User:Dmanrock29
General
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Sources and Explanations of OrBats
[edit]I wanted to take a second to explain my sources and methodology behind the OrBats I've created.
Firstly, a good deal of the sources used come from the Nafziger Collection which can be found on the United States Army's Combined Arms Research Library website. I've also been indebted to the Osprey Battle Order and the U.S Army World War 2 Order of Battle by Gordon Rottman. Lastly, I've used different open source intelligence sources and different United States Army and Marine Corps field manuals.
The symbols and colors used in the graphics are taken from the US Army Field Manual for Operational Terms and Graphics and the U.S Army branch insignia and colors, respectively. I usually try to stick the Army's symbols but every now and then I feel I need to adjust one to the situation (i.e WW1 and interwar years balloon units). If the unit within the order of battle is unspecified as far as type (mechanized, motorized, armored) then I use the most basic symbol.
In addressing the sizes of my OrBats which some might even call cluttered. But this is because I've insisted on listing and showing not only the combat and combat support units but also the combat service support units. All these units are integral part of any military especially in combat areas, battles and campaigns.
As of late January 2016 I've starting using the color purple to denote "Guards" units of armies with some sort of monarch. I had toyed with the idea of specializing a symbol but opted for the distinct color option. I've taken the same approach to Nazi SS units which will be denoted with either the heavy use of the black. Border troops, internal defense and other security forces will be denoted with the color green. Special Forces units are colored dark/forest green while Special Operations Forces are denoted with a light shade of green. For my Vietnam tables I've used a slight variation to my usual color scheme for airmobile cavalry units. I've decided to use the airmobile infantry symbol to show their actual employment but I have colored them yellow to represent their traditional cavalry designation.
Also of special note is the use of an additional black dot to the platoon label on German OrBats for any unit labeled as a "column" or "trains." This is an unofficial symbol used to denote the fact that a Wehrmacht column was a specialized transportation and supply unit falling distinctly in size and organization between a platoon and company. "Detachments" should also be specially noted. In the case of the US Army where there is a separately named (i.e public affairs detachment) I've defaulted to using the NATO symbol representing a platoon. For a detachments from higher headquarters (i.e a detachment from an infantry battalion) where unless in my sources the approximate size of the detachment is stated I have defaulted to representing it as two units below from its parent unit (i.e a detachment from a battalion is represented as a platoon.)
A (+) after a units title denotes it has been reinforced. A (-) similarly shows that the unit as had subordinates detached to other units. An * following a unit indicates that a note has been inserted into the diagram for clarification purposes. U/I in the units title means the specific unit could not be identified.
I've found that medical units (Field hospital, combat support hospitals) have been giving me a problem.
- So for U.S. post WW2 Medical Units I'll be using the X symbol for brigades, ||| symbol for Groups, || symbol for any sort of Combat Support Hospital/Hospital Center and | for Field Hospitals & ••• for Forward Surgical Detachments
- For World War 2 Units: | for Portable Surgical, Field Hospitals, || for Evacuation Hospitals, ||| for General Hospitals.
- British World War 1 Field Ambulances are denoted with an | while those of World War 2 are denoted with a ||.
- Vietnam Medical Units: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, Station Hospital 100, 200, 300 Bed = |; Field Hospital, General Hospital 1,000 Bed, Evacuation Hospital, Convalescent Center, Station Hospital 500 Bed = ||;
Starting in March 2018 for Task Forces, Landing and Combat Teams the main combat element will not have a separate icon in it's graphic. I.e. for the 112th Regimental Combat Team in the Philippines Campaign the 112th Cavalry Regiment will be represented by the main icon with Combat Teams attached elements falling under.
Abbreviations
[edit]- AA - Anti-aircraft
- AAA - Anti-aircraft artillery
- Arfü - Artillerieführer/Artillery Leader (WW2 Wehrmacht division artillery commander usually a Colonel for below)
- Arko - Artilleriekommamdeur/Artillery commander (WW2 Wehrmacht corps artillery commander, usually a Lieutenant General)
- BCT - Brigade combat team
- BDE - Brigade
- BN - Battalion
- BTRY - Battery
- CA - Combat Arms, Civil affairs
- CFA - Canadian Field Artillery
- CGA - Canadian Garrison Artillery
- CMGC - Canadian Machine Gun Corps
- CO - Company
- CS - Combat support
- CSC - Canadian Signal Corps
- CSS - Combat Service Support
- DET - Detachment
- DIV -Division
- HHB - Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
- HHBn - Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion
- HHC - Headquarters and Headquarters Company
- HHD - Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
- HSC - Headquarters and Service Company
- HHT - Headquarters and Headquarters Troop
- IND - Independent
- LW - Luftwaffe
- OKH - Army High Command
- OKL - Air Forces High Command
- OKM - Navy High Command
- OKW - Armed Forces High Command
- PLT - Platoon
- PsyOp - Psychological Operations
- RA - Royal Artillery
- RAA - Royal Australian Artillery
- RAC - Royal Armoured Corps
- RAAC - Royal Australian Armoured Corps
- RAAF - Royal Australian Air Force
- RAE - Royal Australian Engineers
- RAF - Royal Air Force
- RAVC - Royal Army Veterinary Corps
- RAMC - Royal Army Medical Corps
- RAOC - Royal Army Ordnance Corps
- RCCS - Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
- RCE - Royal Canadian Engineers
- RCT - Regimental combat team
- RE - Royal Engineers
- RFA - Royal Field Artillery
- RGT - Regiment
- RGA - Royal Garrison Artillery
- RHA - Royal Horse Artillery
- RN - Royal Navy
- RM - Royal Marines
- RS - Royal Corps of Signals
- RRCA - Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery
- S&M - Sappers & Miners
- SEC - Section
- SEP - Separate
- SF - Special Forces (Used for Green Beret, SEAL, Delta and SAS equivalent type units)
- SOF - Special Operations Forces (Used for 75th Ranger Regiment, 160th SOAR, US Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Oprations type units)
