military unit
C2497
concept
A military unit is an organized group of armed personnel structured under a defined command hierarchy to perform specific tactical or operational missions.
Aliases (50)
- United States Marine Corps unit ×22
- infantry battalion ×15
- Wehrmacht formation ×14
- German army group ×8
- U.S. Army brigade ×7
- United States Space Force unit ×6
- Wehrmacht unit ×6
- armoured regiment ×6
- elite military formation ×6
- Foot Guards regiment ×5
- Marine Air-Ground Task Force ×5
- United States Marine Corps battalion ×5
- army group ×5
- line infantry regiment ×5
- military aviation unit ×5
- rifle division ×5
- Canadian Army unit ×4
- Imperial Japanese Army division ×4
- Primary Reserve unit ×4
- Red Army unit ×4
- United States Marine Corps regiment ×4
- air force unit ×4
- armored division ×4
- armoured brigade ×4
- armoured division ×4
- brigade combat team ×4
- colonial military unit ×4
- component of the British Army ×4
- guerrilla army ×4
- revolutionary army ×4
- Australian Army unit ×3
- Canadian Army regiment ×3
- German military unit ×3
- Marine expeditionary unit ×3
- Soviet army ×3
- armored cavalry regiment ×3
- army division ×3
- elite military unit ×3
- guerrilla force ×3
- military medical unit ×3
- ranger unit ×3
- Army Reserve regiment ×2
- Army Reserve unit ×2
- French Army corps ×2
- German Army division ×2
- Household Cavalry regiment ×2
- Imperial Japanese Army unit ×2
- International Brigades unit ×2
- Italian Army military unit ×2
- Italian field army ×2
Instances (showing first 500 of 654)
- Philippine Scouts
- Italian 1st Army
- air force support command
- 2nd Polish Army
- 21st Army Group ("field army formation")
- International Brigades ("volunteer military unit")
- Parachute Regiment ("airborne infantry regiment")
- 1st Marine Regiment ("United States Marine Corps regiment")
- Armoured Brigade
- Condor Legion
- 5th Marine Regiment ("United States Marine Corps regiment")
- National Liberation Front (EAM) ("guerrilla army")
- Regular Army ("component of the British Army")
- 7th Marine Regiment ("United States Marine Corps regiment")
- New Fourth Army
- Army Reserve ("component of the British Army")
- 11th Marine Regiment ("United States Marine Corps unit")
- Regular Force ("military organization component")
- French First Army
- Royal Warwickshire Regiment ("line infantry regiment")
- 1st Belorussian Front
- Japanese Kwantung Army ("army group")
- 1st Reconnaissance Battalion ("United States Marine Corps battalion")
- 1st Tank Battalion ("United States Marine Corps battalion")
- 7th Panzer Division ("Wehrmacht panzer division")
- 1st Ukrainian Front
- Imperial Army
- 1st Combat Engineer Battalion ("United States Marine Corps battalion")
- Heeresgruppe Süd ("German army group")
- British 8th Armoured Brigade ("armoured brigade")
- No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando ("Royal Marines commando unit")
- Musketeers of the Guard
- 2nd Belorussian Front
- 29th Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army
- Army Air Corps
- 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion ("United States Marine Corps battalion")
- Straits Settlements Volunteer Force ("colonial military unit")
- 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment ("armored cavalry regiment")
- 916th Support Brigade ("U.S. Army brigade")
- Chinese 87th Division
- 3rd Marine Division
- Chinese 88th Division
- Chinese Expeditionary Force
- Army Group Vistula ("German army group")
- Royal Marines ("commando force")
- Royal Tank Regiment ("armoured regiment")
- Morale Operations Branch ("psychological warfare unit")
- Life Guards ("Household Cavalry regiment")
- Space Systems Command ("United States Space Force unit")
- Army Group Centre ("German army group")
- Army Group North ("German army group")
- Japanese 3rd Division ("Imperial Japanese Army division")
- King’s Royal Hussars ("armoured regiment")
- Janissaries ("elite infantry corps")
- Japanese 11th Division ("Imperial Japanese Army division")
- German 716th Infantry Division ("German Army infantry division")
- Queen’s Royal Hussars ("armoured regiment")
- Royal Scots Dragoon Guards ("Cavalry regiment")
- 1st Ranger Battalion
