difference between 分隊【ぶんたい】, 部隊【ぶたい】, and number + 番隊【ばんたい】


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.




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.)




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.)

