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The first basic military map symbols began to be used by western armies in the decades following the end of the Napoleonic Wars.During World War I, there was a degree of harmonisation between the British and French systems, including the adoption of the colour red for enemy forces and blue for allies; the British had previously used red for friendly troops because of the traditional red coats ...
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.
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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.
This indicator should be used over top of a monochrome unit symbol of the same colour to indicate the size of the unit. Corresponding unit symbols can be found in Category:Military map symbols for units and formations In modern NATO and US usage Blue = Friend, Red = Enemy, Green = Neutral, and Yellow = Unknown.
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A shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI) is an embroidered emblem worn on the sleeves of some United States Army uniforms to identify the primary headquarters to which a soldier is assigned. Like division sized units, separate brigades of the U.S. Army are allowed their own SSI to distinguish their wearers from those of other units. Most military units ...
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.