- SQD - Squadron
- States - Two letter postal abbreviations used for US states
- TF - Task Force
- TRP - Troop
- USAF - United States Air Force
- USA - United States Army
- USAAF - United States Army Air Forces
- USMC - United States Marine Corps
- USN - United States Navy
- z.b.V - zur besonderen Verwendung (for special employment)
Table of Russian Abbreviations with English translations
[edit]Rifle, airborne and cavalry and high command
[edit]Russian Abbreviation | Russian Term | Transliteration | English Translation |
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РВГК | Резерв Верховного Главнокомандования | Rezerv Verkhovnogo Glavnokomandovaniya | RVGK, Reserve of the Supreme High Command |
Ставка | Ставка Главного Командования Вооруженных Сил Союза ССР | Stavka Glavnogo Komandovaniya Vooruzhennykh Sil Soyuza SSR | Main Command of the Armed Forces of the U.S.S.R |
гв | гвардейский | gvardeyskiy | Guards |
лгск | легкий горно-стрелковый корпус | legkiy gorno-strelkovyy korpus | Light Mountain Rifle Corps |
ск | стрелковый корпус | strelkovyy korpus | Rifle corps |
гв. сд | гвардейская стрелковая дивизия | gvardeyskaya strelkovaya diviziya | Guards rifle division |
гсд | горно-стрелковая дивизия | gorno-strelkovaya diviziya | Mountain rifle division |
мсд | мотострелковая дивизия | motostrelkovaya diviziya | Motorized rifle division |
сд | стрелковая дивизия | strelkovaya diviziya | Rifle division |
пд | польская пехотная дивизия | pol'skaya pekhotnaya diviziya | Polish infantry division |
пбр (чех.) | чехословацкая пехотная бригада | chekhoslovatskaya pekhotnaya brigada | Czechoslovak infantry brigade |
брмп | бригада морской пехоты | brigada morskoy pekhoty | Marine infantry brigade |
морсбр | морская стрелковая бригада | morskaya strelkovaya brigada | Marine rifle brigade |
сбр | стрелковая бригада | strelkovaya brigada | Rifle brigade |
огсп | отдельный горно-стрелковый полк | otdel'nyy gorno-strelkovyy polk | Separate mountain infantry regiment |
омсп | отдельный мотострелковый полк | otdel'nyy motostrelkovyy polk | Separate motorized rifle regiment |
осп | отдельный стрелковый полк | otdel'nyy strelkovyy polk | Separate Rifle Regiment |
обмп | отдельный батальон морской пехоты | otdel'nyy batal'on morskoy pekhoty | Separate marine battalion |
осб | отдельный стрелковый батальон | otdel'nyy strelkovyy batal'on | Separate rifle battalion |
вдк | воздушно-десантный корпус | vozdushno-desantnyy korpus | Airborne corps |
вдд | воздушно-десантная дивизия | vozdushno-desantnaya diviziya | Airborne division |
вдбр | воздушно-десантная бригада | vozdushno-desantnaya brigada | Airborne brigade |
опдб | отдельный парашютно-десантный батальон | otdel'nyy parashyutno-desantnyy batal'on | Separate paratroop battalion |
кк | кавалерийский корпус | kavaleriyskiy korpus | Cavalry corps |
гкд | горно-кавалерийская дивизия | gorno-kavaleriyskaya diviziya | Mountain cavalry division |
кд | кавалерийская дивизия | kavaleriyskaya diviziya | Cavalry division |
УР | укрепленный район | ukreplennyy rayon | Fortified area |
опаб | отдельный пулеметно-артиллерийский батальон | otdel'nyy pulemetno-artilleriyskiy batal'on | Separate machine gun battalion |
об ПТР | отдельный батальон противотанковых ружей | otdel'nyy batal'on protivotankovykh ruzhey | Separate anti-tank rifle battalion |
Artillery
[edit]Russian Abbreviation | Russian Term | transliteration | English translation |
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ак | артиллерийский корпус | artilleriyskiy korpus | Artillery corps |
акп | артиллерийский корпус прорыва | artilleriyskiy korpus proryva | Breakthrough artillery corps |
ад | артиллерийская дивизия | artilleriyskaya diviziya | Artillery division |
адп | артиллерийская дивизия прорыва | artilleriyskaya diviziya proryva | Breakthrough artillery division |
тпад | тяжелая пушечная артиллерийская дивизия | tyazhelaya pushechnaya artilleriyskaya diviziya | Heavy cannon artillery division |
тсап | тяжёлых самоходно-артиллерийских полков | tyazholykh samokhodno-artilleriyskikh polkov | Heavy self-propelled artillery regiments |
габр | гаубичная артиллерийская бригада | gaubichnaya artilleriyskaya brigada | Howitzer artillery brigade |
габр БМ | гаубичная артиллерийская бригада большой мощности | gaubichnaya artilleriyskaya brigada bol'shoy moshchnosti | High power howitzer artillery brigade |
кабр | корпусная артиллерийская бригада | korpusnaya artilleriyskaya brigada | Corps artillery brigade |
лабр | легкая артиллерийская бригада | legkaya artilleriyskaya brigada | Light artillery brigade |
оабр | отдельная артиллерийская бригада | otdel'naya artilleriyskaya brigada | Separate artillery brigade |
пабр | пушечная артиллерийская бригада | pushechnaya artilleriyskaya brigada | Cannon artillery brigade |
тгабр | тяжелая гаубичная артиллерийская бригада | tyazhelaya gaubichnaya artilleriyskaya brigada | Heavy howitzer artillery brigade |
гап | гаубичный артиллерийский полк | gaubichnyy artilleriyskiy polk | Howitzer artillery regiment |
гап БМ | гаубичный артиллерийский полк большой мощности | gaubichnyy artilleriyskiy polk bol'shoy moshchnosti | High power howitzer artillery regiment |
кап | корпусной артиллерийский полк | korpusnoy artilleriyskiy polk | Corps artillery regiment |
лап | легкий артиллерийский полк | legkiy artilleriyskiy polk | Light artillery regiment |
оап | отдельный артиллерийский полк | otdel'nyy artilleriyskiy polk | Separate artillery regiment |
пап | пушечный артиллерийский полк | pushechnyy artilleriyskiy polk | Cannon artillery regiment |
оадн | отдельный артиллерийский дивизион | otdel'nyy artilleriyskiy divizion | Separate artillery battalion |
овпдаан | отдельный воздухоплавательный дивизион аэростатов артиллерийского наблюдения | otdel'nyy vozdukhoplavatel'nyy divizion aerostatov artilleriyskogo nablyudeniya | Separate artillery observation balloon battalion |
опадн БМ | отдельный пушечный артиллерийский дивизион большой мощности | otdel'nyy pushechnyy artilleriyskiy divizion bol'shoy moshchnosti | Separate high power cannon artillery battalion |
отпадн | отдельный тяжелый пушечный артиллерийский дивизион | otdel'nyy tyazhelyy pushechnyy artilleriyskiy divizion | Separate heavy cannon artillery battalion |
иптабр | истребительно-противотанковая артиллерийская бригада | istrebitel'no-protivotankovaya artilleriyskaya brigada | Anti-tank artillery brigade |
иптап | истребительно-противотанковый артиллерийский полк | istrebitel'no-protivotankovyy artilleriyskiy polk | Anti-tank artillery regiment |
оиптдн | отдельный истребительно-противотанковый (артиллерийский) дивизион | otdel'nyy istrebitel'no-protivotankovyy (artilleriyskiy) divizion | Separate anti-tank (artillery) battalion |
