NATO Joint Military Symbology
Unit IconThe map icons used in this website are basically followed by NATO Symbology.
The detailed Symbology explaination could be see here (wikipedia).
The common used symbols are as following.
Unit Size (courtesy of wikipedia)
SymbolNameTypical no. of personnelNo. of subordinate unitsTypical rank of leader
XXXXXArmy Group120,000–500,000Several armiesCommonwealth:Field Marshal
US:General of the Army
XXXXArmy100,000Nominally several corps, typically 5–10 DivisionsGeneral
XXXCorps/Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF)30,000–60,000 (USMC MEF 20,000–90,000)Several divisions (USMC MEF—at least one Marine Division, Marine Aircraft Wing, and Marine Logistics Group)Lieutenant General
XXDivision10,000–20,000Nominally several Brigades/Regiments (USMC), typically ~10 Manoeuvre Battalions plus support units (USMC – three or four Marine Regiments plus several combat support battalions)Major General
XBrigade/Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB)2,000–5,000 U.S (USMC MEB 7,000–20,000), 4,000–20,000 CommonwealthSeveral U.S. Battalions (USMC MEB—at least one Marine Infantry Regiment (Reinforced), Composite Marine Aircraft Group, and Marine Logistics Regiment) or 2–5 Commonwealth tactical (field) Regiments. Largest permanent grouping for Commonwealth unitsCommonwealth: Brigadier
US: US Army BCT Colonel, USMC MEB Brigadier General
IIIRegiment/Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)/Battlegroup/Group500–2,000 (USMC Marine Infantry Regiment 3,200+ and MEU: 1,500–3,000, "standard" MEU 2,200)3–7 Battalions. (USMC MEU—a Marine Infantry Battalion (Reinforced), a Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (Composite), and a Marine Combat Logistics Battalion)Colonel (Group Captain in Commonwealth air force ground combat force)
IIBattalion or equivalent, e.g. Commonwealth Regiment (certain countries/arms only) or U.S. Cavalry Squadron (Wing in Commonwealth air force ground combat force)300–1,0002–6 Companies, Batteries, U.S. Troops, or Commonwealth Squadrons, etc.Commonwealth: Major
U.S. Captain
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