NORTH KOREAN MILITARY SYMBOLS

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• Document Page Count: 28
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 12, 2011
• Sequence Number: 669
• Publication Date: March 30, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORTI 150X1-HUM
COUNTRY North Korea DATE OF
INFORMATION Not Indicated
SUBJECT Military
HOW
PUBLISHED Official manual.
WHERE
PUBLISHED - Pyongyang
DATE
PUBLISHED Not indicated
THIS DOCYNINT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OP THE UNITED STATES NITMIN THE MEANING OF ESPIONAGE ACT SO
Y. 0. C.. II AGO SE. IF AMENOI5. ITS TNANSHISSION OR TMI NIYELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANT NANNIR TO AM YNAY7MORI010 PINION It PRO-
NISITIO By LAW. INPSODYCTION OF THIS FORM IS PNOMIIITID.
General
1. Staff Signs
2. March Formation and Patrol
3. Occupied Territory
4?. Heavy Weapons Platoon
5. Artillery and Auxiliary Units
6. Tank unit
7. Air Force and Auxiliary Units
Korean manual class4.fied "Confidential.." The
original, under the following -headings:
DATE DIST. 3o IW R 1951
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
jjLitarY Symbols), Central Security Cadre Training School,
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8. Antiaircraft Defense Unit and Auxiliary Units
9. Defense Against Chemical Warfare
10. Communications
11. Engineers
12. Rear Echelon
Division Headquarters
Regimental Headquarters
13. Battalion, Company, and Artillery Battery
14. Traffic Control System
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e-company commander
( 1 Platoon commander
Squad leader
? Lookout man
i}- Rifleman
Assistant rifleman
Sniper
Automatic rifleman
Superior rifleman
infantry machine gun crew
Ammunition carrier
Powder charger
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Chemical warfare troop
pf Horse attendant
xf Vehicle attendant
Double-wheel trench mortar
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Motorized machine-gun section
Mounted machine-gun section
Ammunition carrier horse
Antitank gun
Heavy machine gun
Large caliber heavy machine gun
Light machine gun
50-mm trench mortar
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ale 76-am regimental gun
76-ma division gun
1011 76 mm company gun
10 11 battery in occupied or reserve position
Infantry squad in defensive position
Submachine gun squad in defensive pgsitibn
Deployment of infantry squad on the advance (submachine
gun squad indicated by symbol of -submachine gun)
Infantry squad on the advance (" 4' " indicates
submachine gun squad)
Infantry platoon in dispersed formation
Submachine gun platoon on'the advance
Machine gun platoon on the advance
Infantry company on the advance (" C " indicates
submachine gun company)
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Antitank gun company
50-mm trench mortar platoon
92-mm trench mortar platoon
82-mm trench mortar company
120 trench mortar platoon
120-mm trench mortar. company
Light tank
Mediums tank
Heavy tank
Tanks in battle formation
Platoon deployment during halt
Company deployment during halt
Infantry squad on the march
0-10- Infantry patrol
Cavalry patrol
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Battalion (independent battalion) staff
Infantry in march column accompanied by staff
~f~ Infantry in march column accompanied by artillery troops
Infantry in march column accompanied by cavalry
- * Infantry in march column accompanied by tanks
O O O0, Mechanized unit in march column,
N 11 - Unit transported by rail
Armored train
Paratroop unit
Area of paratroop drop
O Antiaircraft machine gun,--single
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Antiaircraft machine gun, double
Air observation post
Air defense liaison post
Radio station
:~- Telephone station
Regimental ammunition depot
Regimental dispensary
GH Battalion ammunition depot
Battalion di3penaflry
Company amexmition depot
Casualties clearing station
Marker
Road sign
Roving patrol
O Traffic control station
Signal post
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Trenches
" Alternate. observation poet
Shelter
Air raid shelter
Regimental commandd, post
Permanent pillbox
Dirt and timber pillbox
covered obstacles (ribard wire)
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Gas decontamination station
119. mildly poisonous smoke screen
poisonous gas wave attack
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A Chemical observation and detection post
Scouts specializing in detection of
Liquid flame fnapa]mf bomb
Flame thrower
~---< Breach made in obstacles
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Area occupied by infantry regiment according to
predetermined plan
Line occupied within specified time
Line to be occupied temporarily
Infantry company defensive disposition
-(i ,~ 3 Infantry cow battle formation at time of attack
_ _ _ _---* Direction of planned attack,-vy. decision of commander
Withdrawal from a previously occupied line
Infantry company (or platoon squad) combat mission
/"^-" Direction of tank advance
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Gas-infected area
Decontamination car
Damaged bridge
Road not yet repaired
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1. STAFF SIGNS
Staff, western front
Staff, Second Army
Staff, Corps
Staff,. 4th Infantry Division
Staff, 4th Infantry Regiment
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2. MARCH FORMATIONS AND PATROL
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Infantry march column accompanied by artillery unit
---~-- Infantry march column accompanied by cavalry
Supplementary
At the front
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Staff, let Air Group
Observation Post
Observation post
-- Tank march column
0 Horse-drawn artillery march column
Mechanized artillery march column
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Tank patrol
Tank and armored car unit patrol
3. OCCUPIED TERRITORY
Infantry occupied sector
Cavalry occupied sector
Tank and armored car occupied sector
Artillery occupied sector
Special unit occupied sector (example: 6th Communications
Battalion)
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2 Sector to be occupied by armored car or tank units
A Sector to be occupied by artillery unit
T Sector to be occupied by special unit
