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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 ...
In the British Army, ACI 1118 specified that the design for the formation sign should be approved by the general officer commanding the formation and reported to the War Office. [51] A further order of December 1941 (ACI 2587) specified the material of the uniform patch as printed cotton (ordnance issue), this replaced the embroidered felt (or ...
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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. Optimal unit size graphics are the 600 × 135 px vectorized images.
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.
Registration plate of an Indian military vehicle. The device was used in Colonial India, and continues to be used in modern India on military vehicle registration plates, although the symbol now employed is a standard typographical upward-pointing arrow rather than a true broad arrow. [40]
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