минбр | минометная бригада | minometnaya brigada | Mortar brigade |
минп | минометный полк | minometnyy polk | Mortar regiment |
оминдн | отдельный минометный дивизион | otdel'nyy minometnyy divizion | Separate mortar battalion |
гв. мд | гвардейская минометная дивизия (реактивной артиллерии) | gvardeyskaya minometnaya diviziya (reaktivnoy artillerii) | Guards mortar division (rocket artillery) |
гв. мбр | гвардейская минометная бригада (реактивной артиллерии) | gvardeyskaya minometnaya brigada (reaktivnoy artillerii) | Guards mortar brigade (rocket artillery) |
гв. мп | гвардейский минометный полк (реактивной артиллерии) | gvardeyskiy minometnyy polk (reaktivnoy artillerii) | Guards mortar regiment (rocket artillery) |
огв. мдн | отдельный гвардейский минометный дивизион (реактивной артиллерии) | otdel'nyy gvardeyskiy minometnyy divizion (reaktivnoy artillerii) | Separate guards mortar division (rocket artillery) |
зенад | зенитная артиллерийская дивизия | zenitnaya artilleriyskaya diviziya | Anti-aircraft artillery division |
зенап | зенитный артиллерийский полк | zenitnyy artilleriyskiy polk | Anti-aircraft artillery regiment |
озадн | отдельный зенитный артиллерийский дивизион | otdel'nyy zenitnyy artilleriyskiy divizion | Separate anti-aircraft artillery battalion |
Armored & Mechanized
[edit]Russian abbreviation | Russian term | Transliteration | English translation |
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тк | танковый корпус | tankovyy korpus | Tank corps |
мк | механизированный корпус | mekhanizirovannyy korpus | Mechanized corps |
тд | танковая дивизия | tankovaya diviziya | Tank division |
тбр | танковая бригада | tankovaya brigada | Tank brigade |
отп | отдельный танковый полк | otdel'nyy tankovyy polk | Separate tank regiment |
отб | отдельный танковый батальон | otdel'nyy tankovyy batal'on | Separate tank battalion |
мехбр | механизированная бригада | mekhanizirovannaya brigada | Mechanized brigade |
мсбр | мотострелковая бригада | motostrelkovaya brigada | Motorized rifle brigade |
сабр | самоходно-артиллерийская бригада | samokhodno-artilleriyskaya brigada | Self-propelled artillery brigade |
сап | самоходно-артиллерийский полк | samokhodno-artilleriyskiy polk | Self-propelled artillery regiment |
мцп | мотоциклетный полк | mototsikletnyy polk | Motorcycle regiment |
мцб | мотоциклетный батальон | mototsikletnyy batal'on | Motorcycle battalion |
оабрб | отдельный автобронетанковый батальон | otdel'nyy avtobronetankovyy batal'on | Separate armored battalion |
оаэсб | отдельный аэросанный батальон | otdel'nyy aerosannyy batal'on | Separate aerosleigh battalion |
омб «ОСНАЗ» | отдельный моторизованный батальон особого назначения | otdel'nyy motorizovannyy batal'on osobogo naznacheniya | Separate motorized battalion of special purpose (amphibious units) |
одн брп | отдельный дивизион бронепоездов | otdel'nyy divizion bronepoyezdov | Separate armored train battalion |
обрп | отдельный бронепоезд | otdel'nyy bronepoyezd | Separate armored train (two armored trains generally made a battalion |
озенбрп | отдельный зенитный бронепоезд | otdel'nyy zenitnyy bronepoyezd | Separate anti-aircraft armored train |
Air Force
[edit]Russian Abbreviation | Russian term | Transliteration | English translation |
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ак ВДВ | авиационный корпус воздушно-десантных войск | aviatsionnyy korpus vozdushno-desantnykh voysk | Airborne corps |
ак ДД | авиационный корпус дальнего действия | aviatsionnyy korpus dal'nego deystviya | Long range aviation corps (Long range Bomber) |
бак | бомбардировочный авиационный корпус | bombardirovochnyy aviatsionnyy korpus | Bomber aviation corps |
иак | истребительный авиационный корпус | istrebitel'nyy aviatsionnyy korpus | Fighter aviation corps |
сак | смешанный авиационный корпус | smeshannyy aviatsionnyy korpus | Mixed Aviation Corps (Ground attack & fighter) |
ад ДД | авиационная дивизия дальнего действия | aviatsionnaya diviziya dal'nego deystviya | Long range aviation division (Long range bomber) |
ад ОН | авиационная дивизия особого назначения | aviatsionnaya diviziya osobogo naznacheniya | Aviation division for special purpose |
бад | бомбардировочная авиационная дивизия | bombardirovochnaya aviatsionnaya diviziya | Bomber air division |
иад | истребительная авиационная дивизия | istrebitel'naya aviatsionnaya diviziya | Fighter aviation division |
нбад | ночная бомбардировочная авиационная дивизия | nochnaya bombardirovochnaya aviatsionnaya diviziya | Night bomber air division |
сад | смешанная авиационная дивизия | smeshannaya aviatsionnaya diviziya | Mixed aviation division |
трад | транспортная авиационная дивизия | transportnaya aviatsionnaya diviziya | Air transport division |
шад | штурмовая авиационная дивизия | shturmovaya aviatsionnaya diviziya | Assault aviation division |
бап | бомбардировочный авиационный полк | bombardirovochnyy aviatsionnyy polk | Bomber regiment |
драп | дальнеразведывательный авиационный полк | dal'niy razvedyvatel'nyy aviatsionnyy polk | Long range reconnaissance aviation regiment |
иап | истребительный авиационный полк | istrebitel'nyy aviatsionnyy polk | Fighter regiment |
крап | корректировочный разведывательный авиационный полк | korrektirovochnyy razvedyvatel'nyy aviatsionnyy polk | Reconnaissance aviation regiment |
нбап | ночной бомбардировочный авиационный полк | nochnoy bombardirovochnyy aviatsionnyy polk | Night bomber regiment |
рап | разведывательный авиационный полк | razvedyvatel'nyy aviatsionnyy polk | Reconnaissance aviation regiment |
сап | смешанный авиационный полк | smeshannyy aviatsionnyy polk | Mixed aviation regiment |
санап | санитарный авиационный полк | sanitarnyy aviatsionnyy polk | Sanitary (medical) aviation regiment |
трап | транспортный авиационный полк | transportnyy aviatsionnyy polk | Air transport regiment |
шап | штурмовой авиационный полк | shturmovoy aviatsionnyy polk | Assault aviation regiment |
ап ГВФ | авиационный полк Гражданского воздушного флота | aviatsionnyy polk Grazhdanskogo vozdushnogo flota | Aviation regiment of the Civil Air Fleet |
драэ | дальне разведывательная авиационная эскадрилья | dal'ne razvedyvatel'naya aviatsionnaya eskadril'ya | Separate reconnaissance squadron |
Air Defense Forces
[edit]Russian abbreviation | Russian abbreviation | Transliteration | English tranlation |
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корп. р-н ПВО, корп. ПВО | корпусной район противовоздушной обороны | korpusnoy rayon protivovozdushnoy oborony | Air defense corps |
див. р-н ПВО, див. ПВО | дивизионный район противовоздушной обороны | divizionnyy rayon protivovozdushnoy oborony | Air defense division |
