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. , , , sections and are typically sub-subunits.
Types of sub-units
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| | one dot over framed unit icon | Unteroffizier ⇒ Hauptgefreiter | Squad | Equipe
Equipage | Группа ( gruppa)[Usually as a translation, rarely used in post-WWII Soviet and Russian infantry tactics due to small squad size]
Звено ( zveno)[In historical context, e.g., 1930s Red Army teams]
Расчёт ( raschot)[When referring to infantry teams crewing collective weapons: HMGs, grenade launchers, ATGMs etc.] | Drużyna |
| | Two dots over framed unit icon | Gruppe,
Halbzug | 8–12 men,
2 tank crews | Oberfeldwebel ⇒ Unteroffizier | Section | Groupe
Patrouille | Отделе́ние ( otdelenie)
Экипаж ( ekipazh)[Crew in most military branches, e.g., aviation, armour, automobile troops etc.]
Расчёт ( raschot)[Crew in artillery and all kinds of missile troops] | Drużyna
Załoga
Działon |
Rotte | 2 aircraft | Two-ship flight/Pair | Patrouille légère | Пара ( para) | N.N.
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| | Three dots over framed unit icon | Zug,
Hörsaal | Hauptmann ⇒ Hauptfeldwebel
| Platoon | Section[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.] | Взвод ( vzvod) | Pluton
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| 3–4 aircraft | Flight | Patrouille[In fighter aviation]
Peloton[In bomber and military transport aviation] | Звено ( zveno) | Klucz
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| | four dots over framed unit icon | Hauptmann ⇒ Hauptfeldwebel | Echelon
| Escadrille | | Eskadra |
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