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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. Fire and maneuver teams, fireteams, squads, crews, sections and patrols are typically sub-subunits.
Types of sub-units
Designation & symbol 
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Bundeswehr | English | French | Russian | Polish | |||
| basically | as sub-subunit | Designation | Structure | Commander/ leader | ||||
| ● single point |
single point above a laying rectangle / (example) 
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Trupp gun crew/ combat tank |
2–7 men | Unteroffizier ⇒ Hauptgefreiter | Team (e.g. Fireteam) |
Équipe de combat | Группа (gruppa)[1] Звено (zveno)[2] Расчёт (raschot)[3] |
Działon Obsługa |
| ● ● two points |
two points above a laying rectangle / (example) 
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* Gruppe * Halbzug |
* 8–12 men * 2 crew combat tank |
Oberfeldwebel ⇒ Unteroffizier | Squad | Groupe de combat | Отделе́ние (otdelenie) Экипаж (ekipazh)[4] Расчёт (raschot)[5] |
Drużyna |
| Rotte | 2 air craft | Two-ship flight/ Pair | Patrouille légère | Пара (para) | N.N. | |||
| ● ● ● three points |
three points above a laying rectangle / (example) 
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* Zug * Hörsaal |
ca. 40 men[6] | Hauptmann ⇒ Hauptfeldwebel | * Platoon * Lecture hall |
Section[7] | Взвод (vzvod) | Pluton |
| Schwarm/ Kette | 3–4 aircraft | Flight | Patrouille[8] Peloton[9] |
Звено (zveno) | Klucz | |||
- Remarks
- Army / Air Force
References
- ^ Usually as a translation, rarely used in post-WWII Soviet and Russian infantry tactics due to small squad size
- ^ In historical context, e.g. 1930s Red Army teams
- ^ When referring to infantry teams crewing collective weapons: HMGs, grenade launchers, ATGMs etc.
- ^ Crew in most military branches, e.g. aviation, armour, automobile troops etc.
- ^ Crew in artillery and all kinds of missile troops
- ^ The personal strength, e.g. of self-contained platoons, training platoons, technical platoons, or Bundeswehr sub-subunits with platoon structure, might contain different staff.[citation needed]
- ^ A section with group-structure (e.g.: US Marine Corps, 8–12 soldiers) may contain, in opposite to a "Section" in France armed forces, decisive less personal strength.[citation needed]
- ^ In fighter aviation
- ^ In bomber and military transport aviation