Sub-subunit

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

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 Trupp2–7 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 menHauptmann ⇒ Hauptfeldwebel Platoon Section Взвод (vzvod) Pluton
Schwarm/Kette3–4 aircraft Flight Patrouille
Peloton		 Звено (zveno) Klucz
four dots over framed unit icon StaffelHauptmann ⇒ Hauptfeldwebel Echelon
 Escadrille Eskadra

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References

  1. ↑ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-8.
  2. ↑ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-13.
  3. ↑ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-13.
  4. ↑ Usually as a translation, rarely used in post-WWII Soviet and Russian infantry tactics due to small squad size
  5. ↑ In historical context, e.g., 1930s Red Army teams
  6. ↑ When referring to infantry teams crewing collective weapons: HMGs, grenade launchers, ATGMs etc.
  7. ↑ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-25.
  8. ↑ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-8.
  9. ↑ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-8.
  10. ↑ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-13.
  11. ↑ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-13.
  12. ↑ Crew in most military branches, e.g., aviation, armour, automobile troops etc.
  13. ↑ Crew in artillery and all kinds of missile troops
  14. ↑ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-25.
  15. ↑ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-25.
  16. ↑ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-25.
  17. ↑ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-8.
  18. ↑ 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]
  19. ↑ 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]
  20. ↑ In fighter aviation
  21. ↑ In bomber and military transport aviation
  22. ↑ APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-8.
  23. ↑ APP-6 Military Symbols for Land Based Systems. NATO. July 1986. pp. B8.