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

Main article: Military organization § Modern hierarchy

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	Trupp[1]	2–7 men, Tank crew	Unteroffizier ⇒ Hauptgefreiter	Squad	Equipe[2] Equipage[3]	Группа (gruppa)[4] Звено (zveno)[5] Расчёт (raschot)[6]	Drużyna[7]
	Two dots over framed unit icon	Gruppe,[8] Halbzug	8–12 men, 2 tank crews	Oberfeldwebel ⇒ Unteroffizier	Section	Groupe[9][10] Patrouille[11]	Отделе́ние (otdelenie) Экипаж (ekipazh)[12] Расчёт (raschot)[13]	Drużyna[14] Załoga[15] Działon[16]
		Rotte[17]	2 aircraft		Two-ship flight/Pair	Patrouille légère	Пара (para)	N.N.
	Three dots over framed unit icon	Zug, Hörsaal	ca. 40 men[18]	Hauptmann ⇒ Hauptfeldwebel	Platoon	Section[19]	Взвод (vzvod)	Pluton
		Schwarm/Kette	3–4 aircraft		Flight	Patrouille[20] Peloton[21]	Звено (zveno)	Klucz
	four dots over framed unit icon	Staffel[22]		Hauptmann ⇒ Hauptfeldwebel	Echelon[23]	Escadrille		Eskadra

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