- 1st Baltic Front
- 2nd Ranger Battalion ("U.S. Army Ranger battalion")
- Army Corps ("operational-level military unit")
- Grenadier Guards ("Foot Guards regiment")
- Coldstream Guards ("Foot Guards regiment")
- Scots Guards ("Foot Guards regiment")
- RAF No. 111 Squadron
- Irish Guards ("Foot Guards regiment")
- Don Front
- Italian Ariete Division ("armored division")
- Welsh Guards ("Foot Guards regiment")
- Italian Trieste Division ("armored division")
- 40th Army Corps ("Wehrmacht army corps")
- Jagdgeschwader 26
- Stuffy
- Army Group B ("German army group")
- RAF Air Mobility Force
- 1st Space Brigade
- 100th Missile Defense Brigade ("air defense unit")
- U.S. Marine Security Guards
- United States Volunteers ("temporary military unit")
- 49th Missile Defense Battalion
- Polish II Corps
- Navy SEALs
- Unit 999
- Amsterdam civic guard ("early modern military unit")
- Bermuda Regiment
- Night Stalkers
- Task Force 158
- 9th Division (Finland)
- 163rd Rifle Division ("rifle division")
- Romanian 3rd Army
- Eighth Army (United Kingdom)
- Panzer Army Africa
- 44th Rifle Division ("rifle division")
- Egyptian Republican Guard
- Army Group Don ("German army group")
- 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division ("brigade combat team")
- Regimental Special Troops Battalion
- 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division ("brigade combat team")
- Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps ("auxiliary military unit")
- Royal Rifles of Canada ("Canadian Army regiment")
- Middlesex Regiment ("line infantry regiment")
- Royal Scots ("line infantry regiment")
- Imperial Japanese Army 23rd Army ("Imperial Japanese Army unit")
- French Foreign Legion
- Polish Independent Highland Brigade
- Norwegian 6th Division
- 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division ("brigade combat team")
- 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division ("infantry brigade combat team")
- Winnipeg Grenadiers ("Canadian Army regiment")
- Cactus Air Force ("military air unit")
- French Moroccan Goumiers ("colonial military unit")
- No. 12 Group RAF
- No. 13 Group RAF
- German Army Group G ("army group")
- Special Operations Forces ("military organization type")
- Queen’s Gurkha Signals
- Malayan National Liberation Army ("guerrilla army")
- Blues and Royals ("Household Cavalry regiment")
- U.S. Army Americal Division
- Rebel Army ("revolutionary army")
- Brigada Paracaidista
- Legión Española
- Regulares
- Fuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra ("military aviation unit")
- Unidad Militar de Emergencias
- Engineer Command
- Logistic Support Command ("Spanish Army unit")
- Army Aviation Forces ("Spanish Army unit")
- Brigadas Orgánicas Polivalentes ("brigade formation")
- Manchester Regiment ("line infantry regiment")
- Fighter Wing 52
- SS units
- Thirteenth Air Force ("Military unit")
- Eleventh Air Fleet
- Armata Italiana in Russia ("Italian field army")
- ARMIR ("Italian field army")
- King’s Royal Regiment of New York ("Loyalist provincial regiment")
- Butler’s Rangers ("Loyalist provincial military unit")
- Detachment 1, 69th Reconnaissance Group ("reconnaissance unit")
- Chasseurs alpins
- 1st Infantry Regiment
- 2nd Armoured Brigade
- Training Wing 1
- National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
- Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command ("Finnish Defence Forces unit")
- Southern Front
- Japanese 10th Division ("Imperial Japanese Army division")
- 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne) ("psychological operations unit")
- Japanese 5th Division ("Imperial Japanese Army division")
- Armed Forces of Denmark (medical support) ("military medical unit")
- Armed Forces of Mexico (medical support) ("military medical unit")
- 1st Canadian Division ("army division")
- Canadian Machine Gun Corps
- Canadian Forestry Corps
- Cyber Command (Belgium)
- 2nd Canadian Division
- KG 53
- Bomber Wing 53
- Major-General Eric Down
- Fort Garry Horse ("armoured regiment")
- 1st Hussars ("armoured regiment")
- Poznań Army ("Polish field army")
- Armed Forces of Sweden (medical support) ("military medical unit")
- Boer forces ("guerrilla force")