бр. р-н ПВО | бригадный район противовоздушной обороны | brigadnyy rayon protivovozdushnoy oborony | Air defense area brigade |
зенад | дивизия противовоздушной обороны | zenitnaya artilleriyskaya diviziya | Anti-aircraft artillery division |
зенабр | зенитная артиллерийская бригада | zenitnaya artilleriyskaya brigada | Anti-aircraft artillery brigade |
зенап | зенитный артиллерийский полк | zenitnyy artilleriyskiy polk | Atni-aircraft artillery regiment |
озадн | отдельный зенитный артиллерийский дивизион | otdel'nyy zenitnyy artilleriyskiy divizion | Separate anti-aircraft artillery battalion |
зенбатр | зенитная (артиллерийская) батарея | zenitnaya (artilleriyskaya) batareya | Anti-aircraft (artillery) battery |
зенпулд | зенитная пулеметная дивизия | zenitnaya pulemetnaya diviziya | Anti-aircraft machine gun division |
зенпулп | зенитный пулеметный полк | zenitnyy pulemetnyy polk | Anti-aircraft machine gun regiment |
зенпулб | зенитный пулеметный батальон | zenitnyy pulemetnyy batal'on | Anti-aircraft machine gun battalion |
зенпулр | зенитная пулеметная рота | zenitnaya pulemetnaya rota | Anti-aircraft machine gun company |
див. ВНОС | дивизия воздушного наблюдения, оповещения и связи | diviziya vozdushnogo nablyudeniya, opoveshcheniya i svyazi | Airborne surveillance, warning and communications division |
об ВНОС | отдельный батальон воздушного наблюдения, оповещения и связи | otdel'nyy batal'on vozdushnogo nablyudeniya, opoveshcheniya i svyazi | Separate airborne surveillance, warning and communications battalion |
зенпрожд | зенитная прожекторная дивизия | zenitnaya prozhektornaya diviziya | Anti-aircraft searchlight division |
зенпрожп | зенитный прожекторный полк | zenitnyy prozhektornyy polk | Anti-aircraft searchlight regiment |
зенпрожб | зенитный прожекторный батальон | zenitnyy prozhektornyy batal'on | Anti-aircraft searchlight battalion |
див. АЗ | дивизия аэростатов заграждения | diviziya aerostatov zagrazhdeniya | Barrage balloon division |
одн. АЗ | отдельный дивизион аэростатов заграждения | otdel'nyy divizion aerostatov zagrazhdeniya | Separate barrage balloon division |
оо АЗ | отдельный отряд аэростатов заграждения | otdel'nyy otryad aerostatov zagrazhdeniya | Separate barrage balloon detachment |
озенбрп | зенитный зенитный бронепоезд | zenitnyy zenitnyy bronepoyezd | Anti-aircraft armored train |
иак ПВО | истребительный авиационный корпус противовоздушной обороны | istrebitel'nyy aviatsionnyy korpus protivovozdushnoy oborony | Air defense fighter aviation corps |
иад ПВО | истребительная авиационная дивизия противовоздушной обороны | istrebitel'naya aviatsionnaya diviziya protivovozdushnoy oborony | Air defense fighter aviation division |
иап ПВО | истребительный авиационный полк противовоздушной обороны | istrebitel'nyy aviatsionnyy polk protivovozdushnoy oborony | Air defense fighter regiment |
Engineer & Flamethrowers
[edit]Russian abbreviation | Russian term | Transliteration | English Translation |
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ибр с/н | инженерная бригада спецназначения | inzhenernaya brigada spetsnaznacheniya | Engineering brigade of special purpose (Field obstacles, electrocution, Electrical technical) |
инжбр | инженерная бригада | inzhenernaya brigada | Engineering brigade |
исбр | инженерно-саперная бригада | inzhenerno-sapernaya brigada | Enigeering-sapper brigade (Mining, de-mining, combat engineer) |
мибр | мотоинженерная бригада | motoinzhenernaya brigada | Motorized engineering brigade |
пмбр | понтонно-мостовая бригада | pontonno-mostovaya brigada | Pontoon bridge brigade |
шисбр | штурмовая инженерно-саперная бригада | shturmovaya inzhenerno-sapernaya brigada | Assault engineer sapper brigade |
пмп | понтонно-мостовой полк | pontonno-mostovoy polk | Pontoon bridge regiment |
тпмп | тяжелый понтонно-мостовой полк | tyazhelyy pontonno-mostovoy polk | Heavy pontoon bridge regiment |
инжб | inzhenernyy batal'on | inzhenernyy batal'on | Engineering battalion |
оиб, осапб | отдельный инженерный батальон | otdel'nyy inzhenernyy batal'on | Separate engineering battalion |
ошисб | отдельный штурмовой инженерно-саперный батальон | otdel'nyy shturmovoy inzhenerno-sapernyy batal'on | Separate assault engineer sapper battalion |
пмб | понтонно-мостовой батальон | pontonno-mostovoy batal'on | Pontoon bridge battalion |
ооб | отдельный огнеметный батальон | otdel'nyy ognemetnyy batal'on | Separate flamethrower battalion |
орро | отдельная рота ранцевых огнеметов | otdel'naya rota rantsevykh ognemetov | Separate company of knapsack flamethrowers |
Marine & Naval Aviation Abbreviations
[edit]Marine Aircraft Groups
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MAG | Marine Aircraft Group | 1x MALS, 1x MWSS, 2-10 Flying squadrons either Fixed wing or rotory |
MACG | Marine Air Control Group | 1x MACS, 1x MASS, 1x MTACS, 1X MWCS |
MATSG | Marine Aircraft Training Support Group | Aviation Training Squadrons |
Current Marine Sqadrons
[edit]Abbreviation | Squadron | Abbreviation | Squadron |
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HMX | Marine Helicopter Squadron (Presidential & VIP Flight) (VH-3D, VH-60N) | HMH | Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (CH-53E) |
HMLA | Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (AH-1W, AH-1Z, UH-1Y) | VMM | Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (MV-22) |
VMA | Marine Attack Squadron (AV-8B) | VMAQ | Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron (EA-6B) |
VMFA | Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (F/A-18++, F/A-18C/C-, F-35B) | VMFA(AW) | Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (F/A-18D) |
VMGR | Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (KC-130) | VMR | Marine Transport Squadron (UC-35, C-9B, HH-46) |
VMU | Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (RQ-7B) | VMX | Marine Operation Test and Evaluation Squadron |
MWHS | Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron | MALS | Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron |
MACS | Marine Air Control Squadron (Air Traffic Control) | MASS | Marine Air Support Squadron (Controls & Coordinates CAS, CASEVAC, Direct Air Support) |
MTACS | Marine Tactical Air Command Squadron (Air Combat Element C2) | MWCS | Marine Wing Communications Squadron |
MWSS | Marine Wing Support Squadron (Airfield ops, transport, fuel/refuel, supply, maintenance, medical) | HMM | Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (CH-46) |
Inactive Marine Squadrons
[edit]Abbreviation | Squadron | Abbreviation | Squadron |
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VMSB | Marine Scout Bombing Squadron (SBD, SB2c) | VMTB | Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron (Grumman TBF Avenger) |
