Basic Military Map Symbols

Antiaircraft Artillery

 Map Symbol, Antiaircraft Artillery

Armored Command

 Map Symbol, Armored Command

Army Air Forces

 Map Symbol, Army Air Forces

Artillery, except Antiaircraft and Coast Artillery

 Map Symbol, Artillery (except Antiaircraft and Coast Artillery)

Cavalry, Horse

 Map Symbol, Cavalry, Horse

Cavalry, Mechanized

 Map Symbol, Cavalry, Mechanized

Chemical Warfare Service

 Map Symbol, Chemical Warfare Service

Coast Artillery

 Map Symbol, Coast Artillery

Engineers

 Map Symbol, Engineers

Infantry

 Map Symbol, Infantry

Medical Corps

 Map Symbol, Medical Corps

Ordnance Department

 Map Symbol, Ordnance Department

Quartermaster Corps

 Map symbol, Quartermaster Corps

Signal Corps

 Map Symbol, Signal Corps

Tank Destroyer

 Map Symbol, Tank Destroyer

Transportation Corps

 Map Symbol, Transportation Corps

Veterinary Corps

 Map Symbol, Veterinary Corps
Airborne units are designated by combining a gull wing
symbol with the arm or service symbol:

Airborne Artillery

 Map Symbol, Airborne Artillery

Airborne Infantry

 Map Symbol, Airborne Infantry
Size Symbols
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

Unit Size Symbol, Squad

Section

Unit Size Symbol, Section

Platoon

Unit Size Symbol, Platoon

Company, troop, battery, Air Force flight                  

Unit Size Symbol, Company, troop, battery of Air Force flight

Battalion, cavalry squadron, or Air Force squadron          

Unit size symbol, Battalion, Cavalry Squadron or Air Force Squadron

Regiment or group; combat team (with abbreviation CT following identifying numeral)

Unit Size Symbol, Regiment , group, or combat team

Brigade, Combat Command of Armored Division, or Air Force Wing

Unit Size Symbol, Brigade, Combat Command of an Armored Division, or Air Force Wing

Division or Command of an Air Force                     

Unit Size Symbol, Division or Command of an Air Force

Corps or Air Force                                    

Unit Size Symbol, Corps or Air Force
Army Unit Size Symbol, Army

Group of Armies

 Unit Size Symbol, Group of Armies
Examples
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              

Unit Map Symbol, Company A, 137th Infantry

8th Field Artillery Battalion               

Unit Map Symbol, 8th Field Artillery

Combat Command A, 1st Armored Division  

Unit Map Symbol, Combat Command A, 1st Armored Division

Observation Post, 23d Infantry             

Unit Map Symbol, Observation Post, 23d Infantry

Command Post, 5th Infantry Division       

Unit Map Symbol, Command Post, 5th Infantry Division

Boundary between 137th and 138th Infantry

Unit May Symbol, Boundary between 137th and 138th Infantry
 
Weapons

Machine gun         

Map symbol, Machine Gun

Gun

Map symbol, Gun

Gun battery          

Map Symbol, Gun Battery

Howitzer or Mortar    

Map Symbol, Howitzer or Mortar

Tank

Map symbol, tank

Self-propelled gun     

Map symbol, Self-propelled gun

page created 15 January 2002

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