படை அமைப்பு

தற்காலத்தில் பெரும்பாலான நாடுகளின் படை அமைப்பு ஒரு சீராகவே உள்ளது. உலகின் பல நாடுகளின் படைகள் அமெரிக்கா, பிரிட்டன், நேட்டோ படைகளின் படைப்பிரிவுகள் அமைப்பையும், தர வரிசையையும் பயன்படுத்துகின்றன. சில நாடுகளில் சில வேறுபாடுகள் இருந்தாலும் கீழ்காணும் பட்டியலில் உள்ளவை பொதுவாக பெரும்பாலான நாடுகளுக்குப் பொருந்தும்.

தரைப்படைப் பிரிவுகள்

ஏ.பி.பி-6ஏ நேட்டோ குறியீடு	பெயர்	எண்ணிக்கை	உட்பிரிவுகள்	தளபதி
XXXXXX	பிரதேசம், களம்	1,000,000+	4+ ஆர்மி குரூப்புகள்	ஜெனரல், / ஐந்து நட்சத்திர ஜெனரல் / ஃபீல்டு மார்ஷல்
XXXXX	ஆர்மி குரூப், முனை	250,000+	2+ ஆர்மிகள்	ஜெனரல், / ஐந்து நட்சத்திர ஜெனரல் / ஃபீல்டு மார்ஷல்
XXXX	ஆர்மி	60,000–100,000+	2–4 கோர்கள்	ஜெனரல், நான்கு நட்சத்திர ஜெனரல் / கர்னல் ஜெனரல்
XXX	கோர்	30,000–80,000	2+ டிவிஷன்கள்	லெப்டினன்ட் ஜெனரல்/ கோர் ஜெனரல் /மூன்று நட்சத்திர ஜெனரல்
XX	டிவிசன்	10,000–20,000	2–4 பிரிகேடுகள் அல்லது ரெஜிமண்டுகள்	மேஜர் ஜெனரல்/டிவிசனல் ஜெனரல் / இரண்டு நட்சத்திர ஜெனரல்
X	பிரிகேட்	2000–5000	2+ ரெஜிமண்டுகள், 3–6 பட்டாலியன்கள் அல்லது பொதுநலவாய ரெஜிமண்டுகள்	பிரிகேடியர் / பிரிகேடியர் ஜெனரல் / ஒரு நட்சத்திர ஜெனரல்
III	ரெஜிமண்ட் /குரூப்	2000–3000	2+ பட்டாலியன்கள்	கர்னல்
II	தரைப்படை பட்டாலியன்,	300–1000	2–6 கம்பனிகள்	லெப்டினன்ட் கர்னல்
I	infantry கம்பனி	70–250	2–8 பிளாட்டூன்கள் அல்லது துருப்புகள்	சீஃப் வாரண்ட் ஆஃபீசர், கேப்டன் or மேஜர்
•••	பிளாட்டூன் அல்லது பொதுலநவாய துருப்பு	25–60	2+ squads, sections, or vehicles	வாரண்ட் ஆஃபீசர், முதல் அல்லது இரண்டாம் லெப்டினன்ட்
••	செக்‌ஷன் அல்லது பேட்ரோல்	8–12	2+ ஃபயர்டீம்	கார்பரல் to சார்ஜண்ட்
•	ஸ்குவாட் அல்லது குரூ	8–16	2+ ஃபயர்டீம்கள் or 1+ செல்கள்	கார்ப்பரல் அல்லது ஸ்டாஃப் சார்ஜண்ட்
Ø	ஃபயர்டீம்	4–5	n/a	லேன்ஸ் கார்ப்பரல்l to சார்ஜண்ட்
Ø	1	ஃபயர் அண்ட் மனூவர் டீம்	n/a	-

Rungs may be skipped in this ladder: for example, typically NATO forces skip from battalion to brigade. Likewise, only large military powers may have organizations at the top levels and different armies and countries may also use traditional names, creating considerable confusion: for example, a British or Canadian armored regiment (battalion) is divided into squadrons (companies) and troops (platoons), whereas an American cavalry squadron (battalion) is divided into troops (companies) and platoons.

Army, army group, region, and theatre are all large formations that vary significantly between armed forces in size and hierarchy position. While divisions were the traditional level at which support elements (field artillery, hospital, logistics and maintenance, etc.) were added to the unit structure, since World War II, many brigades now have such support units, and since the 1980s, regiments also have been receiving support elements. A regiment with such support elements is called a regimental combat team in US military parlance, or a battle group in the UK and other forces.