VMF | Marine Fighting Squadron (F4F Wildcat, F4U Corsair) | VMF(AW) | Marine Fighting Squadron (All Weather) (F4F Wildcat, F4U Corsair) |
VMF(N) | Marine Night Fighter Squadron (PV-1 Ventura) | VMB | Marine Bombing Squadron (PBJ-1 Mitchell) |
VMD | Marine Photographic Squadron | VMR | Marine Transport Squadron |
VMO | Marine Observation Squadron (Forward air control missions) | VMA | Marine Attacks Squadron (Close air support mission) |
VMFA | Marine Fighter Attack Squadrons | MACS | Marine Air Control Squadron (Aviation command and control) |
MASS | Marine Air Support Squadron (Aviation command and control) | MATCU | Marine Air Traffic Air Control Unit |
MATCS | Marine Air Traffic Control Squadron |
Current Naval Aviation Squadrons
[edit]Abbreviation | Squadron | Abbreviation | Squadron |
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VAQ | Electronic Attack (EA-18G) | VAW | Carrier Airborne Early Warning (E-2C/E-2D) |
VFA | Strike Fighter (F/A-18C, F/A-18E/F) | VQ | Fleet Air Reconnaissance (EP-3E, E-6B) |
VR | Fleet Logistics Support (C-20, C-40, C-130) | VRC | Fleet Logistics Support (C-2A) |
VP | Patrol (P-3C, P-8A) | HM | Helicopter Marine Countermeasures (MH-53E) |
HSC | Helicopter Sea Comabt (MH-60S) | HSM | Helicopter Maritime Strike (MH-60R) |
HUQ | Unmanned Reconnaissance Helicopter (MQ-8) | VUP | Unmanned Patrol (MQ-4C) |
VFC | Fleet Fighter Composite (F/A-18) | VT | Fixed Wing Training Squadron |
HT | Helicopter Training Squadron | HM | Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squadron (MH-53) |
VPU | Special Projects Patrol Squadron (P-3) | VXS | Scientific Development Squadron (NP-3C, RC-12, MZ-3A blimp, UAVs) |
Inactive Naval Aviation Squadrons
[edit]Abbreviation | Squadron | Abbreviation | Squadron |
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VA | Attack Squadron | VC | Fleet Composite Squadrons |
VF | Fighter Squadron | VS | Sea Control Squadron (Scout Squadron in WW2) |
RVAH | Recon Attack (Heavy) Squadron | VAH | Heavy Attack Squadron |
VAK | Aerial Refueling Squadron | VAL | Light Attack Squadron |
VAP | Heavy Photographic Squadron | VFP | Light Photographic Squadron |
VQ | Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron |
Napoleonic Wars
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British forces at the Battle of Vimeiro during the Peninsula War
1980s Soviet Army
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Order of battle graphic for 1980s Soviet Motor Rifle Division
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Order of battle graphic for Soviet motor rifle division in the 1980s updated
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Soviet Motor Rifle Regiment 1980s
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Improved Soviet Motor Rifle Regiment
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Soviet Material Support CO 1980s
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Soviet Signal CO 1980s
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Soviet 1980s Chem Protection PLT
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Soviet Engineer Company 1980s
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Improved Engineer Company
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Soviet Anti-Tank Battery 1980s
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Soviet Recon CO 1980s
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Soviet Air Defense Missile Artillery Battery 1980s
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Soviet Artillery Battery 1980s -
Soviet Artillery Battalion 1980s
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Soviet Tank BN-CO 1980s
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Improved Soviet Tank Battalion and Company
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SovietMotorRifleCO1980
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SovietMotorRifleBN1980s
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Soviet Front 1980s
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Order of battle graphic for a Soviet Front updated
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Second update to Soviet Front graphic
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Order of battle graphic showing organization of a Soviet Tank Division circa 1991
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Order of battle graphic showing organization of Soviet 40th Army in the invasion of Afghanistan
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Organization of Soviet Group of Forces Center as of 1988
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Organization of Soviet Group of Forces North as of 1988
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Organization of Soviet Group of Forces in Germany in 1988
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Organization of Soviet Motor Rifle Battalion late 1980s per FM 100-2-3
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Soviet Group of Forces in Germany in 1988
Modern United States Military (Post Vietnam to Today)
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2nd United State Cavalry Regiment
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XVIII Airborne Corps order of battle during Operation Desert Storm
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Order of battle graphic showing VII U.S Army Corps during Operation Desert Storm
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Organization of Joint Task Force South during Operation Just Cause
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Task Org of U.S 3rd Cavalry Regiment as shown in official 3rd Cavalry Regiment publication "Blood and Steel" 2015 Ed
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Task organization of ISAF as of December 2012 according the Institute for the Study of War
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Organization of I Marine Expeditionary Force as of 1 May 2003 during the invasion of Iraq
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Current organization the U.S. 7th Air Force in South Korea
World War 2
[edit]Germany
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German WW2 Schutzen RGT 1939
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German Panzer BN WW2 1939
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German WW2 Panzer Regiment in 1939
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GermanPanzerWW21939
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Improved 1939 Panzer Division
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GermanWW2-1943
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Improved 1943 Infantry Division
