Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
English: Military map symbol for a land unit or formation. The solid fill and diamond shaped frame were both introduced in NATO's APP-6A standard. The solid fill and diamond shaped frame were both introduced in NATO's APP-6A standard.
In APP-6A, the friendly frame and icon could be produced in blue (typical for hand drawn or on when used over a bright background in electronic display) or cyan (for use over darker backgrounds in electronic display). In APP-6, all units were represented by a rectangle with dimensions that varied from 1.5 by 1 to 1.7 by 1.
NATO Joint Military Symbology is the NATO standard for military map symbols. Originally published in 1986 as Allied Procedural Publication 6 ( APP-6 ), NATO Military Symbols for Land Based Systems , the standard has evolved over the years and is currently in its fifth version (APP-6D).
For "UNIT ICON" select from images available at commons:Category:Military map symbols for units and formations.; For "UNIT SIZE ICON" select from images available at commons:Category:Unit size indicators for tactical signs and map symbols of NATO.
English: Military map symbol for a friendly unit or formation. The blue frame and icon were defined in APP-6 to indicate friendly. In APP-6A, the option to use a solid "Crystal Blue" fill was introduced for friendly units. In APP-6, all units were represented by a rectangle with dimensions that varied from 1.5 by 1 to 1.7 by 1.
English: Military map symbol for a hostile unit or formation. The use of red has indicated hostile or enemy through all versions of APP-6, and in older US Army standards from which NATO standards were derived. While the original APP-6 used a rectangle to depict all units, starting with APP-6A a diamond was used instead.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work; to remix – to adapt the work; Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.