Maps symbols Flashcards
Unit size, unit type, weapon, vehicle, activity and mission task verb.
What does this size indicator means ?

Team/Crew
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Squad
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Section
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Platoon (Engineer/Armour/Signals Troop)
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Company (Artillery Battery, Engineer/Armour/Signals Squadron)
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Battalion
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Regiment/Group
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Brigade
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Division
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Corps
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Army
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Army Group
What does this size indicator means ?

Region
What does this symbol means ?

Combat Team
What does this symbol means ?

Battle Group
What does this symbol means ?

Brigade Group
What does this symbol means ?

Exact location of an unknown unit
What does this symbol means ?

Friendly infantry
What does this symbol means ?

Hostile Armour
What does this symbol means ?

Unknown Reconnaissance
What does this symbol means ?

Neutral Engineer
What does this symbol means ?

Hostile Artillery
What does this symbol means ?

Friendly Signals
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Hostile air defence
What does this symbol means ?

Unknown mortar
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Friendly antitank
What does this symbol means ?

Neutral bridging
What does this symbol means ?

Hostile maintenance
What does this symbol means ?

Neutral Medical
What does this symbol means ?

Friendly missiles
What does this symbol means ?

Unknown mountain troop
What does this symbol means ?

Hostile NBC
What does this symbol means ?

Friendly ordinance
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Unknown combat service support
What does this symbol means ?

Friendly airmobile
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Hostile airborne
What does this symbol means ?

Friendly Amphibious troop or marine
What does this symbol means ?

Unknown Radars
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Friendly military police
What does this symbol means ?

Friendly electronic warfare
What does this symbol means ?

Friendly intelligence
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Friendly interior security forces
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Friendly self-propelled artillery
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Friendly ammunition depot
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Hostile water point
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Friendly ration depot
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Uknown POL depot
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Neutral field hospital
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Neutral laundry/bath installation
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Hostile decontamination area
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Friendly military facility
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Hostile direction finding station
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Unknown radio intercept station
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Friendly jamming station
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Neutral electronic warfare emission station
What does this symbol means ?

Friendly reconnaissance OP
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Friendly sound ranging post
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Hostile mortar of unspecified calibre
What does this symbol means ?

Friendly grenade-launcher of unspecified calibre
What does this symbol means ?

Hostile gun or howitzer of unspecified calibre
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Friendly surface to surface missile of unspecified range
What does this symbol means ?

Fiendly surface to air missile of unspecified range
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Hostile air defence gun of unspecified calibre
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Hostile antitank gun of unspecified calibre
What does this symbol means ?

Friendly antitank missile of unspecified calibre
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Hostile antitank rocket launcher of unspecified calibre
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Friendly multiple rocket launcher of unspecified calibre
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Hostile flame-thrower
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Friendly laser designator
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Hostile tank of unspecified size
What does this symbol means ?

Friendly armored personnal carrier of unspecified size
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Hostile infantry fighting vehicle of unspecified size
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Friendly soft-skinend vehicle of unspecified size
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Hostile armoured vehicle
What does this symbol means ?

Friendly train or wagon
What does this symbol means ?

Hostile hovercraft
What does this mobility indicator means ?

Amphibious
What does this mobility indicator means ?

Over snow
What does this mobility indicator means ?

Towed
What does this mobility indicator means ?

On wheeled 4x4
What does this mobility indicator means ?

All terrain 6x6, 8x8, etc.
What does this mobility indicator means ?

Tracked
What does this mobility indicator means ?

Half-track
What does this symbol means ?

3 friendly mortar of unspecified calibre
What does this symbol means ?

Hostile helicopter
What does this symbol means ?

Neutral aircraft
What does this symbol means ?

Hostile artilley batterie A
What does this symbol means ?

Section 2 of friendly infantry unit
What does this symbol means ?

C battery of an unknown artilley battalion of the 3rd artilley regiment
What does this symbol means ?

The 4th armoured brigade of the second division of the 6th American corps
What does this symbol means ?

The 1st electronic warfare squadron of the 1st Canadian division
What does this symbol means ?

B company, reinforced, of the 1st infantry battalion
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Hostile 41st tank battalion, reduced, of the 4th regiment
What does this symbol means ?

The 41st tank battalion of the 4th tank regiment at 65% of is capability.
What does this symbol means ?

Hostile 283 armored infantry battalion of the 28th regiment, reduced, at 80%, equiped with BMP-2.
What does this symbol means ?

2nd MP section of the 25 battalion of the 4 regiment, reduced. Log entry 135.
What does this symbol means ?

Exact position of a friendly OP belonging to 2 section of 1 platoon of C battery. Log entry #78 at 1200 hours the 12th of this month.
What does this symbol means ?

