 Symbol of the Austrian 14th Armoured Battalion in NATO military graphic symbols In military terminology, a battalion consists of two to six companies typically commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel. The nomenclature varies by nationality and by branch of arms, e.g. some armies organize their infantry into battalions, but call battalion-sized cavalry, reconnaissance, or tank units a squadron or a regiment instead. There may even be subtle distinctions within a nation's branches of arms, such a distinction between a tank battalion and an armored squadron, depending on how the unit's operational role is perceived to fit into the army's historical organization. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1649x678, 139 KB) Tactical sign PzBtl 14. ...
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APP-6a is the NATO standard for military map marking symbols. ...
// US Army In the United States military, infantry companies are usually made up of three rifle platoons and a heavy weapons platoon; tank companies are usually made up of three tank platoons and a command element. ...
In the U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a commissioned officer superior to a major and inferior to a colonel. ...
Nomenclature is a system of naming and categorizing objects in a given category. ...
Infantry of the 36th Ulster Division, in the First World War Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot, mainly with small arms and operate within organized military units. ...
A Squadron is a small unit or formation of cavalry, aircraft (including balloons), or naval vessels. ...
A regiment is a military unit, larger than a company and smaller than a division. ...
A battalion is potentially the smallest military unit capable of independent operations (i.e. not attached to a higher command), but is usually part of a regiment or a brigade or both, depending on the organizational model used by that service. Battalions are ordinarily homogeneous with respect to type (e.g. an infantry battalion or a tank battalion), although there are occasional exceptions. A regiment is a military unit, larger than a company and smaller than a division. ...
Brigade is a term from military science which refers to a group of several battalions (typically two to four), and directly attached supporting units (normally including at least an artillery battery and additional logistic support). ...
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A battalion in the U.S. Army or Marine Corps is the smallest self-sustaining unit that can be deployed. US Army Seal HHC, US Army Distinctive Unit Insignia The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces that has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...
United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military. ...
An American battalion has between 300 to 1000 Soldiers or Marines, and consists of several companies. It is commanded by a lieutenant colonel, with majors serving as the executive officer and the Operations Officer (S-3). The Adjutant (S-1), Intelligence (S-2), and Supply (S-4) officers are captains. Major is a military rank denoting an officer of mid-level command status. ...
Captain is both a nautical term and a military rank. ...
Three to four battalions form a brigade. Brigade is a term from military science which refers to a group of several battalions (typically two to four), and directly attached supporting units (normally including at least an artillery battery and additional logistic support). ...
In the 1960s to the present day, a typical infantry battalion has five companies: Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), which includes the battalion staff; A, B, and C Companies, and a Combat Support Company, which includes scouts, anti-tank, and mortar sections or platoons. Platoon is a term from military science. ...
American Army mechanized infantry battalions and tank battalions, for tactical purposes, will cross-post companies to each other, forming a battalion-sized task force (TF). A task force or task group is a temporary organization formed to work on a single defined task or activity. ...
During the American Civil War, an infantry or cavalry battalion was an ad hoc grouping of companies from the parent regiment (which had ten companies, A through K), except for certain regular infantry regiments, which were formally organized into three battalions of six companies each. After 1882, cavalry battalions were renamed squadrons and cavalry companies were renamed troops. The American Civil War (1861–1865) was fought in North America within the United States of America, between twenty-four mostly northern states of the Union and the Confederate States of America, a coalition of eleven southern states that declared their independence and claimed the right of secession from the...
1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
British Army The term battalion is used in the infantry, Royal Army Medical Corps and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers only. It was formerly used in the Royal Engineers (occasionally) and the now defunct Royal Army Ordnance Corps and Royal Pioneer Corps. Other corps usually use the term regiment. Infantry of the 36th Ulster Division, in the First World War Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot, mainly with small arms and operate within organized military units. ...
The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all British Army personnel and their families in war and in peace. ...
Ñ The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers cap badge The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME; usually pronounced phonetically as Reemee) is a corps of the British Army that has responsibility for the maintenance of all electrical and mechanical equipment. ...
The Corps of Royal Engineers (RE), commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army. ...
The Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) was a British Army corps formed in 1918 by the merger of the Army Ordnance Department (AOD) and the Army Ordnance Corps (AOC). ...
A regiment is a military unit, larger than a company and smaller than a division. ...
An infantry battalion usually has a Headquarters Company, Support Company and three Rifle Companies (usually, but not always, A, B and C). Each company is commanded by a major, the officer commanding (OC), with a captain as second-in-command (2i/c). The HQ company contains signals, quartermaster, catering, intelligence, administration, pay, training, operations and medical elements. The support company usually contains anti-tank, machine gun, mortar, pioneer and reconnaissance platoons. Mechanised units will usually have an attached Light Aid Detachment (LAD) of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) to perform field repairs on vehicles and equipment. Major is a military rank denoting an officer of mid-level command status. ...
The Officer Commanding (OC) is the commander of a sub-unit or minor unit (smaller than battalion size) in British and Commonwealth military usage. ...
Signaling, or a signal, may mean: Look up signal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Scientific concepts In information theory, a signal is a flow of information that can be represented as a mathematical function. ...
Quartermaster is a term usually referring to a military unit which specializes in supplying and provisioning troops, or to an individual who does the same. ...
Military intelligence (abbreviated MI, int [Commonwealth], or intel [U.S.]), is a military discipline that focuses on information gathering, analysis, and dissemination about enemy units, terrain, and the weather in an area of operations. ...
Anti-tank, or simply AT, refers to any method of combating military armored fighting vehicles, notably tanks. ...
A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ...
US soldier firing an M224 60-mm mortar. ...
A US army combat engineer setting up a communications cable. ...
Mixed reconnaissance patrol of the Polish Home Army and the Soviet Red Army during Operation Tempest, 1944 Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering of information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. ...
Important figures in a battalion headquarters include:
In military organizations, the commanding officer (CO) is the officer in command of a military unit. ...
The Second-in-Command (2i/c) is the deputy commander of any British Army unit, from battalion or regiment downwards. ...
An adjutant (from the Latin adiutor, itself from the verb adiutare, to help) is an officer who assists a more senior officer. ...
Quartermaster is a term usually referring to a military unit which specializes in supplying and provisioning troops, or to an individual who does the same. ...
The Adjutant Generals Corps is a corps in the British Army responsible for many of its general administrative services. ...
Popular term for a military chaplain in the British army. ...
The Royal Army Chaplains Department (RAChD) is an all-officer corps that provides ordained clergy to minister to the British Army. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Sergeant Major. ...
A warrant officer (WO) is a member of a military organization holding one of a specific group of ranks. ...
Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant (RQMS) is an appointment held by a senior Warrant Officer Class 2 in the British Army and Royal Marines. ...
A warrant officer (WO) is a member of a military organization holding one of a specific group of ranks. ...
A Drum Major is the director of the drum corps in a marching band or Scottish pipe band. ...
Traditionally light infantry (or skirmishers) were soldiers whose job was to provide a skirmishing screen ahead of the main body of infantry, harassing and delaying the enemy advance. ...
Pipe Major is the director of bagpipe music in a Scottish Highland pipe band or pipes and drums. ...
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