Cybertronian military insignia/gallery

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The War for Cybertron Trilogy toyline uses a series of military insignia to denote each Autobot and Decepticon characters' position within their armies; while each faction has unique designs for their insignia, they follow a common system.

Each insignia consists of three parts: the division (ground, air, sea or space); the unit (infantry, artillery/weapons, special ops/black ops, transport, engineering/applied sciences, medical, or recon/intelligence/espionage,); and the rank (private/raider, sergeant, specialist, captain, major, or general).

Autobot insignia

Divisions

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  Autobot Ground Command
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  Autobot Air Command
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  Autobot Sea Command
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  Autobot Space Command

Units

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  Infantry
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  Artillery
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  Special Ops
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  Transport
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  Engineering
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  Medical
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  Recon/Intelligence
  See notes.

Ranks

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  Private
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  Sergeant
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  Captain
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  Major
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  General
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  Specialist
  See notes.

Autobots by insignia

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  Ground Command Infantry Private: Aragon, Cliffjumper, Daddy-O, Deep Cover, Red Heat, Road-Police, Sideswipe, Stakeout, Sunstreaker (instructions), Trip-Up, Wheel Blaze
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  Ground Command Infantry Sergeant: Hound, Six-Gun
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  Ground Command Infantry Captain: Ironhide
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  Ground Command Infantry Major: Elita-1, Prowl, Ultra Magnus
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  Ground Command Infantry General: Nemesis Prime, Optimus Prime/Classic Animation Optimus Prime
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  Ground Command Special Ops Private: Covert Clone Sideswipe, Greenlight, Highjump, Powertrain, Sunstreaker (box/website)
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  Ground Command Special Ops Sergeant: Arcee, Chromia, Mirage/Holo Mirage, Ratchet (website), Smokescreen
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  Ground Command Special Ops Captain: Impactor, Trailbreaker
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  Ground Command Artillery Private: Bluestreak, Captive Pinpointer, Crosshairs, Dazzlestrike, Firedrive, Flak, Lionizer/Captive Lionizer, Rung, Smashdown (Siege), Topshot, Trenchfoot
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  Ground Command Artillery Sergeant: Cog, Warpath
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  Ground Command Medical Private: Inferno, Red Alert, Hoist
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  Ground Command Engineering Specialist: Omega Supreme (website), Ratchet (box)
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  Ground Command Engineering Sergeant: Wheeljack
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  Ground Command Engineering Captain: Grapple
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  Air Command Artillery Sergeant: Springer
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  Air Command Engineering Captain: Jetfire
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  Space Command Special Ops General: Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime (website)
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  Space Command Engineering Captain: Ironworks

Other

Not all military insignia images were released on the Transformers website, and are only found on the following toys:

Ground Command Transport Private: Irontread, Ricon

Ground Command Engineering Private: Huffer, Ratchet (instructions)

Ground Command Recon/IntelligenceSergeant: Roadhandler, Slamdance, Swindler

Air Command Infantry Private: Ground Shaker, Overair

Air Command Artillery Private: Enerax, Pteraxadon

Air Command Engineering Private: Sheeldron, Smashdown (Earthrise), Soundbarrier

Space Command Infantry General: Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime (box/instructions)

Space Command Special Ops Private: Blast Master, Fuzer

Space Command Transport Captain: Omega Supreme (box/instructions)

Decepticon insignia

Divisions

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  Decepticon Ground Force
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  Decepticon Air Force
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  Decepticon Sea Force
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  Decepticon Space Force

Units

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  Infantry
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  Weapons
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  Black Ops
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  Transport
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  Applied Sciences
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  Medical
  See notes.
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  Espionage

Ranks

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  Raider
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  Sergeant
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  Captain
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  Major
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  General

Decepticons by insignia

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  Ground Force Infantry Sergeant: Barricade, Decepticon Impactor, Sparkless Bot
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  Ground Force Infantry General: Hotlink (instructions), Megatron/Combat Megatron/Classic Animation Megatron
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  Ground Force Black Ops Raider: Runabout, Runamuck, Skytread
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  Ground Force Espionage Raider: Apeface, Ravage, Refraktor, Rumble, Scrapface (instructions), Spectro, Spyglass, Viewfinder
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  Ground Force Espionage Major: Soundwave
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  Ground Force Weapons Raider: Brunt, Cratermaker, Direct-Hit, Fireline, Power Punch
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  Air Force Infantry Raider: Acid Storm, Ion Storm, Spinister, Storm Cloud, Nightflight, Nova Storm, Visper
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  Air Force Infantry Sergeant: Dirge, Doubledealer, Ramjet, Sparkless Seeker, Thrust, Thundercracker
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  Air Force Infantry Captain: Starscream
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  Air Force Black Ops Sergeant: Airwave, Skywarp
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  Space Force Infantry Raider: Fasttrack
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  Space Force Infantry Sergeant: Snapdragon
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  Space Force Applied Sciences Major: Shockwave/Galactic Man Shockwave
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  Space Force Transport Captain: Astrotrain

