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Title: WWII German Symbols Book
Post by: fsn on 16 June 2021, 01:55:44 PM
http://maps.mapywig.org/m/m_documents/EN/GERMAN_MILITARY_SYMBOLS_1944.pdf (http://maps.mapywig.org/m/m_documents/EN/GERMAN_MILITARY_SYMBOLS_1944.pdf)

German Military Symbols, 1944 - S Official.

Quite fun.
Title: Re: WWII German Symbols Book
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 16 June 2021, 02:18:21 PM
Got someting in hard back years ago. The same basic system is still used by the Bundeswhere, but dont try to freehand it on anything smaller than 28mm.
Title: Re: WWII German Symbols Book
Post by: Aksu on 17 June 2021, 03:56:21 AM
Great link, thanks. The (old) Russian military and map symbols are also quite a lot of fun to decrypt
Cheers,
Aksu
Title: Re: WWII German Symbols Book
Post by: John Cook on 17 June 2021, 03:01:13 PM
These map marking symbols are also included in the German Organisational Series which can be found at the end of the German Section on:

http://www.niehorster.org/index.htm

This site is very useful for all WW2 belligerents' OBs down to unit level.
Title: Re: WWII German Symbols Book
Post by: Aksu on 18 June 2021, 06:11:37 AM
Quote from: John Cook on 17 June 2021, 03:01:13 PM
These map marking symbols are also included in the German Organisational Series which can be found at the end of the German Section on:

http://www.niehorster.org/index.htm

This site is very useful for all WW2 belligerents' OBs down to unit level.

Ooh... nice. I immediately started thinking of a Crete campaign based on the material there...
Cheers,
Aksu
Title: Re: WWII German Symbols Book
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 18 June 2021, 06:43:25 AM
Quote from: John Cook on 17 June 2021, 03:01:13 PM
These map marking symbols are also included in the German Organisational Series which can be found at the end of the German Section on:

http://www.niehorster.org/index.htm

This site is very useful for all WW2 belligerents' OBs down to unit level.
Take it by unit you mean a battalion sized thingy John.
Title: Re: WWII German Symbols Book
Post by: paulr on 18 June 2021, 09:56:07 AM
Should I be worried that I didn't need the 'translations' for most of the symbols :-B :-\
Title: Re: WWII German Symbols Book
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 18 June 2021, 10:01:38 AM
Probably  ;)