An MEB is one of the standard Marine Air-Ground Task Forces (MAGTF), is commanded by a brigadier general or major general, and consists of command element, a ground combat element (usually one reinforced Marine infantry regiment), an aviation combat element (a reinforced Marine aircraft group including rotary wing, fixed wing, and tiltrotor aircraft), and a combat logistics element (a Marine combat logistics regiment, which includes naval construction forces [Seabees] and naval medical elements). SVC - Service Public duties, which I think are widely despised and probably dont help with guards recruitment, should be shared by units on low readiness across the services as much as possible, there are probably some very colourful uniforms gathering dust somewhere that would keep the tourists happy. The captain is responsible for the direction, training, and welfare of those below him. Title. Doing this has massively increased the company in vehicles (+6) and personnel (platoon now being 9+9+9+9+4+4=44 without a Signaller or medic). It is also suitable for Light Role battalions operating on foot. * Each squad is authorized two disposable shoulder-fired munitions (general AT-4s) which would go to the Riflemen. ), probably Boxer SPH. The Assault Pioneer Platoon is usually comprised of 19 other ranks. Option A allows the platoon to be divided equally between four combat vehicles. Ref The Artillery Gun Module (AGM) on tracks (Donar) or on Boxer has only 3 crew ? With that in mind Id suggest four sections of six, so that everyone off a given platform is on the same page, four sections could also divide neatly down the middle with its vehicles to give two patrols of twelve under a platoon sergeant and a platoon leader respectively. Given the requirement, identify the elements and generic employment missions of a . Starting in 20052006, the U.S. Army's mechanized and tank battalions were reorganized into combined arms battalions (CABs). within a Battalion was designated as a Heavy Weapons Company and it was Battalion HQ will usually be comprised of 6 officers + 10 other ranks. In this respect, the number 36 is important, because it allows a range of groupings: 3 x Rifle Sections with 10 soldiers each plus a Platoon HQ of 6 soldiers = 36 total, 3 x Rifle Sections of 9 soldiers each plus a Platoon HQ of 9 soldiers = 36 total, 2 x Rifle Sections of 12 soldiers each plus a Platoon HQ of 12 soldiers = 36 total. It normally consists of a headquarters and three or more companies. IBCTs also are organized to be airborne or air-assault capable. - light cannon, assigned to AT unit The Army overall is about 5000 under authorised strength and an increase to about 7000 under strength does not seem a good change. Bye. Its a tactical-sized unit that can perform a battlefield function on its own. To be true general purpose infantry they would be trained to act together with the tank units which can transport them and then assist them in the fight, but this tank units would be a world for them own and would even in the case of an unit of IFV be an complete seperate unit which could and should also fight for its own if the need arises. Ground Combat Element (GCE) = Marine Infantry Battalion Landing Team (BLT) Aviation Combat Element (ACE) = Composite . Their highly publicized exploits in basic training and combat in Italy helped . Do MANPADS have a place in the future infantry battalion? German Organization for Combat, 1944. In this context, a BTG can be defined as a task-organised, combined arms, tactical formation created by a brigade or regiment commander to complete a specific, discrete mission. Many regiments of all types are operating well below their headcount caps, meaning that very few battalions operate with the same number of soldiers. In actuality, I agree that Ajax IFV replacing Warrior is highly unlikely. * Tows 400-gallon water tank trailer (1-1/2 ton), 1 per company, or M1082 flat bed trailer, 2 per company. The British Army has 32 regular infantry battalions, but six different battalion types. For light role battalions the ISTR company with the recon platoon, assault pioneers, sniper platoon, and hopefully a uav plankton. The HQ company contains signals, quartermaster, catering, intelligence, administration, pay, training, operations and medical elements. PHILANTHROPY. Gymnasium Various members of the platoon will also carry a 9 mm Glock 17 pistol. Troops in IFVs will additionally benefit from 40 mm CT40 cannons and 7.62 mm chain guns for support. The Infantry Battalion was the basic tactical unit of the ground forces of the Canadian military throughout the 20th Century. An important issue that has to be maintained are weapons then there are radios. Is heating/air con being installed? Platoon-size unit per Division The mechanised brigade would have Boxer 120mm TD, Boxer IFV, Boxer SPH. There are ways and means around problems though, if I recall correctly when they introduced warrior with its seven seats, they split a section into a four man squad and a three man squad and the warrior became a fire support squad, but therell have to be some very creative thinking with twenty four seats unless you shrink your platoon or fund a fifth and sixth vehicle. If it did by any chance happen, though, I wonder if UK Land Power could tell me whether it would make a difference to his manning arrangements. During the American Civil War, an infantry or cavalry battalion was an ad hoc grouping of companies from the parent regiment (which had ten companies, A through K, minus J as described below), except for certain regular infantry regiments, which were formally organized into three battalions of six companies each (numbered 16 per battalion vice sequential letter designations). Marine infantry regiments use battalion and company designations as described above under World War II, with company letters D, H, and M not normally used but rather held in reserve for use in augmenting a fourth rifle company into each battalion as needed. The division had also an antitank and . - light cannon, assigned to AT unit. Officers Mess Staff This adds-up to 2 officers +14 other ranks. