APP-6a
APP-6a is the NATO standard for military map marking symbols. The original version, APP-6 is from 1986, and APP-6a was adopted in 2001. The NATO standardization agreement that describes APP-6(a) is STANAG 2019 (currently edition 4), and in the United States, it is known as MIL-STD-2525B.
Unit affiliations
Whether a unit is friendly, neutral, hostile or of unknown affiliation is shown by the colour and shape of the symbol.
Unit types
The interior of the unit symbol shows the type of the unit. A few examples:
These unit type symbols can be combined, for example to represent armoured infantry units. There are also symbols that can be used to modify other unit symbols (they cannot appear by themselves):
Unit sizes
Above the unit symbol, a symbol representing the size of the unit can be displayed. Here are the different possibilities:
Other information
On the lower left of the unit symbol, the name of the unit can be displayed; on the lower right, the name of the unit it is part of can be displayed (if applicable). So, for example, the symbol for the A company of the (friendly) 42nd armoured infantry battalion would look like this: A hostile motorised anti-tank division (something that probably would not occur in real life, but presented here as an example) would look like this:
References UK Interim APP-6a Manual (zipped PDF file) Common Warfighting Symbology
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