Col Deadmarsh Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 When I review a scenario, I always notice those military markings showing attack/defense, but I don't really know what they mean. And yes, I can kind of figure out what the author means when he uses these but I'd really like to find a site that explains all this stuff anyway. Anyone got a link to one of these military sites? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Are you talking about the briefing graphics? I find the symbols usually are much simpler than standard military tactical symbols. Normally they are just solider or tank silhouettes and red or blue defensive lines. These are clearly inspired by full on tactical symbols but much more high level. There are a variety of sites and each army had their own set of symbols. Modern (NATO) The system the allies used in WWII has evolved into the modern NATO symbols. Here is a primer on the symbols themselves Wikipedia Symbols description. This is the official unclassified document and chapter 3 deals with how to use them on a topo map: Nato Millitary Symbols Guide. US and Western Allies - WW2 For the actual WWII symbols consult FM21-30. This document also talks about how to use them on a map. German - WW2 For the Germans, I actually have not looked for documentation on how they were used on maps. You can find the symbol description here: German Army Organizational Symbolx This site also uses the symbols to describe the German army's organizational structure Russian - WW2 This is a little trickier. They have a great system and I have found a few documents on line that are in Russian. The document you want is "TM 30-430 Handbook On USSR Military Forces" however only one chapter is available online but it can be found Google Search to locate a copy. In this thread you can find more information and people chiming in with lots of good links etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pak40 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Do you mean the arrows and icons used to show the basic plan of attack and suspected enemy locations, like the photo below:? http://www.armchairgeneral.com/wordpress/wp-content/image/2011/Games/Combat-Mission-DDay-AAR/mission%20briefing2.jpg Or do you meant the typical NATO style military unit symbols? for example: http://army.ca/wiki/images/3/37/Map_Symbols.jpg 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Belenko Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 .... . US and Western Allies - WW2 For the actual WWII symbols consult FM21-30. This document also talks about how to use them on a map. Just go back one level from the FM21-30 link to www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref/FM/PDFs for a heap pile of documents. Two good ones. FM7-5 ORGANIZATION AND TACTICS OF INFANTRY THE RIFLE BATTALION FM17-10 ARMORED FORCE FIELD MANUAL 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Oh, yes that page links to so much good information - a great page to book mark. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pak40 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Just go back one level from the FM21-30 link to www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref/FM/PDFs for a heap pile of documents. Two good ones. FM7-5 ORGANIZATION AND TACTICS OF INFANTRY THE RIFLE BATTALION FM17-10 ARMORED FORCE FIELD MANUAL and if you go back one more to http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref/FM/ then you can see what each document actually is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Deadmarsh Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 Do you mean the arrows and icons used to show the basic plan of attack and suspected enemy locations, like the photo below:? http://www.armchairgeneral.com/wordpress/wp-content/image/2011/Games/Combat-Mission-DDay-AAR/mission%20briefing2.jpg Or do you meant the typical NATO style military unit symbols? for example: http://army.ca/wiki/images/3/37/Map_Symbols.jpg The latter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Deadmarsh Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 and if you go back one more to http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref/FM/ then you can see what each document actually is. Two of my Malware threat softwares say that safe is unsafe. Just a heads up. Any other sites that have these same WWII docs? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Two of my Malware threat softwares say that safe is unsafe. Just a heads up. Any other sites that have these same WWII docs? Humm that's odd. I have been there many times lots of good stuff there. What is your paranoid ware detectors specifically complaining about? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Colonel_Deadmarsh, Though I've never had any grief re HyperWAr from my AV software, a site called Easy39th has slews of FMs and TM available under Research. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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