Sub-subunit
Type of military unit
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.
01Types of sub-units
| NATO symbol | Bundeswehr | English | French | Russian | Polish | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Icon | Description | Designation | Structure | Commander/leader | ||||||||
| one dot over framed unit icon | Trupp | 2-7 men, Tank crew | Unteroffizier ⇒ Hauptgefreiter | Squad | Equipe Equipage |
Группа (gruppa) Звено (zveno) Расчёт (raschot) |
Drużyna | |||||
| Two dots over framed unit icon | Gruppe, Halbzug |
8-12 men, 2 tank crews |
Oberfeldwebel ⇒ Unteroffizier | Section | Groupe Patrouille |
Отделе́ние (otdelenie) Экипаж (ekipazh) Расчёт (raschot) |
Drużyna Załoga Działon | |||||
| Rotte | 2 aircraft | Two-ship flight/Pair | Patrouille légère | Пара (para) | N.N. | |||||||
| Three dots over framed unit icon | Zug, Hörsaal |
ca. 40 men | Hauptmann ⇒ Hauptfeldwebel | Platoon | Section | Взвод (vzvod) | Pluton | |||||
| Schwarm/Kette | 3-4 aircraft | Flight | Patrouille Peloton |
Звено (zveno) | Klucz | |||||||
| four dots over framed unit icon | Staffel | Hauptmann ⇒ Hauptfeldwebel | Echelon |
Escadrille | Eskadra | |||||||
Legend:
- Army
- Air Force
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Flag of NATO.svg by Current file: Found by 475847394d347339 in websites noted in the source section. Previous file Vectorization: Mysid and uploaded to Flag of NATO.svg Code cleaned up by Artem Karimov., Public domain
- Military Map Symbol - Unit Size - Dark Blue - 010 -Detachment or Squad.svg by CdnMCG, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Military Map Symbol - Unit Size - Dark Blue - 020 - Section.svg by CdnMCG, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Military Map Symbol - Unit Size - Dark Blue - 030 - Platoon or Troop.svg by CdnMCG, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Military Map Symbol - Unit Size - Dark Blue - 040 - Echelon or Staffel.svg by CdnMCG, CC BY-SA 4.0
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