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. Fireteams, squads, crews, sections and patrols are typically sub-subunits.
^When referring to infantry teams crewing collective weapons: HMGs, grenade launchers, ATGMs etc.
^APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-25.
^APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-8.
^APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-8.
^APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-13.
^APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-13.
^Crew in most military branches, e.g. aviation, armour, automobile troops etc.
^Crew in artillery and all kinds of missile troops
^APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-25.
^APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-25.
^APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-25.
^APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology. NATO Standardization Office. October 2017. p. B-8.
^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]