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03-24-2016, 01:24 PM
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The Long Range Patrol Vehicles in use now are configured for 3; Vehicle Commander, Driver, Gunner. 6 men would equal 2 Vehicles OR they use the 2 man version with a guy riding a 4x4 Quad Bike or motorcycle in a scout role.
Whilst it may seem odd to have the size of your force be shaped or even dictated by your equipment, its actually (sadly) nothing new. The US Army reorganized its men around the Stryker vehicle for instance.
It makes plenty of sense to me that you would base your default rifle squads size on the cacacity of your IFV or whatever. Also a unit is rarely if ever at full strength anyway - between casualties and other troops who are absent for one reason or other.
Units are always tweaking tactics and squad size. I remember in the Norwegian mechinf "Storm" (yes, I was actually a stormtrooper), when we trained as NCOs we were taught that the platoons would consist of four 8 man squads. But when we got out to our units they had 3 regular squad and a fourth command/scout/designated marksman squad. This sort of thing goes on all the time and there's no reason to assume that GIJoe wouldn't follow suit. The ARAH comics depict Joes sent on missions in various team strengths - there's no clear standard unit size.
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