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i am interested in, what's the difference between these 3 words "bantai" ,
"buntai" and "butai". the context of these words refer to the organization
within the military.

EDIT

jyubantai should be something along the lines of 10th squad/division? (maybe i
misinterpreted it with the word buntai,if so,ignore the word bantai as it is
probably non existent) i believe these 2-(3) words are used to organize
military into squads,divisions and such,i just don't understand which is for
which.
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difference between 分隊【ぶんたい】, 部隊【ぶたい】, and number + 番隊【ばんたい】
OK. So,分隊(Buntai)、部隊(Butai)、番隊(Bantai)。 First, 分隊 is one of the tactical units
in the military. And it is relatively small scale. Second, 部隊 to perform
organizational operational actions. In this case, 部隊 able to spread out to 分隊.
Third, 番隊 is mostly your understanding is correct. 番隊 is used when there are
several teams. So (number)番隊.
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部隊 is a catch-all term of military (sub)units of any size. The number of the
members of a 部隊 can be 5 or 50,000. Basically it's just "a group of soldiers".

部隊 is obviously too unspecific, so we also have many specific terms to
categorize 部隊 according to its size. In English you have _battalion_ ,
_company_ , _platoon_ and _squad_. In Japanese we had 大隊, 中隊, 小隊 and 分隊. 分隊 is
a small unit that is subordinate to 小隊, and it typically has 10 soldiers or
so. Its English equivalent is _squad_ , according to Wikipedia.

番隊 is not a word on its own. 番 is a suffix like "no." as in "no. 5". 二番隊 means
"2nd squad", for example. (English speakers may be more familiar with "Alpha
team", "Beta team" and so on.)
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