Antiaircraft Artillery |
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Armored Command |
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Army Air Forces |
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Artillery, except Antiaircraft and Coast Artillery |
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Cavalry, Horse |
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Cavalry, Mechanized |
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Chemical Warfare Service |
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Coast Artillery |
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Engineers |
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Infantry |
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Medical Corps |
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Ordnance Department |
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Quartermaster Corps |
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Signal Corps |
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Tank Destroyer |
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Transportation Corps |
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Veterinary Corps |
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Airborne units are designated by combining a gull
wing symbol with the arm or service symbol: |
Airborne Artillery |
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Airborne Infantry |
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- Size
Symbols
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- The
following symbols placed either in boundary lines or
- above
the rectangle, triangle, or circle enclosing the identifying
- arm
or service symbol indicate the size of military organization:
Squad
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Section
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Platoon
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Company, troop, battery, Air Force flight
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Battalion, cavalry squadron, or Air Force
squadron
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Regiment or group; combat team (with
abbreviation CT following identifying numeral)
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Brigade, Combat Command of Armored Division,
or Air Force Wing
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Division or Command of an Air Force
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Corps or Air Force
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| Army |
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Group of Armies |
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Examples
- Reading a Military Map
The
letter or number to the left of the symbol indicates the
unit
designation; that to the right, the designation of the parent
unit
to which it belongs Letters or numbers above or below
boundary
lines designate the units separated by the lines
Company A, 137th Infantry
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8th Field Artillery Battalion
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Combat Command A, 1st Armored Division
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Observation Post, 23d Infantry
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Command Post, 5th Infantry Division
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Boundary between 137th and 138th Infantry
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Weapon Symbols on a Military Map
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