The icon is the innermost part of a symbol which, when displayed, provides an abstract pictorial or alphanumeric representation of an operational object. The icon portrays the role or mission performed by the object. APP-6A distinguishes between icons that must be framed or unframed and icons where framing is optional.

This page has the new NATO APP-6a military map marking symbols made up as TrueType Fonts, for download. The new standard has been agreed recently by NATO nations in STANAG 2019 Edition 4, and is supposed to be taught from Apr 2001 and brought into service from September 2001. It also contains an application to make MapSymbs more useful.

NATO Military Symbols for Land Based Systems was the NATO standard for military map marking symbols. It was published as Allied Procedural Publication 6A (APP-6A). The symbols are designed to enhance NATO’s joint interoperability by providing a standard set of common symbols. APP-6A constitutes...

APP-6A, Military Symbols for Land Based Systems is the NATO standard for military map marking symbols. APP-6A was promulgated in December 1999. The NATO standardization agreement that covers APP-6A is STANAG 2019 (edition 4), promulgated in December 2000. APP-6A replaced APP-6 (last version, July 1986), which had been promulgated in November 1984.

An APP-6a symbol ID code is a 15-character alphanumeric identifier that provides the information necessary to display a tactical symbol. You can use the NATO Symbol Manager (for example, in the Map Builder) to hierarchically retrieve the ID code prototype or construct it …

APP-6A addresses the efficient transmission of symbology information through the use of a standard methodology for symbol hierarchy, information taxonomy, and symbol identifiers. APP-6A recognises five broad sets of symbols, each set using its own SIDC (Symbol identification coding) scheme:

MapSymbs - NATO APP-6 military map marking symbols as TrueType Fonts, and other military resources.

APP-6a standard is a subset of the MIL-STD-2525B standard. The standard provides common warfighting symbology for Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence (C4I) systems development, operations, and training.

The document discusses APP-6A, which is the NATO standard for military map marking symbols. Some key points: - APP-6A was promulgated in 1999 and defines common symbology for NATO land forces. - It provides a standardized set of symbols addressing status, affiliation, battle dimension, units, equipment and installations.

Milsymbol will automaticly scale the weapons icon based on if there are any modifiers set or not. Figure 4-6: Alternative Main Icon Symbol Sizes. Table 4-8: Leadership Indicator Amplifier