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GermanWW2-1939
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German Army Group B during the Invasion of France
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Organization of the Wehrmacht's 250th Infantry Division made of Spanish volunteers as of August 1941
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Organization of the German 2nd Army at the beginning of the Invasion of the Balkans
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Organization of Wehrmacht Heer Gruppe XXI during the invasion of Norway and Denmark April 1940
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German Army Group North as organized shortly before the invasion of Poland
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German Army Group North organized for the Invasion of the Soviet Union
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German forces at the Ras el Medauar during the Siege of Tobruk
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Standard organization of German Motorized Infantry Division as of 1941
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Organization of German 12th Army for the invasion of Greece
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German 10th Army during the invasion of Poland
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Organization of German cavalry brigade in 1939
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Organization of the German 4th Panzer Army Operation Citadel July 1943
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Organization of IR Grossdeutschland as of 10 May 1940
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Organization of German Army Group B at the start of the Battle of the Bulge
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Organization of the 2nd Panzer Group at the start of Operation Typhoon 27 SEP 1941
Soviet Union
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Order of battle graphic showing the Leningrad Military District on 22 June 1941
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Order of battle graphic showing the organization of the Soviet Karelian Front on 1 July 1943
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Order of battle chart illustrating organization of a Soviet naval rifle brigade in 1943
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Soviet NKVD Regiment 31 March 1942
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Organization of Soviet 1st Tank Army on 30 JAN 1945
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Organization of the Soviet Armies in the Invasion of Poland 17 September 1939\
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Organization of a Soviet Tank Battalion in late 1942 to early 1943 during World War 2
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Organization of the Soviet Leningrad Front as of 1 July 1943
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Soviet Army parachute brigade as organized in February 1942
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Organization of Soviet Cavalry Corps in the winter of 1942/1943
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Organization of a Soviet Independent Rifle Brigade as of the Summer of 1944
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Organization of Soviet Northern Front 22 June 1941
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Organization of the Soviet Western Front as of 22 June 1941
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Organization of Soviet armored brigade as of August 1941
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Organization of Soviet rifle regiment as of August 1941
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Moscow Military District organization as of 22 JUN 1941
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General organization, Soviet rifle division circa APR 1941
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Soviet Rifle division organization JUL 1941
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Organization of Soviet Far Eastern Front on or about 22 June 1941
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Organization of the Soviet Central Front at the opening of the Battle of Kursk in July 1943
United States
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Organization of the United States V Corps on 6 June 1944
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Order of battle chart showing the United States 1st Army on June 6th 1944
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Order of battle table showing organization of US VII Corps on June 6th 1944
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Organization of the 1st Armored Division on 23 February 1943 during the Battle of Kasserine Pass
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Organization of US 1st Army as of December 17th 1944
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Organization of US 9th Air Force as of December 17th 1944
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U.S VI Corps as organized during the Battle of Anzio 22 January to 31 March 1944
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Organization of 3rd Marine Division for the landings at Cape Torokina
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2nd Marine Division as organised for the invasion of Tarawa 20 NOV 1943
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Task organization of US III Marine Amphibious Corps during the Battle of Guam 1944
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Organization of VII, VIII, and XIX U.S. Army Corps during Operation Cobra 25 July 1944
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Organization of the U.S. 1st Marine Division for the invasion of Cape Gloucester, New Britain
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Organization of U.S. II Corps during the capture of Bizerta in the Tunisian Campaign
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Organization of US Army Infantry Regiment as of 1 April 1942
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Same graphic in .png
Great Britain and Commonwealth countries
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Organization of the British I Airborne Corps during Operation Market Garden in World War 2
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Organization of the British 2nd Army during Operation Market Garden during World War 2
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Organization of South African 1st Infantry Division as of 1 January 1941
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Organization of South African 6th Armored Division as of 21 April 1944