- German 6th Army
- 3rd Canadian Division
- Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ("Regular Force regiment")
- Canadian Railway Troops
- Special Boat Service
- Pomorze Army
- 8th Army
- 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) ("special operations headquarters")
- 4th Canadian Division
- Royal 22e Régiment ("regiment of the Canadian Army")
- Don Cossack forces ("Cossack military unit")
- Army Group South ("German army group")
- Texian Army ("revolutionary army")
- Royal Winnipeg Rifles ("Primary Reserve unit")
- 10th Army
- Kuban Cossack forces ("White movement unit")
- Army Group A ("German army group")
- 4th Army
- 1st South African Division
- Republic of Venice (local forces)
- 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade ("armoured brigade")
- Helicopter Wing ("military aviation unit")
- Regina Rifle Regiment ("Primary Reserve unit")
- 2nd New Zealand Division ("New Zealand Army unit")
- 16th Army (Wehrmacht) ("Wehrmacht army")
- Orenburg Cossack forces ("Cossack military formation")
- 95th Civil Affairs Brigade (Airborne)
- Advanced Flying Training School
- 4th Indian Division
- 528th Sustainment Brigade (Special Operations) (Airborne) ("U.S. Army brigade")
- The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada ("Primary Reserve regiment")
- 18th Army (Wehrmacht) ("Wehrmacht army")
- Croatian Air Force (WWII)
- 1st Wing
- 5th Carrier Division
- 2nd Tactical Wing
- 10th Tactical Wing
- 15th Air Transport Wing
- Military Division of the Mississippi ("Union Army military division")
- Ustaše Militia
- Southwestern Front
- DAK
- Beiyang Fleet
- The Old Breed
- Ariete Armoured Division ("armoured division")
- 21 SAS ("Army Reserve regiment")
- Georgia Army National Guard units
- German Volksgrenadier divisions ("German Army infantry division type")
- Massachusetts Provincial Artillery Regiment
- 27th Infantry Division (United States) ("National Guard division")
- 23 SAS ("Army Reserve regiment")
- II MEF Information Group ("United States Marine Corps unit")
- 15th Panzer Division ("Wehrmacht military unit")
- 21st Panzer Division ("German military unit")
- 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
- Gurkha units
- 90th Light Africa Division ("German Army division")
- 2nd Marine Logistics Group ("Marine Air-Ground Task Force support unit")
- Atlacatl Battalion
- Soviet partisans ("guerrilla force")
- 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit ("Marine expeditionary unit")
- V Corps (United States) ("field army corps")
- 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit ("Marine expeditionary unit")
- 62nd Airlift Wing
- 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit ("Marine expeditionary unit")
- German-Italian Panzer Army ("Axis military unit")
- Southwestern Front Air Forces ("military aviation unit")
- 8th Marines ("United States Marine Corps regiment")
- Special Forces Support Group
- 6th Panzer Army
- II MEF Support Battalion ("United States Marine Corps battalion")
- Panzer division ("armored division")
- Doctrine Branch ("military organization unit")
- Gebirgsjäger division ("mountain infantry formation")
- Karelian Air Command
- Qing army ("imperial army")
- 2nd Marine Tank Battalion ("United States Marine Corps tank battalion")
- I Corps ("field army corps")
- Fallschirmjäger division ("German military unit type")
- 38th Army (Red Army) ("Soviet army")
- Lapland Air Command
- Swiss Guard
- Howling Commandos ("fictional military unit")
- Royal Canadian Engineers ("corps of the Canadian Army")
- 40th Army (Red Army)
- Satakunta Air Command ("air force unit")
- I MEF ("Marine Air-Ground Task Force")
- I MEF Information Group ("United States Marine Corps unit")
- I MEF Support Battalion ("United States Marine Corps unit")
- Roman legion
- 555th Engineer Brigade
- 17th Field Artillery Brigade ("field artillery brigade")
- 57th Army (Red Army)
- I MEF Headquarters Group ("United States Marine Corps unit")
- Marine Raider Support Group ("United States Marine Corps unit")
- Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers
- 9th Army (Red Army)
- 62nd Medical Brigade ("U.S. Army medical brigade")
- 16th Combat Aviation Brigade