.7F Line to be occupied by specified time
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'- - != % Direction of main attack planned by commander
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Unit's combat mission
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Direction of actual advance by infantry unit
Retreat to point of departure after failure of an attack
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(+/ Boundary between homogeneous units
eL~ 'Boundary between heterogeneous units
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5. ARTILLERY AND AUXILIARY UNITS
76-mm regimental gun
76-mm mountain gun
122-mm howitzer
152-mm howitzer
Special heavy howitzer
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4. HEAVY WEAPONS PLATOON
Heavy machine gun
Large caliber heavy machine gun
.4 Light machine gun
Heavy machine gun company
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76-mm artillery battery in occupied position
107-mm artillery battery position, temporarily occupied
or planned to be occupied
Artillery firing positions, with no specific firing
positions shown, (the designation thereof being
either unwarranted or impossible)
O O Camouflaged artillery battery
Flash observation post
8 Sound observation post
'4 ----1 Fixed interdiction fire
Long-range fire
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Artillery weakher observation post
Concentrated fire
Demolition fire
Shell bariiAr (p'ot'.an changpyok)
';peg Fire to block movements
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1-----~ Direction of supporting fire
Light tank
Medium tank
Amphibian tank
(oq ; Preparatory assembly point
Intermediary assembly point
Light armored car
Medium armored car
Armored train
Marsh; thicket, or forest area passable to tanks
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pursuit air group
Short-range bomber group
Long-range pursuit group
Fighter group
Long-range bomber group
Reconnaissance group, air force
Reconnaissance group, ground force
Long-range reconnaissance group
Air liaison group
Air medical (sanitary) group
Dive bomber group
Artillery liaison air group
Air transport group
pursuit wing
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Heavy airplane wing
Air transport wing
Long-range pursuit wing
Long-range bomber wing
Fighter wing
Reserve air wing.
Aviation inspection station
.~f Permanent airfield
Temporary airstrip
,s*% Aerial rendezvous point Time
MOO 4 evation
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O Auxiliary air unit in zone of readiness
Alert zone
Paratroop unit
Paratroop landing point
8. ANrIAIRCRAFr'DEFENSE UNIT.?AND AUXILIARY UNITS
Small caliber antiaircraft gun
Antiaircraft artillery battery
Antiaircraft battalion firing zone
Antiaircraft artillery company march formation
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. Bombing at designated time
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T--~?-r Searchlight
Sound locator
Antiaircraft barrage balloon
O Antiaircraft defense observation post
Antiaircraft defense liaison post
Decontamination automobile
>-a Decontamination horse cart
10. COMMJ14ICATIONS
Heavy automobile radio station
Automobile radio station (numerals indicate station number).
1~ Radio receivers
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Detection
Auxiliary
Radio signal station
Radio communication network
Telegraphic equipment
Central telegraph office
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--0 Telegraph censorship station
Field post office (numerals indicate number of electric
lines 5elephone lines]
Postal exchange point
*-0--. Reports collecting station
-~- - 5-line permanent telephone line
-376- Permanent telephone line
- - - - - - - insulated telephone line
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11. ENGINEERS
Communication trench
Covered observation post
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Air raid shelter
Machine gun nest
Permanent pillbox
O-- Dirt and timber pillbox
Command post (concrete shelter)
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Triple wire entanglements
Mined area
'T Covered obstacles (ribard wire)
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-lam- Underground passage through air raid shelter
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Abatis
//-'~ Escarp
\41 Antitank abatis (concrete)
Destroyed sections of road
Unrepaired sections of road
Blasted sections of road
Destroyed bridge
River crossing point
Pontoon bridge
Bridge built with locally obtained materials
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Deep water area Blooded areal]
Field electric generator station
Field electric transformer station
12. REAR ECHELON
Army field warehouse
Infectious diseases hospital
Army mobile hospital
Field receiving center for casualties
Field veterinary station
Division Headquarters
Division headquarters 5elephon7 exchange
Division headquarters materials supply unit; local
decontamination platoon
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Division headquarters medical battalion
Division headquarters maintenance station
Division headquarters animal raising station
Regimental Headquarters
Regimental ammunition dump
Division headquarters mobile artillery depot
Division headquarters mobile intendance department depot
Ammunition transport company of division headquarters
automobile battalion
O Division headquarters medical department
Collection and treatment center for ambulatory wounded
Discarded vehicles dump
Division and corps headquarters veterinary evacuation station
-*C2 ` Field bread bakery car
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Q Regimental sanitation station
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Field veterinary station
Regimental veterinary station
Artillery battalion ammunition supply platoon
ed- First regimental rear echelon
13. BATTALION, COMPANY, AND ARTILLERY BATTERY
Q Battalion sanitation station
-7Cr Battalion intendance supply station
--M Company ammunition station
Platoon ammunition station
Casualties clearing station
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Central traffic control station
Traffic control station
Traffic control point
Marker
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