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Organization of British 8th Army as of 23 October 1942 during the Second Battle of El Alamein
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Organization of the Second Australian Imperial Force at the start of World War 2
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Organization of the British Expeditionary Force as of 10 May 1940
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Organization of British ground forces for Operation Ironclad, during the invasion of Madagascar 5 May 1942
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Organization of the British 2nd Army during the Normandy Campaign
Japan
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Organization of Japanese forces which invaded Indo-Chine July 1941
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Organization of Japanese 14th Army DEC 1941 as organized for the invasion of the Philippines
Italy
[edit]-
Organization of an Italian Infantry Division in 1940
Allies
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French Type 1 Motor Infantry Division May 1940
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Organization of the Belgian Army in February 1940 during World War 2
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Organization of the Royal Danish Army as of 9 APR 1940
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Royal Netherlands Army as organized on 10 MAY 1940
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Organization of the Polish Army as of 1 SEP 1939
Axis
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Organization of the Royal Hungarian Army 1940-1944
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Bulgarian Army organization during World War 2
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Ground forces of Vichy France in Morocco at the start of Operation Torch, 8 NOV 1942
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Organization of French Vichy forces in Metropolitan France in 1941
Inter-war Period (1919-1939)
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U.S. Army I Corps as it was organized in 1936
Korean War OrBat
[edit]-
Far East Air Forces, Battle of Pusan
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8th United States Army
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Organization chart showing the US I Corps as of 1 June 1951 in the Korean War
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Organization of 8th United States Army as of 27 July 1953
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Order of battle of the 8th U.S Army during the Battle of the Pusan Perimeter as of 1 SEP 1950
Vietnam War OrBat
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3rd Marine Division in Vietnam
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Organization of the United States 23rd (Americal) Infantry Division in Vietnam in 1967
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Organization of the US 173rd Airborne Brigade in the Vietnam War
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Organization of the US 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in the Vietnam War
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Organization of the US I Field Force, Vietnam as of 1 JUNE 1966
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Organization of the Republic of Vietnam Marine Division
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Tactical organization of the 1st Infantry Division during Operation Mastiff, 21-27 February 1966
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Organization of II Field Force, Vietnam on 15th March 1966 when it arrived in the Republic of Vietnam
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Graphic depicting organization of the 1st Aviation Brigade in August 1968
Russian Army
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98th Guards Airborne Division
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106th Guards Airborne Division
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Generic organization of Russian Battalion Tactical Group
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Organization of Russian Federation Western Military District
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Organization of modern Russian motorized rifle brigade as outlined in The Russian Way of War
Misc OrBats
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Order of battle for the Allies for the Balaclava campaign
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Organization of the Prussian Army in 1866
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Organization of Army of Kingdom of Saxony as of 20 June 1866
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Organization of Prussian forces at the skirmish in Bad Langensalza according to Nafziger
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United States V Corps at the Battle of San Juan Hill
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Task organization of UK 3 Commando Brigade in Falklands War
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Organization of the British South African Field Force as of May 1879
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Land Forces of the East German National People's Army circe 1988
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Organization of the East German Air Force circa 1988
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Organization of the German Border Troops circa 1988
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Organization of East German Navy circa 1988
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Initial forces sent to Northern Mali for Operation Serval
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French Division Daguet during the First Gulf War
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Basic organization of North Korean Infantry Division during the Korean War
American Revolutionary and Civil Wars
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The Confederate Army of the Shenandoah during the First Battle of Bull Run
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The Confederate Army of the Potomac during the First Battle of Bull Run
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The Union Army during the First Battle of Bull Run
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Organization of the Continental Army during the Battle of Long Island
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Organization of the Confederate Army of the Northern in the Peninsula Campaign
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Confederate Army of the Mississippi as organized during the Battle of Shiloh
