| AA
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Antiaircraft (Swiss: Flab)
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| AAMG
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Antiaircraft Machine Gun
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| Ammo.
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Ammunition
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| AT
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Antitank
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| ATG
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Antitank Gun
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| ATR
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Antitank Rifle (Swiss: Tankbüchse)
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| Auszug
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Militia. Mobilization personnel class. (Personnel aged 20 to 32)
Main component of the Swiss Army upon mobilization.
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| Bcl.
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Bicycle
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| Border
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Border units (Swiss: Grenz-)
Clarification:
All four mobilization personnel classes were encountered in these units.
Not to be confused with the active Volunteer Border Guards (See Freiwilligen-Grenzschutz below)
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| Bn. / Bns.
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Battalion / Battalions
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| Bty.
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Battery
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| Cav.
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Horse Cavalry (Swiss: Dragoner)
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| Co. / Cos.
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Company / Companies
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| Commo
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Communication, liaison (Swiss: Verbindungs-)
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| Col.
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Column
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| Det.
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Detachment
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| Engr.
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Engineer
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| FA
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Field Artillery
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| FG
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Field Gun
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| FH
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Field Howitzer
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| Freiw.Gz.
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Freiwilligen-Grenzschutz. Volunteer Border Guard. Active federal troops.
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| G
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Gun
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| GHQ
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Swiss Army General Headquarters
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| H
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Howitzer
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| HD
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Hilfs-Dienst. Military Auxiliary Service.
Personnel fullfilling their national defence obligation, but not able to meet the requirements for military service.
During WWII 191 HD-Wachkompanien [*] (comprising 37,322 lightly armed men) were raised and used for urban defence,
(amongst other things, for guard and security duties), replacing the mobilized Territorial [see below] units
which were used to fill up the regular (Auszug) formations.
[*] Seen both as HD-Wachkompanien and HD-Bewachungskompanien.
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| HMG
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Heavy Machine Gun
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| Hvy.
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Heavy
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| IG
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Infantry Gun
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| Inf.
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Infantry (Swiss: Schützen, Füsilier, Carabinier)
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| Inf.Gun
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Infantry Gun (alternate)
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| Lw.
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Landwehr. Mobilization personnel class.
Clarification:
Normally this meant just Landwehr I (First Reserve, personnel aged 33 to 36).
Landwehr II, (Second Reserve, personnel aged 37 to 40), was normally included
in the Territorial Troops. (See below.)
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| Lds.
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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.)
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| LMG
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Light Machine Gun
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| Mcl
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Motorcycle
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| MG
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Machine Gun
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| mot
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motorized
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| Mtn.
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Mountain (Swiss: Gebirgs-)
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| OST
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Organization of staffs and troops (Swiss: Organisation Stäbe und Truppen)
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| Recon.
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Reconnissance
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| Rgt.
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Regiment
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| SBB
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Schweizerische Bundesbahnen Swiss Federal Railways
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| Ter.
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Territorial. Mobilization personnel class.
Normally Second {Landwehr II} and Third Reserve {Landsturm} combined.
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| T/O
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Order of Battle (Swiss: Truppenordnung)
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| Note that although for simplicity's sake only German has been used here,
there were two other official languages used within the Swiss Army, namely French and Italian.
There is a fourth language spoken in Swizerland, namely Romansh; but Romansch-speaking troops were addressed in German.
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