Editing Sentai (section)

==Imperial Japanese naval ''sentai''==
''Sentai'' in the Japanese Navy were prescribed by the document ''Naval military command No. 10, {{nihongo|'''Kantairei'''''|艦隊令}} dated 30 November 1914.

Paraphrased, they were defined as follows:
*{{nihongo|''Sentai''|戦隊||[[Battleship]] Division, [[Battlecruiser]] Division, [[Cruiser]] Division, [[Minelayer]] Division or Coast Defence Ship Division}}: comprising two or more warships of the same [[Warship#Types|type]].
*{{nihongo|''Kōkū Sentai''|航空戦隊||Carrier Division or Air Flotilla}}: comprising two or more [[aircraft carrier]]s, [[seaplane tender]]s or air groups.
*{{nihongo|''Suirai Sentai''|[[:ja:水雷戦隊|水雷戦隊]]||Torpedo Squadron or Cruiser-Destroyer Squadron}}: comprising two or more [[destroyer]]s, possibly with a [[light cruiser]] as a squadron [[flagship]].
*{{nihongo|''Sensui Sentai''|潜水戦隊||Submarine Squadron}}: comprising two or more [[submarine]]s, with a [[submarine tender]] or cruiser as submarine squadron leader, and some submarine divisions. The ''1st Sensui Sentai'' was formed on 1 April 1919 from the former ''4th Suirai Sentai''.
*{{nihongo|''Yusō Sentai''|輸送戦隊||Landing Ship Squadron}}: comprising two or more [[landing ship]] divisions. First unit the ''1st Yusō Sentai'' was organized on 25 September 1944.
*{{nihongo|''Tokkō Sentai''|特攻戦隊||Suicide Attack Division}}: comprising a [[mother ship]] and individual suicide weapons, such as ''[[Kaiten]]'', ''[[Kairyū-class submarine|Kairyū]]'', ''[[:ja:蛟竜 (潜水艦)|Kōryū]]'' and ''[[Shin'yō-class suicide motorboat|Shin'yō]]''. The first such unit was the ''1st Tokkō Sentai'', organized on 20 March 1945.