War flag
A war flag (or military flag) is a variant of a national flag for use by the nation's military forces on land. (The nautical equivalent is a naval ensign.) Under this strict sense of the term, few nations currently have war flags, most preferring to use instead their state flag or standard national flag for this purpose.
Current war flags
Land use only (
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War Flag of the United Kingdom (note 3:5 ratio)
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War flags that are also naval ensigns (
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Other war flags
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Former war flags
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See also
More broadly, any flag used by armed forces to represent themselves or the nation they serve can be considered a war or military flag.