Joy Of Hex:Unit Types

Unit Types


A "unit designation" is the abstract symbol that is printed on the units that are used to represent units in the Joy Of Hex game. Learning these symbols can be rather difficult to the new comer, but please be patient as the effort is worth your time. Though there are 104 possible symbols, 95 of these can be broken up into 19 groups of 5. Within these groups of 5 you should notice the slight addition to the bottom of the symbol graphic - notice how for foot and horse units there is just a flat edge at the bottom; while for semi-motorised units there is a single dot; while for fully motorised units there are two dots; while for half-track units there is a dot and a dash; while for fully tracked units there is a single large dash.

Unit Type: Foot And Horse: Semi Motorised: Fully Motorised: Half Tracked: Fully Tracked:
Head Quarters:
Infantry:
Machine Gun Troops:
Engineers:
Mountain Troops:
Light Anti Aircraft:
Heavy Anti Aircraft:
Artillery:
Mountain Artillery:
Paratroops:
Glider Troops:
Airbourne Artillery:
Anti Tank Guns:
Police:
Security:
Rocket Artillery:
Naval Troops:
Fortifying Engineers:
Bridge Builders:
Ski Troops:
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Static Artillery:
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Commandos:
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Motorbike Troops:
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Cavalry:
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Armoured Infantry:
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Self Propelled Artillery:
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Armour:
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Reconnaiscence Troops:
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

The images above all represent battalion sized units of about 300 men. The Joy of hex can have smaller company sized units consisting of 100 men and are displayed differently in that they have a stripe across the top right corner. In the image to the left we see what a company of foot infantry would look like.

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