i'd like to know the military of the (american) army
how big is a platoon, how big a company etc. from the smalles group till the biggest. thank you guys already
Military buildup
i'd like to know the military of the (american) army
how big is a platoon, how big a company etc. from the smalles group till the biggest. thank you guys already
Re: Military buildup
I don't think it's changed much from world war II. In most armies a company is about 200 men, a battalion, usually four companies or about 1000 men, a regiment or brigade, two or three battalions or 2-3000 men, a division, two to four regiments or brigades or about 7-12,000 men, a corps, two-six divisions, an army, two-six corps.
Not too sure of units below company level. I think a platoon might contain about 60-80 men but I'm not sure about a squad, possibly 20 men.
Last edited by screwtype; 03-31-2006 at 12:57.
Re: Military buildup
The American military has changed a lot lately. Do a search for topics like Force XXI or other internet searches. There's been a lot of changes in the post-Soviet era.
Oh, and there's been no "build up", more like a gutting. China's military is "building up" while the US military is filling in the gaps.
Last edited by Vladimir; 03-31-2006 at 13:46.
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Re: Military buildup
The term you're looking for is "military organisation." "Military build-up" AFAIK refers to the mobilization and deployement of the military, and/or its equipping, training and general expansion on the longer term.
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Re: Military buildup
Currently it's somewhat like this, it varies between Air Assault, Airborne, Mechanized, Light, and Regular Infantry units but for my unit (Light) it's the following:
From the smallest unit to the largest I know the composition of
Antitank teams : 2 soldiers
Gun teams : 3 soldiers
Rifle Team: 4 soldiers
Weapons Squad: 2 gun teams 1 antitank teams plus Squad Leader
Rifle Squad: 2 teams plus Squad Leader
Rifle Platoon:3 rifle squads, 1 weapons squad, plus Platoon Leader Platoon Sergeant Radio Telephone Operator and usually an attached Medic from the battalion Medical Platoon
Rifle Company: 3 Rifle Platoons 1 HQ Platoon (supply, sniper team, 2 60mm mortar sections ) plus Company Commander, Executive Officer, First Sergeant, and more RTOs
Infantry Battalion: 3 Rifle Companies 1 Motorized Company (for antitanke uses, not sure of composition) 1 HQ Company (medics, scout platoon, mechanics, more supply guys) plus Battalion Commander, XO, Sergeant Major, a full Staff S1 S2.... even more RTOs
2 or more Infantry battalions make a regiment example 1 inf reg consists of 1/1 2/1 Inf Battalions
Brigades consist of mixed battalions with usually 3-4 inf Battalions a Artillery Battalion Engineers Cav troops etc...
Divisions have multiple Brigades
Corps have multiple Divisions
Armies have multiple Corps
above this I don't know,
Most organzational field manuals are available online, I got most of mine from AKO but google will bring them up, try 7-8 and 7-10 for Infantry platoons and companies. Each division usually has a webpage which lists the different brigades and battalions
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Re: Military buildup
thank you guys. and yeah i meant military organisation
Re: Military buildup
And I meant OPSEC
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