Other

Not all military insignia images were released on the Transformers website, and are only found on the following toys:

Ground Force Infantry Raider: Blackjack, Hyperdrive, Scrapface (box)

Ground Force Weapons Sergeant: Soundblaster

Ground Force Applied Sciences Raider: Doublecrosser

Ground Force Espionage Sergeant: Pounce

Ground Force Medic Raider: Ground Hog, Roller Force

Air Force Weapons Raider: Aimless, Blowpipe, Bombshock, Caliburst/Sparkless Caliburst, Fracas, Growl, Heartburn, Heatstroke, Singe/Sparkless Singe

Air Force Black Ops Raider: Slyhopper

Air Force Black Ops Captain: Cyclonus

Air Force Espionage Raider: Laserbeak, Ratbat, Shrute, Terror-Daxtyl

Space Force Transport Captain: Hotlink (box), Wingspan

Notes

• The Mercenary, Quintesson, Maximal and Predacon factions do not use equivalent insignia; certain characters treated as Mercenaries by fiction are sold as Decepticons, and thus use their rank insignia, while Maximal and Predacon packaging has "cave paintings" of the characters' beast modes where the rank insignia are on Autobot and Decepticon packaging. Toys that do not fall into any faction do not feature the military insignia, of course.
• Not every Autobot and Decepticon toy uses the military insignia:
  • Earthrise Alternate Universe Optimus Prime, Sky Lynx, Scorponok and Lord Zarak, and characters from the "Galactic Odyssey Collection" sets.
  • War for Cybertron Trilogy Bumblebee (all three of 'em), Deluxe Centurion Drone, and characters from the Spoiler Pack sets.
  • Kingdom Autobot Tracks, Ultra Magnus, Galvatron, Rodimus Prime, Autobot Ark and Autobot Mainframe/Teletraan-1, Autobot Mirage, Sideswipe, and characters from the Core Class.
  • Countdown, Krunk, and Spasma, likely being lumped with the larger partner they are packaged with.
  • Selects characters, except for Combat Megatron and Galactic Man Shockwave.
• Two unit symbols — the Decepticon "medical" symbol used by Roller Force and Ground Hog, and the "intelligence/recon" symbol used by Roadhandler, Swindler, and Slamdance — have yet to be officially named.
  • The unknown Decepticon symbol is likely to be the Decepticon medical unit symbol, as its "cross" shape is similar to that seen on the beta Decepticon medial symbol (see below), and Ground Hog's More than Meets the Eye bio describes him as repairing and improving his Decepticon teammates.
  • The unknown Autobot symbol is presumably the Autobot counterpart to the Decepticon espionage unit. However, it's unclear whether that counterpart is "intelligence", "recon", or something else.
• Omega Supreme's insignia image on the official Siege webpage is different than the one on his toy and his named rank on said webpage. Instead of depicting "Space Command Transport Captain", the image showed "Ground Command Engineering Specialist," which is only found on Siege Ratchet's box. Autobot Specialist itself is a rank with no Decepticon equivalent and not included in Hasbro's official list of ranks on the Hasbro Pulse website. Conversely, Ratchet is depicted as "Ground Command Special Ops Sergeant" on the webpage, in both image and name, and "Ground Command Engineering Private" in his instructions.
• The division symbols for the Decepticon Sea Force and Autobot Sea Command have not been used for any toys. It's unknown whether they were designed for purely in-universe reasons, or if a seafaring character like Tidal Wave or Broadside was planned at any point.
• An early version of the Decepticon insignia placed the division symbol within the center of the insignia and the unit around the outside top, similar to the Autobot insignia. A development image from Hasbro Pulse shows a Decepticon medical unit symbol under this framework, seen to the right.

External links

• THE STORY BEHIND THE TRANSFORMERS WFC MILITARY INSIGNIAS: REVEALED on Hasbro Pulse
• Siege page on the Transformers website
• Earthrise page on the Transformers website