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/mhvThis video gives an overview on the structure and organization of an US Army Infantry Battalion in 1944. These included heavy anti-tank TOW missile platoons, ground surveillance radar sections and man-portable air-defense system sections. & Organizations of the Italian Campaign for brief history The basic platoon structure of the Universal Battalion assumes that individual riflemen within sections will be equipped with the 5.56 mm L85A3 assault rifle (SA80) including two soldiers with 40 mm UGLs. Fantastic comments. To solve this problem, and to give flexibility through spare seats (needed for terps, picking up dismounts whose wagons are elsewhere and any atts and dets), to build on your idea would it be an idea to give the Pl Sgt and Pl Comd their own wagon each? It was common for a battalion to become temporarily attached to a different regiment. In the late 1980s, there was a fourth "line" company added (DCompany) in most infantry and tank battalions. This option also ensures that each section within a platoon has a dedicated vehicle driver and gunner. [27][28], A Soviet artillery battalion in the late 1980s consisted of a battalion headquarters, a headquarters platoon, a maintenance and supply platoon and three firing batteries, each with six artillery pieces, whether the self-propelled 2S1 Gvozdikas or the towed D-30 howitzers, and numbering 260 personnel or 240 personnel respectively. I was throwing around the idea of top slicing the TA and just plugging companies into existing battalions with the intention that it would enhance their professionalism and that they could pull through the three regular companies as casualty replacements. The Netherlands have four battalions that are permanently reserved for the United Nations, for the purpose of peacekeeping duties. The GPMG requires a No 2 with binos to maximise the guns effect which is not going to be realised by the crow given the big heavy gun in a section. However, forces in Eastern Europe began to standardize to a smaller formation with 135 personnel and 31 tanks total, with each tank company consisting of 10 tanks total. Instead of an ISTR platoon it there would be a mort company with 3 platoons with 120mm mortars, plus a patrol platoon combining the sniper and recon platoons, and finally a UAV company. Exellent article and I just thought Id add some thoughts. C FT with SC and three riflemen, D FT with 2IC, UGL, SS, LMG (ASM/NLAWs if appropriate). [32] A regiment consists of between two and six organic battalions, while a brigade consists of between three and seven separate battalions. The Puma HC2 support helicopter, for example, carries 12 personnel, while a CH-47 Chinook can carry an entire platoon. In the TA i carries both L85A1 and Browning 9mm. Getting rid of minimi/ LMG was a mistake based on the assumption that medium to long range contacts will dominate future conflicts. I cant upload pics but their SOIs are on AKX if you have access to it and are interested. Heavy armour battalion So it looks as if the developments for the vehicle are at a pretty advanced stage, making a cancellation of the vehicle and its replacement by the Ajax IFV variant unlikely. The Table of Organisation and Equipment (TOE) is based on document from the early 80s. Perhaps in Armd/Mech it could even be comverted into a 120mm Mortar Pl, complementing the 81mm which can struggle in the faster-moving and dispersed Armd battle? Contrarily, in my experience the Gaaards are very proud of their role and it forms an important part of their ethos, setting them apart from the rest after all, they havent much else to boast about! This would truly maximise the boots on the ground and moreover at the same time the tanks in the open and moreover the overall agility, speed, deployability and so on because of smaller units sizes for both the infantry and the Bronegruppa Tank Units (which are complete seperate independent units) which then can assist them if the need arises. For context Ive remembered where my TA train of thought originated, it was during the general discussion on strike brigades and a resurgent Russia. Perhaps I am just projecting after all as I am one of those who quietly enjoys drill. The Table of Organization (T/O) of the Marine Corps lays out the organizational structure and the equipment required to function. 05 Weapon requirements The company overall is led by a Captain infantry officer who travels with a Forward Signal Support NCO and two Radiotelephone Operators (RTOs) who operate and maintain the communications equipment in the company commander post. Three rifle companies with 190 men each. A brigade consists of a few battalions and anywhere from 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers. Bear in mind that you have to fit everybodys kit in thats not just kit to fight but to live from. You have ended my four day long hunt! They are structured roughly analogous to an Army or Marine Corps battalion with staff and commanding officers of similar grade and experience. Building on Captain Nemos comments: in solving the problem of dismounted infantry mass the starting point should be what is the minimum number of dismounts sufficient not how do we fit more troops and firepower into four vehicles. Ulrich gives an alternative of all battalions being light role and armoured vehicles being in independent extreme bronegruppa units. 