Future location of hostile tank division HQ.
What does this symbol means ?

Supected/Probable position of neutral 7th medical company, augmented. Log entry #46.
What does this symbol means ?

Position of enemy artillery OP (FOO) of an unknown section.
What does this symbol means ?

Unknown Hostile tank squadron with unknown equipment
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Special operation force unit
What does this symbol means ?

Aviation special forces fixed wings
What does this symbol means ?

Navy special operation forces
What does this symbol means ?

Ranger unit
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Forward Edege of Battle Area (FEBA)
What does this symbol means ?

Forwrd Line of Own Troops
What does this symbol means ?

A beachhead
What does this symbol means ?

Report Line Lion
What does this symbol means ?

Boundaries between the 4th brigade and the 32nd battalion (the biggest unit has its symbol on the line)
What does this symbol means ?

Boundaries between the 6th UK corps and the 2nd US corps.

What does this symbol means ?

A defensive position held by a company
What does this symbol means ?

An alternate or planned defensive position held by a battalion
What does this symbol means ?

A strong point held by a platoon
N.B. A strong point is enssentialy a strongly fortified and heavily armed defensive position.
What does this symbol means ?

Defensive position held by the 3rd infantry section of A company
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Planned destruction
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Prepared for destruction safe state
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Prepared and armed for destruction
What does this symbol means ?

Destruction Completed
What does this symbol means ?

Planned barricade
What does this symbol means ?

Finished but passable barricade
What does this symbol means ?

Completed barricade
What does this symbol means ?

Unspecified type of mine
What does this symbol means ?

Anti-personnel mines
What does this symbol means ?

Anti-tank mines
What does this symbol means ?

Anti-tank mine with anti-handling device
What does this symbol means ?

Anti-tank mine Claymore
What does this symbol means ?

Mine cluster
What does this symbol means ?

Anti-tank and antipersonnel mine scatterable
What does this symbol means ?

Anti-tank and antipersonnel mine area
What does this symbol means ?

Unexploded ordinance (UXO)
What does this symbol means ?

Antitank and antipersonnel mine line
What does this symbol means ?

Unconfirmed minefield
What does this symbol means ?

Future minefield
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Breached anti-tank minefield
What does this symbol means ?

Abatis obstacle constructed with trees
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Booby trap
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Trip wire
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Single fence
Anti-tank ditch under construction

Anti-tank ditch under construction
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Completed anti-tank ditch
What does this symbol means ?

Unspecified linear obstacle
What does this symbol means ?

Non explosive anti-tank
What does this symbol means ?

Flooded area
What does this symbol means ?

Smoked area
What does this symbol means ?

Area bombarder by hostile forces
What does this symbol means ?

Impassable area for infantry
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Impassable area for both wheeled and tracked
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Enemy small trench
What does this symbol means ?

Surface fortification
What does this symbol means ?

Bunker or undergroud fortifications
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Fortified line
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Artillery fire concentration point
What does this symbol means ?

Linear fire contentration fire
What does this symbol means ?

Nucelar target
What does this symbol means ?

Arc of fire of an anti-tank missile launcher
What does this symbol means ?

Arc of fire of a medium machine gun dug-in
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Uniderictionnal route used only once
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Route used in both directions
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Route with delaying action
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Unit axis of advance
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Route of a ferry
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Reconnaissance screen
What does this symbol means ?

Helicopter flight direction
What does this symbol means ?

Aviation flight direction
What does this symbol means ?

Start point
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Release point
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Check or control point
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Co-ordination point
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Contact point
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1RCR objective on a companu defensive position
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C company objective on a line of hostile bunkers
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Nuclear attack
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Biological event
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Chemical event
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Unspecified NBC event
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Counter intelligence activity
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Attempted murder
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Assassination/Murder/Execution
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Bomb / Explosion
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Poisening
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Barricade / Road block (completed)
What does this symbol means ?

Incendiary / Fire
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Barricade / Road block in contruction
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Rectruiting activity
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Civil unrest
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Arrest
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Pillage
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Spying activity
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Ammunition cache
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Sniping activity
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Propaganda / Psychological warfare
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Special forces operation
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Ambush
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Drug or illegal substances
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Hijacking (by vehicle)
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Booby trap
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Surveillance activity
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Patrolling
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Refugees
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Fortified location, point or resistance
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EW activity
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Extortion activity
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Block
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Breach
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Bypass
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Canalize
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Clear
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Contain
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Counter-attack
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Counter-attack with fire support
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Supress
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Neutralize
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Fix
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Interdict
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Follow and support
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Follow and assume
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Isolate
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Disrupt
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Occupy
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Penetrate
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Secure
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Contain
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Cover
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Seize
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Screen
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Guard