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.
| + Sub-subunits (de: Teileinheit; ru: подразделение/podrazdelenie) in various languages and armed forces | |||||||||
| NATO symbol | Bundeswehr | English | French | Russian | Polish | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Icon | Description | Designation | Structure | Commander/leader | |||||
| one dot over framed unit icon | Trupp[1] | 2–7 men, Tank crew | Unteroffizier ⇒ Hauptgefreiter | Squad | Equipe[2] Equipage[3] | Группа (gruppa)[4] Звено (zveno)[5] Расчёт (raschot)[6] | Drużyna[7] | ||
| Two dots over framed unit icon | Gruppe[8] , Halbzug | 8–12 men, 2 tank crews | Oberfeldwebel ⇒ Unteroffizier | Section | Groupe[9] [10] Patrouille[11] | Отделе́ние (otdelenie) Экипаж (ekipazh)[12] Расчёт (raschot)[13] | Drużyna[14] Załoga[15] Działon[16] | ||
| Rotte[17] | 2 aircraft | Two-ship flight/Pair | Patrouille légère | Пара (para) | N.N. | ||||
| Three dots over framed unit icon | Zug, Hörsaal | ca. 40 men[18] | Hauptmann ⇒ Hauptfeldwebel | Platoon | Section[19] | Взвод (vzvod) | Pluton | ||
| Schwarm/Kette | 3–4 aircraft | Flight | Patrouille[20] Peloton[21] | Звено (zveno) | Klucz | ||||
| four dots over framed unit icon | Staffel[22] | Hauptmann ⇒ Hauptfeldwebel | Echelon[23] | Escadrille | Eskadra | ||||