Sub-subunit

Military organization
Typical Units Typical numbers Typical Commander
Fireteam 2–4 Lance Corporal /
Corporal
Squad/
Section		 8–14 Corporal/
Sergeant/
Staff Sergeant
Platoon/
Troop		 15–45 Second Lieutenant /
First Lieutenant /
Lieutenant
Company/
Battery/
Squadron		 80–150 Captain /
Major
Battalion /
Cohort		 300–800 Lieutenant Colonel
Regiment /
Brigade /
Legion		 1,000–5,500 Colonel /
Brigadier General
Division 10,000–25,000 Major General
Corps 30,000–50,000 Lieutenant General
Field Army 100,000–300,000 General
Army Group /
Front		 2+ field armies Field Marshal /
Five-star General
Region /
Theater		 4+ army groups Six-star rank /
Commander-in-chief
Canadian sub-subunit

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. Fire and maneuver teams, fireteams, squads, crews, sections and patrols are typically sub-subunits.

Types of sub-units

Sub-subunits (de: Teileinheit; ru: подразделение/ podrazdelenie) in various languages and armed forces
Designation & symbol Bundeswehr English French Russian Polish
basically as sub-subunit Designation Structure Commander/ leader
●
single
point		 single point above a laying rectangle / (example) Trupp
gun crew/ combat tank		2–7 menUnteroffizier ⇒ Hauptgefreiter Team
(e.g. Fireteam)		 Équipe de combat Группа (gruppa)[1]
Звено (zveno)[2]
Расчёт (raschot)[3]		 Działon
Obsługa
● ●
two
points		 two points above a laying rectangle / (example) * Gruppe
* Halbzug		 * 8–12 men
* 2 crew combat tank		 Oberfeldwebel ⇒ Unteroffizier Squad Groupe de combat Отделе́ние (otdelenie)
Экипаж (ekipazh)[4]
Расчёт (raschot)[5]		 Drużyna
Rotte 2 air craft Two-ship flight/ Pair Patrouille légère Пара (para) N.N.
● ● ●
three
points		 three points above a laying rectangle / (example) * Zug
* Hörsaal		 ca. 40 men[6]Hauptmann ⇒ Hauptfeldwebel * Platoon
* Lecture hall		 Section[7] Взвод (vzvod) Pluton
Schwarm/ Kette3–4 aircraft Flight Patrouille[8]
Peloton[9]		 Звено (zveno) Klucz
Remarks
Army / Air Force

References

  1. ↑ Usually as a translation, rarely used in post-WWII Soviet and Russian infantry tactics due to small squad size
  2. ↑ In historical context, e.g. 1930s Red Army teams
  3. ↑ When referring to infantry teams crewing collective weapons: HMGs, grenade launchers, ATGMs etc.
  4. ↑ Crew in most military branches, e.g. aviation, armour, automobile troops etc.
  5. ↑ Crew in artillery and all kinds of missile troops
  6. ↑ The personal strength, e.g. of self-contained platoons, training platoons, technical platoons, or Bundeswehr sub-subunits with platoon structure, might contain different staff.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ In fighter aviation
  9. ↑ In bomber and military transport aviation
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