Editing Platoon (section)

==NATO==
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!  [[NATO Joint Military Symbology|NATO Map Symbols]]<ref>{{cite book |title=APP-6C Joint Military Symbology |date=May 2011 |publisher=NATO |url=http://armawiki.zumorc.de/files/NATO/APP-6(C).pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921231042/http://armawiki.zumorc.de/files/NATO/APP-6(C).pdf |archive-date=2015-09-21 }}</ref>
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| [[File:NATO Map Symbol - Unit Size - Platoon or Troop.svg|80px]]<br />[[File:Military Symbol - Friendly Unit (Solid Light 1.5x1 Frame)- Unspecified or Composite All-Arms (NATO APP-6).svg|80px]]
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|A platoon
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| [[File:NATO Map Symbol - Unit Size - Platoon or Troop.svg|80px]]<br />[[File:Military Symbol - Friendly Unit (Solid Light 1.5x1 Frame)- Infantry - Mechanized (NATO APP-6).svg|80px]]
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| A mechanized infantry platoon
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| [[File:NATO Map Symbol - Unit Size - Platoon or Troop.svg|80px]]<br />[[File:Military Symbol - Friendly Unit (Solid Light 1.5x1 Frame)- Armour (NATO APP-6).svg|80px]]
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| a tank platoon
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| [[File:NATO Map Symbol - Unit Size - Platoon or Troop.svg|80px]]<br />[[File:Military Symbol - Friendly Unit (Solid Light 1.5x1 Frame)- Military Engineers - Combat Engineers (NATO APP-6A).svg|80px]]
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| a combat engineer platoon
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NATO defines a platoon, or detachment, as an organization larger than a section but smaller than a company.<ref name="NATO Standardization Office">{{cite book |title=APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology |date=October 2017 |publisher=NATO Standardization Office |pages=3–67}}</ref> The standard [[NATO]] symbol for a platoon consists of three dots (●●●) placed above a framed unit icon.<ref name="NATO Standardization Office"/> Member nations have stipulated the different names they use for organizations of this size.

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|+ Names for platoons in  NATO member armed forces
!Albania
|Togë
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!Belgium<ref>APP-6D B-4</ref>
| Peloton
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! Bulgaria<ref>APP-6D B-5</ref>
|Взвод
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! Canada<ref>APP-6D B-6</ref>
|Platoon, Troop, or Section
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! Croatia
|Vod
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! Czech Republic<ref>APP-6D B-7</ref>
|Četa
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! Denmark<ref>APP-6D, B-10</ref>
| Deling
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!Estonia
|Rühm
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!Finland
|Joukkue, or Jaos (artillery)
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! France<ref>APP-6D, B-13</ref>
| Section, or Peloton
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! Germany<ref name="auto2">APP-6D, B-8</ref>
| Zug, or Schwarm (Luftwaffe)
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!Greece<ref>APP-6D, B-15</ref>
| Themoerea, or Ulamos (διμοιρία, or ουλαμός)
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!Hungary<ref>APP-6D, B-17</ref>
| Szakasz
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! Italy<ref>APP-6D, B-19</ref>
| Plotone, or Sezione
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!Latvia
|Vads
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!Lithuania
|Būrys
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!Montenegro
|Vod
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!Netherlands<ref>APP-6D B-23</ref>
| Peloton, Gevechtsbatterij, or Vlucht
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!North Macedonia
|Вод
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!Norway<ref>APP-6D, B-24</ref>
| Tropp
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! Poland<ref>APP-6D, B-25</ref>
| Pluton
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! Portugal<ref>APP-6D, B-26</ref>
| Pelotão
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!Romania
|Pluton
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!Slovakia
|Čata
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!Slovenia
|Vod
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!Spain<ref>APP-6D, B-11</ref><ref>APP-6C, B-10</ref>
| Pelotón 
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!Sweden
| Pluton
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!Turkey<ref>APP-6D, B-30</ref>
|Takım
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! United Kingdom<ref name="auto3">APP-6D B-14</ref>
|Platoon, Troop, or Flight
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! United States<ref>APP-6D B-31</ref>
|Platoon, or Detachment
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