25th INFANTRY DIVISION (Occupation) During the occupation of Japan from 1945-1950, the 25th Infantry Division retained its triangular WWII organization of three infantry regiments. Prior they would have travelled in an M1165A1 HMMVW, although any mark of HMMVW that was available likely would have been used. We have discussed these in great detail in prior articles so we will not elaborate here. Nominally, an extra GPMG and DMR are proposed, but a light mortar or multi-role 40 mm AGL could be carried instead. NOTE: This summary of Army Tables of Organization and Equipment includes only combat and directly related major support units. Jed touched upon it earlier, rekindling Think Defences rather outlandish proposal to create a non-deployable ceremonial unit. Each type of brigade ( infantry or airborne infantry) has the same basic organization. The LMG is a good belt-fed weapon up to 400m, perfect for D FT. Leave the general as a pl asset for depth targets and to join the suppressing section to give it big licks when needed. The battalion is "the smallest infantry organization that can arrange for a concentration of support weapons of different kinds" (War Office training manual, 15 January 1944), and is usually grouped with other units such as armoured regiments or other infantry battalions into higher formations: brigades, divisions, corps, armies and army groups. Ill break my reply into a couple of comments. The following is the current organization ofthe. What if you disbanded the reserve artillery regiments and added reserve batteries to your regular regiments? Does this need a full battalion or just a Company? By embedding these assets at the battalion and brigade levels these organisations get used to working autonomously and are supported by more CSG as each level moves up. A company has anywhere from a few dozen to 200 soldiers. REME do not just fix vehicles, an Infantry Battalion has a huge amount of other equipment that REME have to support. Small rationalisations made across other Support units help reduction. Losing this space (currently in the Pl HQ wagon) is a big problem. This would see infantry platoons switch from two calibres (5.56 mm and 7.62 mm) to a single one (6.8 mm) for rifles, machine guns and DMRs. To deal with 3 points infantry mass, use of TA, and number of vehicles, which are all interconnected: 1. Are ~1,200 troops really needed?? 40mm is under used in general in my opinion. For what its worth, I think it would be good to have a rotating other-arms presence. Arty - Artillery If the mortar setup is still the same as it used to be, isnt that 6 x 81mm in peace time plus 3 from TA for full war time deployment strength ? (just to muddy the waters). Short answer: Ajax IFV has six seats (link at bottom). Part of a wider CRAM matrix? Regimental Administration Office Storage space is hardly ample; the wagons were designed for blokes to fight from, not live in. In the 1980s, BAOR armoured infantry units mounted in the FV432 APC routinely had 10-soldier sections. w!2]ca-wA w+J_i6lG!FUo;d!1OB/nz4JRqsLj$qi0|AHUT*x)soH0rr&G99WPvY:u8h. Significantly, you would reduce the Reserve Infantry from 16 battalions to just 33 rifle coys and so lost not just 15 rifle coys but lost all the support weapons specialists and G1/4/6 troops. Such a capability is definitely still needed and there is a strong case to re-instate the 51 mm exactly as it was. In a pinch, sure, but routinely just five or six. In 1944 an US Army infantry battalion roughly consisted of 900 men. No, I am asking us to attack the sacred cows of ceremonial roles to put troops in combat formations ! It could be the primary weapon and role of squaddie per section to be the grenadier. Should we be looking to bring UAVs to company or even platoon-level? This means wagons to have space for additional personnel and stores, are all properly crewed and that dismounted mass hits the desired 28 (plus crew 53=15 so 43 total). Again, organisational structure is important. Catering Platoon A British battalion in theatre during World War II had around 845 men; as of 2012, a British battalion had around 650 soldiers. Nagy, Istvan Austrian Cavalry A heavily loaded German infantry unit marching into a new position on the Eastern Front in 1943. The corps is the highest level of command that can provide operational direction for actual combat. (Please click on the image for a larger version) In turn each rifle company consists three platoons. Higher levels are concerned with administration rather than operations. The elements in the organizational chart for the U.S. Army span from the individual soldier all the way to the largest building block commonly used, the Corps. CnC can be further rationalised across the whole unarmed force by having a single force structure around 1 HQ, 4 commands, each operating 2 divisions that hold all naval, land, cyber, air, space and command assets assigned to them and having a flatter structure. Option C Platoon divides the platoon into three groups (or multiples) of 12 soldiers. These include leading the quartering partya forward echelon that prepares an assembly area for the company's arrivalcoordinating sustainment and CASEVAC, and aiding in coordination with different echelons of command.