Section (military unit)

{{short description|Military unit size designation}}

{{short description|Military unit size designation}}

[[File:1-2_Stryker_Brigade_Combat_Team_and_Indian_Army_Soldiers_move_as_one_fireteam_storming_Leschi_Town,_a_training_ground_outside_of_Joint_Base_Lewis–McChord_during_Yudh_Abhyas_2019.jpg|thumb|[[United States Army|U.S. Army]] and [[Indian Army]] soldiers, numbering roughly the size of a section, during a [[military exercise]]]]

[[File:1-2_Stryker_Brigade_Combat_Team_and_Indian_Army_Soldiers_move_as_one_fireteam_storming_Leschi_Town,_a_training_ground_outside_of_Joint_Base_Lewis–McChord_during_Yudh_Abhyas_2019.jpg|thumb|[[United States Army|U.S. Army]] and [[Indian Army]] soldiers, numbering roughly the size of a section, during a [[military exercise]]]]

A '''section''' is a military [[sub-subunit]]. It usually consists of between 6 and 20 personnel. [[NATO]] and [[United States Armed Forces|U.S.]] doctrine define a section as an organization "larger than a [[squad]], but smaller than a [[platoon]]."<ref>{{cite book |title=APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology |date=October 2017 |publisher=NATO Standardization Office |pages=3–67}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=ADP 3-90 Offense and Defense |date=31 August 2012 |publisher=US Department of the Army |location=Washington, DC |page=7 |url=https://armypubs.army.mil/doctrine/index.html}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite book |title=FM 1-02.2 Military Symbols |date=10 November 2020 |publisher=US Department of the Army |location=Washington, DC |pages=2–6}}</ref> As such, two or more sections usually make up an army [[platoon]] or an air force [[flight (military unit)|flight]].

A '''section''' is a military [[sub-subunit]]. It usually consists of between 6 and 20 personnel. [[NATO]] and [[United States Armed Forces|U.S.]] doctrine define a section as an organization "larger than a [[squad]], but smaller than a [[platoon]]."<ref>{{cite book |author1= |title=APP-06, NATO Joint Military Symbology (Ed. E, Ver. 1) |date=11 October 2023 |publisher= [[NATO Standardization Office]] |location=Brussels, Belgium |url=https://nso.nato.int/nso/nsdd/main/standards/ap-details/3169/EN |pages=3–67}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=ADP 3-90 Offense and Defense |date=31 August 2012 |publisher=US Department of the Army |location=Washington, DC |page=7 |url=https://armypubs.army.mil/doctrine/index.html}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite book |title=FM 1-02.2 Military Symbols |date=10 November 2020 |publisher=US Department of the Army |location=Washington, DC |pages=2–6}}</ref> As such, two or more sections usually make up an army [[platoon]] or an air force [[flight (military unit)|flight]].

In the Commonwealth tradition (for NATO the [[British Armed Forces]] and [[Canadian Armed Forces]]) section is a equivalent to an infantry [[squad]].<ref name = "Canadian Army Journal">{{cite magazine |last1=Major V. Sattler |last2=Captain M. O’Leary |date=Autumn 2010 |title=Organizing Modern Infantry: An Analysis of Section Fighting Power |url=http://www.regimentalrogue.com/blog/caj_vol13.3_06_e.pdf |magazine=Canadian Army Journal 13, no. 3 |language=en }}</ref>

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Standard [[NATO]] symbol for a ''section'' consists of two dots (●●) placed above a framed unit icon.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/>

Standard [[NATO]] symbol for a ''section'' consists of two dots (●●) placed above a framed unit icon.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/> The meaning of this symbol depends on the NATO country:

* some NATO countries (Spain, Portugal, Slovakia, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA) and Ukraine as a NATO candidate use the symbol ●● to denote units larger than a [[squad]]

* most NATO countries (Albania, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, France, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland) use the symbol ●● to denote units equivalent to a [[squad]]

The position of other NATO members is either not reflected in the current version of the APP-06 standard or requires clarification of the meaning of national designations.

