Common Military Units: Difference between revisions

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Following is a list of [[Common Military Units]] found in the US ([[Yanks With Tanks]]) and UK military forces ([[Brits With Battleships]]; which, by extension, covers the rest of [[The Commonwealth]]). Other countries, e.g. Russia (who inherited its military from USSR) and China, use similar hierarchies with a few regional particularities, also outlined below. See also [[Common Ranks]].

[[The Other Wiki]] has [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Military_organization~~ more information with tables].

[[The Other Wiki]] has [[wikipedia:Military organization|more information with tables]].

== By service arm ==

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** Symbol: XXXX

** Size: 60,000–100,000+

** CO: [[Four Star Badass|General (OF-9)]]

** CO: [[Four-Star Badass|General (OF-9)]]

* '''Army group'''. Consists of two or more armies.

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=== Paratroops/Airborne ===

[[~~Its~~ Raining Men]]. Troops designed to be deployed by aircraft, either gliders or parachutes. During the [[Cold War]], the USSR maintained no less than eight divisions of airborne troops (one training, seven regular) and their airborne forces, the VDV, were separate from the other arms of service.

[[It's Raining Men]]. Troops designed to be deployed by aircraft, either gliders or parachutes. During the [[Cold War]], the USSR maintained no less than eight divisions of airborne troops (one training, seven regular) and their airborne forces, the VDV, were separate from the other arms of service.

=== Engineers ===

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=== Air Defense ===

[[Anti Air]], also [[Nerf|nerfed]] in fiction-- see [[Point Defenseless]].

[[Anti-Air]], also [[Nerf|nerfed]] in fiction-- see [[Point Defenseless]].

=== Logistics/Supply ===

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