sparta1978 (asker) May 12, 2022:

If you need help with military terms... reach out. I worked as a military subject matter expert, and it is one of my areas of expertise.

I enjoy helping fellow translators, and taking on interesting and meaningful projects.

sparta1978 (asker) May 12, 2022:

Summary of needed terms to accurately translate The unit we are looking at is:
Wehrmacht Panzer Battalion early in WWII (1941). Panzer Battalion which has Panzers (tanks organized into tank companies) and support elements(Air Defense, Engineer, Artillery, Maintenance, and so on.)

Air Defense Platoon (Flieger Abwehr Zug) is a fairly small unit. I found its KStN. It consists of 4 AA Guns (Trupp).

If it helps out its companies with air defense, and has just one AA gun per company, and one for itself (HQ), if it divides them equally.



Organization and naming of small Air Defense units in US doctrine is this:
Battery (company)
Fire section (platoon)
Gun section (squad)

The correct translation terms here are "gun section" or "squad." I tested both and had my military colleagues give feedback, squad works best.

This may seem like a lot of research, but if you intend to accurately translate military subject matter, particularly tactical materials, understanding the terms is paramount. Getting upset that a question is complex misses the point of being on proz. A professional forum is for understanding first and then translating. Sharing resources, and working together.

sparta1978 (asker) May 10, 2022:

Guten Tag Barbara To your point, if we do not understand the term, we would not translate it too well.
Example is Trupp. A squad sized unit in German Army.

In British armed forces, a Troop is an equivalent of a platoon. A different sized unit. Four times the size of a German Trupp.
A Squadron - a company equivalent, a unit 8-16 times larger than a German Trupp, and not applicable to that branch of the military.

It would be a mistake to underestimate understanding the terms we are translating.
Even if others are doing it.

sparta1978 (asker) May 10, 2022:

US Artillery (and Air Defense organization)

Battery (Company equivalent)
Fire section (Platoon equivalent)
Gun section (Squad equivalent)

Squad, by far, is the clearest term right now, as everyone in the military realm will know what is meant.

if you have a reference of Trupp being used for air defense artillery in German literature, it could be helpful, as I could juxtapose it with US equivalent..

Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X) May 10, 2022:

Hallo Sparta, ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob Du hier mit Deinen Fragen richtig bist. Es ist ja eine Übersetzungsplattform, bei der es um bestimmte Begriffe geht, und kein historisches oder militärisches Forum, wo sie Dir bestimmt genauere Antworten geben können.