Unit IDs: How I distinguish my Portuguese Colonial War units

I’m still debating what rules to use for the Portuguese Colonial War but I am likely to start with something from Two Hour Wargames or Two Page Skirmish Rules. Both of which use individual based figures with individual characteristics. Because of that I have uniquely identified each figure with a label similar to those I use for Battalion Code in my Crossfire Unit IDs.

Figure C2 where
C=Cazadore in Camo Cap and
1=Rifleman 1.

The ID has two alpha-numeric characters. The first is a letter identifying the unit then a letter or digit to identify the stand / figure within the unit (equivalent to my normal Battalion Code). For example “YL” is the section leader (“L”) in the Special Group (GE) who have yellow berets (“Y”).

Code Unit Figure
0-9   Rifleman
A Artillery Assistant for MG or RPG
B Commandos with Brown berets Bazooka gunner
C Cazadores with Camo cap  
D  
E Engineer  
F Marines, i.e. Fuzileiros  
G Paratrooper with Green berets  
H  
I Insurgents  
J Insurgents  
K Insurgents  
L Section Leader
M Militia  
N Light Machine Gunner
P    
O  
Q  
R   RPG gunner
S  
T  
U  
V  
W  
X  
Y GE and GEP with yellow berets  
Z  

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