During World War II the Red Army used the same basic organizational structure. However, in the beginning many units were greatly underpowered and their size was actually one level below on the ladder than usually used elsewhere; for example, a division in the early-WWII Red Army would have been about the size of most nations' regiments or brigades.[1] [2] At the top of the ladder, what other nations would call an army group, the Red Army called a front. By contrast, during the same period the German Wehrmacht Army Groups, particularly on the Eastern Front, such as Army Group Centre significantly exceeded the above numbers, and were more cognate with the Soviet Strategic Directions.

கடற்படைப் பிரிவுகள்

Naval organization at the flotilla level and higher is less-commonly abided by, as ships operate in smaller or larger groups in various situations that may change at a moment's notice. However there is some common terminology used throughout navies to communicate the general concept of how many vessels might be in a unit.

Navies are generally organized into groups for a specific purpose, usually strategic, and these organizational groupings appear and disappear frequently based on the conditions and demands placed upon a navy. This contrasts with army organization where units remain static, with the same men and equipment, over long periods of time.

Unit Name	Vessel types	No. of Vessels	Officer in command
Navy or Admiralty	All vessels in a navy	2+ Fleets	Fleet Admiral or Admiral of the Fleet or Grand Admiral
Fleet	All vessels in an ocean or general region	2+ Battle Fleets or Task Forces	Admiral
Battle Fleet or Task Force	A large number of vessels of all types	2+ Task Groups	Vice Admiral
Task Group	A collection of complementary vessels	2+ Task Units or Squadrons	Rear Admiral (upper half) or Rear Admiral
Squadron (naval) or Task Unit	Usually capital ships	A small number of vessels	Rear Admiral (lower half), Commodore, or Flotilla Admiral
Flotilla or Task Unit	Usually not capital ships	A small number of vessels, usually of the same or similar types	Rear Admiral (lower half), Commodore, or Flotilla Admiral
Task Element	A single vessel	One	Captain or Commander

Auxiliary ships are usually commanded by officers below the rank of captain. These vessels include corvettes, gunboats, minesweepers, patrol boats, military riverine craft, tenders and torpedo boats. Some destroyers, particularly smaller destroyers such as frigates (formerly known as destroyer escorts) are commanded by officers below the rank of captain as well. Usually, the smaller the vessel, the lower the rank of the ship's commander. For example, patrol boats are often commanded by ensigns, while frigates are rarely commanded by an officer below the rank of commander.

Historical navies were far more rigid in structure. Ships were collected in divisions, which in turn were collected in numbered squadrons, which comprised a numbered fleet. Permission for a vessel to leave one unit and join another would have to be approved on paper.

The modern U.S. Navy is primarily based on a number of standard groupings of vessels, including the Carrier Strike Group and the Expeditionary Strike Group.

Additionally, Naval organization continues aboard a single ship. The complement forms three or four departments, each of which is has a number of divisions.

வான்படைப் பிரிவுகள்

The organizational structures of air forces vary between nations: some air forces (such as the United States Air Force and the Royal Air Force) are divided into commands, groups and squadrons; others (such as the Soviet Air Force) have an Army-style organizational structure. The modern Canadian Forces Air Command uses Air Division as the formation between wings and the entire air command. Like the RAF, Canadian wings consist of squadrons.

Symbol (for Army structure comparison)	Unit Name (USAF/RAF)	No. of personnel	No. of aircraft	No. of subordinate units (USAF/RAF)	Officer in command (USAF/RAF)
XXXXXX +	Air Force	Entire air force	Entire air force	All Major Commands / Commands	Gen / MRAF or Air Chf Mshl
XXXXX	Major Command / Command or Tactical Air Force	Varies	Varies	By Region or Duty (subordinate units varies)	Gen / Air Chf Mshl or Air Mshl
XX	Numbered Air Force / No RAF Equivalent	By Region (subordinate units varies)	Varies	2+ Wing / Groups	Maj-Gen / N/A
X	Wing / Group (inc. EAGs)	1,000-5000	48-100	2+ Groups / Wings	Brig-Gen / AVM or Air Cdre
III	Group / Wing (inc. EAWs) or Station	300-1,000	17-48	3-10 Squadrons / 3-4 Squadrons	Col / Gp Capt or Wg Cdr
II	Squadron	100-300	7-16	3-4 Flights	Lt Col or Maj / Wg Cdr or Sqn Ldr
•••	Flight	20-100	4-6	2 Sections plus maintenance and support crew	Capt / Sqn Ldr or Flt Lt
••	Section (or Detail)	2-4	2-3	n/a	Junior Officer or Senior NCO