Divizion
A divizion is a military unit in some armed branches, usually artillery and cavalry, being an equivalent of battalion. It should be distinguished from division, which is a larger formation. The same word is used in some of these languages for a group of naval vessels.
Usage
- Russia / USSR: divizion is an artillery battalion or half-regiment of cavalry, and also a group of naval vessels. It was also used in relation to air force units and armoured train units. An equivalent of a division is divizya in Russian.
- Poland: dywizjon is an artillery or cavalry battalion, including armoured cavalry, and also a group of naval vessels and armoured train units.. During World War II, Polish military aviation used a system in which the smallest independent air unit was the eskadra. Two eskadry formed the dywizjon.
- Yugoslavia and successor countries: term divizion or дивизион is used instead of battalion in artillery and anti-aircraft artillery branch but also for naval units of battalion, regiment or brigade size. The Croatian Army at some point stopped using term "divizijun" in artillery and anti-aircraft artillery and the same term as in other branches is used instead. The term "divizijun" is still used in the Croatian Navy and is the equivalent of a non-commonwealth regiment.
- Bulgaria: divizion'' is an artillery or rocket artillery battalion, and also a group of naval vessels.