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06-17-2011, 11:42 AM
Stormgard
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That's cool, Stormgard. I didn't know you served in the Mech Inf. Is that where the name comes from?
Yeah, most of the time, units are improvising and simply reworking what they have to work with, but I'm always interested in the base structure or standard TO&E. Units are often understrength as you pointed out and you can build whatever size team you really need. I was just surprised to see them reduce the rifle squad to 7. Reducing the MG teams to 2 instead of 3 makes sense if that's all it takes to handle the weapon effectively, but reducing the rifle squad makes it seem like all they did was downsize the standard size of the platoon. There are obvious times when you have to operate with less than standard because of transportation limitations, and so, but I was just curious as to why they thought the smaller unit would be more effective. Makes sense for missions that require stealth and covert entry like recon, since more men can give away a position, but Rangers often seem to function more as a direct action element. I don't know. Do you think they've kept the original 3 NCOs in the squad? Seems like it might be overkill--3 SGTs leading 4 SPC/PFCs. Plus I imagine that would effect recruitment, requiring more NCOs for less people per squad. I'm guessing they're using 1 SL, 1 TL, 2 SAWs (MK46s), 2 Grenadiers and 1 rifleman, which still allows room for two effective fireteams.
Yeah, that's where my handle comes from, in part.
I did my national service in the Norwegian Army, First the Royal Foot Guards ("Gard"), then "Storm" (which was part of the cavalry at the time, rather than the infantry,but for all intents and purposes it was a heavily armed mechinf outfit).
Back in '98, we were still riding around in old NM 135s, which is essentially a M113 with a turret and 20 mm machine cannon. We all wanted to get put on the CV90s which were being phased in at the time. Unfortuntely I never had a chance to do so myself - that's one hell of an IFV.
I don't know much about US military squad and platoon organization. In Storm we typically had a Lt or Junior Lt leading a platoon, with each squad/vehicle being commanded by either a Sgt, or a Senior Corporal. Everyone else was enlisted, including the junior corporals who acted as 2nd in command of the squad and as vehicle commanders for the "tracks" when the Squad leader was on foot.
In the Storm platoons, the AT fireteam often functioned as basic riflemen. No need to take along the high calibre stuff if you're storming a building or something.
Before I was a "Stormtrooper" I spent half a year in a "pioneer" (combat engineer) platoon with the Royal Guards. As best I recall, we had 4 squads, each lead by an enlisted Junior Corporal. There was a platoon commander (Junior Lt) and two Sgts who functioned as instructors (they weren't formally attached to any one squad).
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