Military Unit

Description (Specifications)

Sizes of Military Unit

The Imperial Army Ground Force Command regularly deploy the following standard sizes of military unit: -

• Battalion: Commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel
• Regiment: Commanded by a Colonel. This is the smallest unit typically independently deployed on a single world.
• Brigade: Commanded by a Brigadier General
• Division: Commanded by a Major General
• Corps: Commanded by a Lieutenant General
• Army: Commanded by a General
• Army Group: Commanded by a Field Marshal. This is the largest unit typically deployed on a single world.

The Imperial Marines deploy a set of smaller units.

• Planetary Deployments
  • Regiment: Commanded by a Colonel
  • Brigade: Commanded by a Brigadier General
  • Division: Commanded by a Subsector Marshal. These are always ad-hoc units. e.g. 99th Provisional Imperial Marine Division
• Shipboard Deployments
  • Team: Commanded by a Corporal
  • Squad: Commanded by a Sergeant
  • Platoon: Commanded by a Lieutenant
  • Company: Commanded by a Captain.
  • Detachment: Commanded by a Force Commander.
  • Battalion: Commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel.
  • Regiment: Commanded by a Colonel.

Types of Military Unit

Ground Forces

• Armoured Cavalry
• Jump Infantry
• Lift Infantry

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• Fifth Frontier War (game), Counter Mix
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• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science