in various languages and armed forces
NATO symbol
Bundeswehr English French Russian Polish
Icon Description Designation Structure Commander/leader
one dot over framed unit icon Trupp[1] 2–7 men,
Tank crew
UnteroffizierHauptgefreiter Squad Equipe[2]
Equipage[3]
Группа (gruppa)[4]
Звено (zveno)[5]
Расчёт (raschot)[6]
Drużyna[7]
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.
Three dots over framed unit icon Zug,
Hörsaal
ca. 40 men[18] HauptmannHauptfeldwebel Platoon Section[19] Взвод (vzvod) Pluton
Schwarm/Kette 3–4 aircraft Flight Patrouille[20]
Peloton[21]
Звено (zveno) Klucz
four dots over framed unit icon Staffel[22] HauptmannHauptfeldwebel Echelon[23]
Escadrille Eskadra
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References[edit]

  1. ^ 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]
  • ^ Asection 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.

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