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sub-subunit

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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

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+ Sub-subunits (de: Teileinheit; ru: подразделение/podrazdelenie) in various languages and armed forces
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! scope="col" colspan="3" | Bundeswehr

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | English

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | French

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Russian

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Polish

scope="col" | Icon

! scope="col" | Description

! scope="col" | Designation

! scope="col" | Structure

! scope="col" | Commander/leader

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| one dot over framed unit icon

| Trupp{{cite book |title=APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology |date=October 2017 |publisher=NATO Standardization Office |page=B-8}}

2–7 men,
Tank crew		Unteroffizier ⇒ Hauptgefreiter

| Squad

| Equipe{{cite book |title=APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology |date=October 2017 |publisher=NATO Standardization Office |page=B-13}}
Equipage{{cite book |title=APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology |date=October 2017 |publisher=NATO Standardization Office |page=B-13}}

| 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{{cite book |title=APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology |date=October 2017 |publisher=NATO Standardization Office |page=B-25}}

rowspan="2" align="center" | {{Mil Map Symbol | UNIT ICON = Military Symbol - Friendly Unit (Monochrome Dark 1.5x1 Frame)- Unspecified or Composite All-Arms (NATO APP-6).svg | UNIT SIZE ICON = Military Map Symbol - Unit Size - Dark Blue - 020 - Section.svg | ICON SIZE = 35 }}

| rowspan="2" | Two dots over framed unit icon

| Gruppe,{{cite book |title=APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology |date=October 2017 |publisher=NATO Standardization Office |page=B-8}}
Halbzug

| 8–12 men,
2 tank crews

| rowspan="2" |Oberfeldwebel ⇒ Unteroffizier

| Section

| Groupe{{cite book |title=APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology |date=October 2017 |publisher=NATO Standardization Office |page=B-8}}{{cite book |title=APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology |date=October 2017 |publisher=NATO Standardization Office |page=B-13}}
Patrouille{{cite book |title=APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology |date=October 2017 |publisher=NATO Standardization Office |page=B-13}}

| 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{{cite book |title=APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology |date=October 2017 |publisher=NATO Standardization Office |page=B-25}}
Załoga{{cite book |title=APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology |date=October 2017 |publisher=NATO Standardization Office |page=B-25}}
Działon{{cite book |title=APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology |date=October 2017 |publisher=NATO Standardization Office |page=B-25}}

Rotte{{cite book |title=APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology |date=October 2017 |publisher=NATO Standardization Office |page=B-8}}

| 2 aircraft

| Two-ship flight/Pair

| Patrouille légère

| Пара (para)

| N.N.

rowspan="2" align="center" |{{Mil Map Symbol | UNIT ICON = Military Symbol - Friendly Unit (Monochrome Dark 1.5x1 Frame)- Unspecified or Composite All-Arms (NATO APP-6).svg | UNIT SIZE ICON = Military Map Symbol - Unit Size - Dark Blue - 030 - Platoon or Troop.svg | ICON SIZE = 35 }}

| rowspan="2" | Three dots over framed unit icon

| Zug,
Hörsaal

| ca. 40 menThe personal strength, e.g., of self-contained platoons, training platoons, technical platoons, or Bundeswehr sub-subunits with platoon structure, might contain different staff.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

rowspan="2" |Hauptmann ⇒ Hauptfeldwebel

| Platoon

| SectionA 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.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

| Взвод (vzvod)

| Pluton

Schwarm/Kette3–4 aircraft

| Flight

| PatrouilleIn fighter aviation
PelotonIn bomber and military transport aviation

| Звено (zveno)

| Klucz

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| four dots over framed unit icon

| Staffel{{cite book |title=APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology |date=October 2017 |publisher=NATO Standardization Office |page=B-8}}

Hauptmann ⇒ Hauptfeldwebel

| Echelon{{cite book |title=APP-6 Military Symbols for Land Based Systems |date=July 1986 |publisher=NATO |pages=B8}}

| Escadrille

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| Eskadra

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