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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
NOTE: 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 enclosing 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 - Reading a Military Map
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 to. 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

Weapon Symbols on a Military Map

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

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