Company Officer's Handbook Of The German Army - Command and ...

47. SUPPLEMENTARY ABBREVIATIONS
MILITARY SYMBOLS 127
The following supplementary abbreviations are used: 1 or le
(leicht), light; mn (mittel), medium; s (schwer), heavy; and sw
(schwerste), superheavy. Examples:
m I--P /
e T
Hv MG Medium Mort Light Scout Light Inf
Car
Equip Clm
Other supplementary letters are placed to the left, to the right,
above, below, or within the tactical symbol. Examples:
Hq Fortress Engr Hq Mtz Sig Bn Mtz Flash- Br Clm with "B"
Regt of an Army ranging Equip
Btry
The following supplementary letters are placed to the right of
the weapon or equipment symbol and indicate the country of origin
of such weapon or equipment: b (belgisch), Belgian; d (ddnisch),
Danish; e (englisch), English; f (franzbsisch), French; h (hollindisch),
Dutch; j (jugoslawisch), Yugoslav; n (norwegisch), Norwegian;
o (5sterreichisch), Austrian; p (polnisch), Polish; r (russisch),
Russian; t (tschechisch), Czech.
48. SUPPLEMENTARY NUMERALS
Arabic numerals placed to the right of the tactical symbols are
employed to identify the number of the following units and their
headquarters: armies, divisions, regiments, separate battalions, and
companies (or equivalent units). Example:
18th Inf Regt