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World War II Armed Forces – Orders of Battle and Organizations | Last Updated 16.09.2005 |
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Swiss Armed Forces
Terms and Abbreviations |
| AAMG | Antiaircraft Machine Gun |
| Ammo. | Ammunition |
| AT | Antitank |
| ATG | Antitank Gun |
| Auszug | Militia. Mobilization personnel class. (Personnel aged 20 to 32)
Main component of the Swiss Army upon mobilization. |
| Bcl. | Bicycle |
| Border | Border Militia (Swiss: Grenz-)
Clarification: All four mobilization personnel classes were encountered in these units. Not to be confused with the active Volunteer Border Guards (Freiwilligen-Grenzschutz) |
| Bn. | Battalion |
| Bns. | Battalions |
| Bty. | Battery |
| Cav. | Horse Cavalry (Swiss: Dragoner) |
| Co. | Company |
| Col. | Column |
| Cos. | Companies |
| Det. | Detachment |
| Engr. | Engineer |
| FA | Field Artillery |
| FG | Field Gun |
| FH | Field Howitzer |
| Freiw.Gz. | Freiwilligen-Grenzschutz. Volunteer Border Guard. Active federal troops. |
| G | Gun |
| GHQ | General Headquarters |
| H | Howitzer |
| HMG | Heavy Machine Gun |
| Hvy. | Heavy |
| Inf. | Infantry (Swiss: Schützen, Füsilier, Carabinier) |
| Inf.Gun | Infantry Gun |
| Ldw. | Landwehr. Mobilization personnel class.
Clarification: Normally this means just Landwehr I (First Reserve, personnel aged 33 to 36) Landwehr II, (Second Reserve, personnel aged 37 to 40), is normally included in the Territorial Troops. (See below.) |
| Lds. | Landsturm. Mobilization personnel class.
(Third Reserve, personnel aged 41 to 48, later extended to 60) Landsturm is normally included in the Territorial Troops. (See below.) |
| LMG | Light Machine Gun |
| Mcl | Motorcycle |
| MG | Machine Gun |
| mot | motorized |
| Mtn. | Mountain (Swiss: Gebirgs-) |
| Recon. | Reconnissance |
| Rgt. | Regiment |
| Ter. | Territorial. Mobilization personnel class.
Normally Second {Landwehr II} and Third Reserve {Landsturm} combined. |
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