I am working on a game dealing with World War II, and a question has arisen regarding the proper abbreviations used by all the major allied and axis ETO powers (US/UK/France/USSR/Germany/Italy) for designating a unit. For example, in the US Army, "A" company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment would be designated as "A/1-15". What we would like to have is the proper abbreviation format for all the major powers, from squad to division, (as well as a reference citation, if possible) In the US Army it looks like this:
Squad: Number
Platoon: Number
Company: Letter
Battalion: Number
Regiment: Number
Division: Number
Can anyone on the list steer me in either an answer to this question for each of the major combatants in WWII, and/or possible ways to research this issue? Any guidance would be appreciated.
Question on Abbreviations for Vichy French Units
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As far i know ...
peloton : number
section : number
compagnie : number
bataillon : number
régiment : number
division : number
corps : romanic number ( I , II , III ... )
armée : number
groupe d'armée : letter ( A, B , C... )
But , if a "groupement" was created, it was designated many times by the name of the chief .
As vichy forces are a little bit specific , i will check and came back if necessary .
Alain
peloton : number
section : number
compagnie : number
bataillon : number
régiment : number
division : number
corps : romanic number ( I , II , III ... )
armée : number
groupe d'armée : letter ( A, B , C... )
But , if a "groupement" was created, it was designated many times by the name of the chief .
As vichy forces are a little bit specific , i will check and came back if necessary .
Alain
ATF40 ( Armée de Terre Française 1940 ) : French ground army in 1940 , website atf40.fr
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Re: Question on Abbreviations for Vichy French Units
Of course an error ( with germans ) , it should be numeric for army groups .
ATF40 ( Armée de Terre Française 1940 ) : French ground army in 1940 , website atf40.fr