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{| class="wikitable"

|+ Names of sections in NATO member armed forces

|+ Names of sections in NATO member armed forces

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!Belgium<ref>APP-6D B-4</ref>

! Albania<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 797</ref>

|Skuadër

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!Belgium<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 798</ref>

| Section/Sectie

| Section/Sectie

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! Bulgaria<ref>APP-6D B-5</ref>

! Bulgaria<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 799</ref>

|Otdelenie (Отделение)

|Otdelenie (Отделение)

|-

|-

! Canada<ref>APP-6D B-6</ref>

! Canada<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 800</ref>

| bgcolor="#A0E0A0"| Section

| bgcolor="#A0E0A0"| Section

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! Croatia

! Croatia<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 809</ref>

| Sekcija

| Odred

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! Czechia<ref>APP-6D B-7</ref>

! Czechia<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 801</ref>

|Družstvo

|Družstvo

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! Denmark<ref>APP-6D, B-10</ref>

! Denmark<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 803</ref>

| Sektion

| Sektion

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! Estonia

! Estonia<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 805</ref>

| Jagu

|Poolrühm

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|-

! France<ref>APP-6D, B-13</ref>

! France<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 806</ref>

| Groupe or Patrouille

| Groupe or Patrouille

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! Germany<ref name="auto2">APP-6D, B-8</ref>

! Germany<ref name="auto2">APP-06(E)(1), 802</ref>

| Gruppe or Rotte

| Gruppe or Rotte

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|-

! Greece<ref>APP-6D, B-15</ref>

! Greece<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 808</ref>

|Homas or Stoecheon

|Homas or Stoecheon

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! Hungary<ref>APP-6D, B-17</ref>

! Hungary<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 810</ref>

|Kezelőszemélyzet or Raj

|Kezelőszemélyzet or Raj

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! Italy<ref>APP-6D, B-19</ref>

! Italy<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 812</ref>

| Pattuglia

| Pattuglia

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!Norway<ref>APP-6D, B-24</ref>

! Latvia<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 815</ref>

| Komanda

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! Lithuania<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 813</ref>

| Skyrius

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! Luxembourg<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 814</ref>

| Groupe

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!Norway<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 818</ref>

| Gruppe

| Gruppe

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! Poland<ref>APP-6D, B-25</ref>

! Poland<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 819</ref>

| Drużyna

| Drużyna

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! Portugal<ref>APP-6D, B-26</ref>

! Portugal<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 820</ref>

| Secção

| Secção

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! Spain<ref>APP-6D, B-11</ref><ref>APP-6C, B-10</ref>

! Slovakia<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 822</ref>

| Sekcia

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! Spain<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 804</ref>

| Pelotón

| Pelotón

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! Turkey<ref>APP-6D, B-30</ref>

! Turkey<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 824</ref>

|Kisim

|Kisim

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! United Kingdom<ref name="auto3">APP-6D B-14</ref>

! United Kingdom<ref name="auto3">APP-06(E)(1), 807</ref>

| bgcolor="#A0E0A0"| (Not applicable<ref>{{cite book |title=APP-6C Joint Military Symbology |date=May 2011 |publisher=NATO |page=B-13 |url=http://armawiki.zumorc.de/files/NATO/APP-6(C).pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921231042/http://armawiki.zumorc.de/files/NATO/APP-6(C).pdf |archive-date=2015-09-21 }}</ref>)

| bgcolor="#A0E0A0"| (Not applicable<ref>{{cite book |title=APP-6C Joint Military Symbology |date=May 2011 |publisher=NATO |page=B-13 |url=http://armawiki.zumorc.de/files/NATO/APP-6(C).pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921231042/http://armawiki.zumorc.de/files/NATO/APP-6(C).pdf |archive-date=2015-09-21 }}</ref>)

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! United States<ref>APP-6D B-31</ref>

! United States<ref>APP-06(E)(1), 825</ref>

| bgcolor="#A0E0A0"| Section

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