- 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
- 1st Marine Logistics Group ("Marine Air-Ground Task Force support unit")
- French First Army Group ("army group")
- Jagdgeschwader 52
- 8 Engineer Brigade ("military engineering formation")
- III MEF ("Marine Air-Ground Task Force")
- German 1st Army ("Wehrmacht unit")
- Iraqi Republican Guard
- DSE ("guerrilla army")
- space warfare command ("military organization type")
- Portsmouth Flotilla
- Presidential Guard Battalion
- Army of the Potomac ("Union field army")
- Marine Troops (Troupes de marine) ("French Army corps")
- Foreign Legion
- 9th Army (Wehrmacht)
- II Corps (United States) ("field corps")
- Slovak Air Force (WWII)
- Long-Range Aviation
- U.S. 45th Infantry Division ("National Guard division")
- Praetorian Guard
- Marines
- 11th Signal Brigade and Headquarters West Midlands ("military brigade")
- 11th Armoured Division ("armoured division")
- Czechoslovak Legion
- I SS Panzer Corps
- German 4th Panzer Army
- Romanian 4th Army
- U.S. 82nd Airborne Division
- Guards Armoured Division
- Self Defense Fleet
- 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines (attached at times) ("infantry battalion")
- Submarine Force
- Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) ("guerrilla army")
- Mine Warfare Force
- Marine Raider Regiment ("United States Marine Corps unit")
- Corpo Truppe Volontarie ("Italian expeditionary force")
- Corpo Truppe Volontarie armoured units ("armoured military formation")
- Flechas Negras Division
- 3rd Marine Logistics Group ("United States Marine Corps unit")
- Fleet Air Force
- Garibaldi Battalion
- Flechas Azules Division
- 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade
- Littorio Division ("armoured division")
- Territorial Army ("component of the British Army")
- Army Reserve armoured units ("armoured unit")
- 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit ("Marine Expeditionary Unit")
- Kampfgeschwader 53
- 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines ("infantry battalion")
- 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines ("infantry battalion")
- Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon ("United States Marine Corps unit")
- Guardia de Palacio
- 1st Battalion, 7th Marines ("infantry battalion")
- Royal Air Force units ("military unit category")
- French XIX Corps ("French Army corps")
- 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines ("infantry battalion")
- 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines
- Headquarters Company, 7th Marines
- Support Battalion
- 1st CEB ("United States Marine Corps combat engineer battalion")
- German Tenth Army ("Wehrmacht unit")
- Manhattan District
- Weapons Company, 7th Marines
- Royal Air Force Bomber Command
- Recruit Training Regiment ("United States Marine Corps unit")
- Chinese 71st Army
- Provincial Rangers ("colonial military unit")
- Rogers' Rangers
- Queen's Rangers ("Loyalist provincial corps")
- 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ("infantry battalion")
- The Paras ("airborne infantry regiment")
- 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment ("infantry battalion")
- French Imperial Guard
- army of Cyrus the Younger ("mercenary army")
- Athenian cavalry ("ancient military unit")
- 4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment ("Army Reserve unit")
- 45th Space Wing ("United States Space Force unit")
- German 20th Mountain Army ("Wehrmacht formation")
- 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team ("brigade combat team")
- Luftflotte 2
- British Battalion
- Spanish Foreign Legion
- Regulares (Moroccan troops)
- 6th Armored Division ("armored division")
- VIII. Fliegerkorps
- Soviet Stalingrad Front
- Hungarian 2nd Army
- German 1st Panzer Army
- Frecce Tricolori
- 2nd Light Division ("German Army division")
- King's Own Scottish Borderers (historical) ("line infantry regiment")
- Byzantine navy ("Byzantine military unit")
- German 17th Army
- 412th Medical Group ("military medical group")
- No. 11 Group RAF
- Naval Reserve ("part-time military component")
- Ottoman air units
- 대한민국 해병대 ("해병대")
- 3rd Panzer Army ("Wehrmacht unit")
- 15 Squadron RAF Regiment