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Military Units- Identification

Significance of symbols on military maps


     Antiaircraft Artillery

Antiaircraft Artillery

     Armored Command

Armored Command

     Army Air Forces

Army Air Forces

     Artillery, except Antiaircraft and Coast Artillery

Artillery, except Antiaircraft and Coast Artillery

     Cavalry, Horse

Cavalry, Horse

     Cavalry, Mechanized

Cavalry, Mechanized

     Chemical Warfare Service

Chemical Warfare Service

     Coast Artillery

Coast Artillery

     Engineers

Engineers

     Infantry

Infantry

     Medical Corps

Medical Corps

     Ordnance Department

Ordnance Department

     Quartermaster Corps

Quartermaster Corps

     Signal Corps

Signal Corps

     Tank Destroyer

Tank Destroyer

     Transportation Corps

Transportation Corps

     Veterinary Corps

Veterinary Corps

     Airborne units are designated by combining a gull symbol with the arm or service symbol:

     Airborne Artillery

Airborne Artillery

     Airborne Infantry

Airborne Infantry
Size Symbols
The following symbols placed either in boundary lines or above the rectangle, triangle, or circle inclosing the identifying arm or service symbol indicate the size of military organization:

     Squad

Squad

     Section

Section

     Platoon

Platoon

     Company, troop, battery, Air Force flight

Company, troop, battery, Air Force flight

     Battalion, cavalry squadron, or Air Force squadron

Battalion, cavalry squadron, or Air Force squadron

     Regiment or group; combat team (with abbreviation CT following identifying numeral)

Regiment or group; combat team (with abbreviation CT following identifying

     Brigade, Combat Command of Armored Division, or Air Force Wing

Brigade, Combat Command of Armored Division, or Air Force Wing

     Division or Command of an Air Force

Division or Command of an Air Force

     Corps or Air Force

Corps or Air Force

     Army

Army

     Group of Armies

Group of Armies
EXAMPLES
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

Company A, 137th Infantry

     8th Field Artillery Battalion

8th Field Artillery Battalion

     Combat Command A, 1st Armored Division

Combat Command A, 1st Armored Division  

     Observation Post, 23d Infantry

Observation Post, 23d Infantry

     Command Post, 5th Infantry Division

Command Post, 5th Infantry Division

     Boundary between 137th and 138th Infantry

Boundary between 137th and 138th Infantry
Weapons

     Machine gun

Machine gun

     Gun

Gun

     Gun battery

Gun battery

     Howitzer or Mortar

Howitzer or Mortar

     Tank

Tank

     Self-propelled gun

Self-propelled gun

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