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

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