A Staffel is a military organisation found in German-speaking armed forces. In the German air force it is the smallest unit able to operate on its own. In the army, the Heer, it is a subdivisional unit smaller than a company but larger than a platoon, as in a vehicle Staffel or a maintenance Staffel, and NATO doctrine treats it as a level of command unique to Germany. A Luftwaffe Staffel of the Second World War usually had nine to 12 operational aircraft; three or four Staffeln formed a Gruppe, and one Staffel was divided into two or three Schwaerme of four to six aircraft. It was smaller than a full-strength Royal Air Force squadron and larger than a flight, a difference that in 1940 led each side in the Battle of Britain to misjudge the strength of the other.
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NATO doctrine recognizes this Staffel as a level of command unique to Germany.
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Within Deutsche Luftwaffe a Staffel is the smallest unit that is able to operate on its own.
Subdivisional unit
Within Heer a Staffel is a unit smaller than a company but larger than a platoon
Subdivisional unit [country]
NATO doctrine recognizes this Staffel as a level of command unique to Germany.
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