Abbreviating finnish units

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Abbreviating finnish units

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Post by dat_boi9873 » 11 Dec 2020, 23:04

Hello guys I need help on how to abbreviate Finnish units from ww2 I wanna abbreviate the 3rd platoon, 5th company, second battalion, Infantry Regiment 7.

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Re: Abbreviating finnish units

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Post by JTV » 12 Dec 2020, 06:51

dat_boi9873 wrote:
11 Dec 2020, 23:04
Hello guys I need help on how to abbreviate Finnish units from ww2 I wanna abbreviate the 3rd platoon, 5th company, second battalion, Infantry Regiment 7.
That is easy:

III/5./II/JR 7

The basic system was such that Roman numerals were used for platoons and battalions, while Arabic numerals were used for companies and units.
The abbreviation could also be build in another manner in which the battalion number was omitted and company number was that of the particular company in its regiment, but it was bit more complicated manner of doing things, since the sequence of companies in infantry regiments changed in between Winter War and Continuation War.

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Re: Abbreviating finnish units

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Post by dat_boi9873 » 15 Dec 2020, 19:18

Thanks.

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