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Union Army of the Potomac during the Seven Days Battle of the American Civil War
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Organization of both Union and Confederate forces during the Battle of Glorieta Pass in March 1982
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Organization of the Confederate Army of the Potomac during the First Battle of Bull Run
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Organization of Confederate Army of the Shenandoah during the First Battle of Bull Run
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Organization of the Union Army of Northeastern Virginia in the First Battle of Bull Run
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Order of battle graphic show organization of Union forces during the Battle of Shiloh 6-7 April 1862
Barnstar Prototypes
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Revised Wehrmacht Barnstar
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Soviet Union Barnstar
World War 1
[edit]Germany
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German 8th Army at the Battle of Tannenberg 26-31 August 1914
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German Army at the Marne 28-29 August 1914
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Organization of German 2nd Army at the Battle of St Quentin, 28 August 1914
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Organization of Imperial German North Army August 1914
Great Britain and Empire
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Cavalry Division, British Expeditionary Force 1914
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British Cavalry Corps, 1914
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British Expeditionary Force 1914
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63rd (Royal Naval) Division organization at the landings in Gallipoli
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British forces available for Dardanelles campaign in March 1915
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British Indian Army Expeditionary Force D as organized 1 April 1915
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Organization of Australian Forces September 1914 as described in Nafziger Collection
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Organization of the British 4th Army on the First day of the Battle of the Somme 1 July 1916
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Organization of British forces during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle March 1915
France
[edit]-
French 5th Army at the Battle of the Marne 28-29 August 1914
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Organization of the French 9th Army at the battle of the Marne, according to Nafziger
United States
[edit]-
US Army I Corps as it was organized during the Battle of Meuse-Argonne in World War 1
Italy
[edit]Russian Empire
[edit]-
Organization of Imperial Russian Army as of 28 June 1914
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Organization of the Imperial Russian Army at the Battle of Tannenberg
Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871
[edit]-
French Army of the Rhine as organized at the start of the Franco-Prussian War
Uniform Insignia
[edit]-
Wehrmacht Heer Specialty Badge for Pyrotechnician (Feurwerker) worn on the lower right sleeve of the coat or overcoat
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Wehrmacht Heer specialty badge for Fortification Maintenance NCO
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Wehrmacht Heer specialty badge for Fortress Construction NCO
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Wehrmacht Heer specialty badge for Fortress Engineer Sergeant
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Wehrmacht Heer specialty badge for Pioneer
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Wehrmacht Heer specialty badge for Saddler Candidate
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Wehrmacht Heer specialty badge for Transportation Sergeant
Flags, Banners and Guidons
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Royal Bavarian Army Infantry Regiment Color
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Organization flag of First U.S. Army
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Organization flag of Second U.S. Army
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Organization flag of Third U.S. Army
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Organization flag of Fourth U.S. Army
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Organization flag of Fifth U.S. Army
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Organization flag of Seventh U.S. Army
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Organization flag of Eighth U.S. Army
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1st Armored Division flag
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2nd Armored Division Flag
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3rd Armored Division flag
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2nd Infantry Division Flag
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25th Infantry Division flag
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28th Infantry Division flag
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36th Infantry Division flag
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40th Infantry Division flag
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101st Airborne Division Flag
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I Corps flag
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XVIII Airborne Corps flag
Military Insignia
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Insignia for HQ, India Command of the British Army
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Insignia for HQ, Scotland Command of the British Army
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Shoulder insignia for the German 369th Croatian Reinforced INF RGT
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Insignia of the 812th Armenian Battalion
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Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism insignia
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Insignia of the 28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division
Fire Department Org Charts
[edit]-
FDNY Division 1
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FDNY Division 2
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FDNY Manhattan Borough Command
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