Unit icons — What do they depict?

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    • Unit icons — What do they depict?

      All the units are represented on the map and in the tech tree with a unit symbol. These have correlation, of course, to the type of unit they are. What are all the different types?
      Here we have a (non-exhaustive) list for the Allied doctrine:
      Infantry:
      Militia
      Infantry
      Motorised infantry - Jeep
      Mechanised infantry - M3 half-track
      Commandoes
      Ordnance:
      Anti-tank
      Gun artillery - 25-pdr?
      SP gun artillery - M7 Priest
      Anti-aircraft - QF 3.7-inch AA gun?
      SP anti-air - M3 variant of some sort?
      Tanks:
      Armoured car - Daimler Dingo
      Light tank - M3 Stuart
      Medium tank - M4 Sherman
      Heavy tank - M6
      Tank destroyer - M3 Gun Motor Carriage
      Aeroplanes:
      Interceptor - Supermarine Spitfire
      Tactical bomber - B-26 Marauder
      Attack bomber - Douglas SBD Dauntless
      Strategic bomber - B-17 Flying Fortress
      Naval bomber - Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
      Warships:
      Destroyer
      Submarine
      Cruiser
      Battleship - King George V-class battleship
      Aircraft carrier - USS Lexington?
      Transport
      Secret:
      Rocket artillery - Mattress
      SP rocket artillery - T34 Calliope
      Railway gun
      Flying bomb - V1 "Doodlebug"
      Rocket - V2
      Rocket fighter - Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
      Atomic bomber - B-29 Superfortress
      Nuclear rocket

      What are some of the rest? What about other doctrines, or higher level tanks and ordnance?
      Aeroplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.
      — Marshal Foch

      A pretty mechanical toy [...] the war will never be won by such machines.
      — Lord Kitchener, on tanks