07-17-2010, 10:45 AM
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Basic Military Map Symbols
Symbols within a rectangle indicate a military unit, within a triangle an observation post, and within a circle a supply point. Military Units- Identification |
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Antiaircraft Artillery
| | Armored Command
| | Army Air Forces
| | Artillery, except Antiaircraft and Coast Artillery
| | Cavalry, Horse
| | Cavalry, Mechanized
| | Chemical Warfare Service
| | Coast Artillery
| | Engineers
| | Infantry
| | Medical Corps
| | Ordnance Department
| | Quartermaster Corps
| | Signal Corps
| | Tank Destroyer
| | Transportation Corps
| | Veterinary Corps
| | Airborne units are designated by combining a gull symbol with the arm or service symbol:
| Airborne Artillery
| | 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 inclosing the identifying arm or service symbol indicate the size of military organization: | Squad
| | Section
| | Platoon
| | Company, troop, battery, Air Force flight
| | Battalion, cavalry squadron, or Air Force squadron
| | 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
| | Corps or Air Force
| | Army
| | Group of Armies
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EXAMPLES |
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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
| | 8th Field Artillery Battalion
| | Combat Command A, 1st Armored Division
| | Observation Post, 23d Infantry
| | Command Post, 5th Infantry Division
| | Boundary between 137th and 138th Infantry
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Weapons |
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Machine gun
| | Gun
| | Gun battery
| | Howitzer or Mortar
| . | Tank
| | Self-propelled gun
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