Company Officer's Handbook Of The German Army - All Gauge Page
Company Officer's Handbook Of The German Army - All Gauge Page
Company Officer's Handbook Of The German Army - All Gauge Page
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Section VII.<br />
MILITARY SYMBOLS<br />
41. GENERAL<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>German</strong> Armed Forces use military symbols extensively on<br />
maps, in tables of organization, and on direction and location signposts<br />
in combat zones. Military symbols will also be seen on vehicles<br />
and equipment, with or without the divisional emblem. <strong>The</strong> <strong>German</strong><br />
system of military symbols consists of a number of basic and<br />
supplementary symbols, which are used in combinations to indicate<br />
various headquarters, units, and equipment.<br />
At the beginning of the present war, the <strong>German</strong>s used an elaborate<br />
system of military symbols. Apparently the system was found<br />
to be too complicated for use in the field, and two lists of amendments<br />
(one dated November 1942 and the other January 1943)<br />
were issued with the object of simplifying the basic and supplementary<br />
symbols for weapons and 'equipment.<br />
<strong>The</strong> revised system of military symbols is analyzed briefly below.<br />
1 Inasmuch as many <strong>German</strong> charts, maps, and other documents<br />
may still employ the old basic symbols, the superseded<br />
symbols for weapons and equipment are also presented.<br />
42. BASIC SYMBOLS FOR HEADQUARTERS<br />
<strong>The</strong> following basic symbols are employed to indicate headquarters:<br />
High Command of krmy Group <strong>Army</strong> Corps<br />
the <strong>Army</strong><br />
1 For a more detailed analysis, see <strong>German</strong> Military Symbols (1 April 1944),<br />
published jointly by the Military Intelligence Division, War Department, Washington,<br />
and the Directorate of Military Intelligence, War <strong>Of</strong>fice, London.<br />
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