US RIFLE INFANTRY: Squads, Platoons & Divisions Explained!

[@jamesscott2894]

You have a few things wrong. Squad and Platoon level is mostly correct, just that the M14 is long gone, only the M110 is present in conventional Squads (you can find 7.62mm DMR versions of the SCAR in Rangers and other SOF units tho), and the M320 has entirely replaced the M203... at the Company level, there is no Weapons Platoon (I think you must be thinking of the Marine Corps?) There's just the Mortar Section
Battalion is just wrong, there's the Rifle Co, the Weapons Co (which may be getting disbanded in the near future per reorg charts, but currently that is correct) but the HHC level support is all wrong. The Scout Platoon has 6 (not 2) vehicles to support 24 Scouts, Bn Mortars is 4 Teams covering either 4x M120 120mm Mortars or M252 81mm Mortars (can field a max of 4 of either at any given time), a Medical Platoon (the Bn Aid Station), a Signals Retransmission Platoon, and a Sniper Squad. There simply is no such thing as a "Grenade Platoon", the ATGM are provided in the Weapons Company (Which is made up of "Assault Platoon" that mix in TOW ATGM, Mk19 automatic grenade launcher, M2 .50cal Heavy Machine Guns and M240 machine guns), and there is no organic Air Defense Platoon, Engineer Platoon, etc. There *may* be Brigade assets pushed down, but they aren't a part of the Infantry Battalion, same with the Supply Co (actually called a Forward Support Company, with is organic to the Brigade Support Battalion, tho typically the FSC's are habitually attached to the maneuver Battalions)
And the BCT org is also wrong, and looks more like a Russian org than a US Army org. A US Army Infantry Brigade Combat Team has 3x Infantry Battalions, Cavalry (scout) Squadron, Artillery Bn (no rocket artillery, all M119 105mm towed guns for light In, M777 for Stryker medium, and M109 SPG for heavy mech units... M142 HIMARS and M270 MLRS rocket artillery is at higher echelons, like dedicated artillery Fires Brigades supporting the Corps, and nowadays, the Fires Battalion is being moved to be concentrated under a single Division Artillery Brigade, but that change is only just starting, some units have moved, others haven't), Brigade Support Battalion, and a Brigade Engineer Battalion (really more of a Special Troops Battalion as there's two Combat Engineer Companies, a Signal Company, and a Military Intelligence Company under the BEB).
Divisions are wrong again. While they're super modular, basically they have 2-3 Brigade Combat Teams, the DIVARTY, Combat Aviation Brigade, and Sustainment Brigade. Not a whole bunch of smaller random Battalions mentioned

[@ArsenalExploration]

My bad! Surely going to double everything from next time. I just get things from Google and some documents soo🙂....

[@theobvious1958]

The US has the biggest prison population in the world, why has the military not integrated military parole duty?

[@jamesscott2894]

@theobvious1958 The military wants people who can actually follow the rules

[@theobvious1958]

@@jamesscott2894 like lose to guys in sandals and toyotas??

[@jamesscott2894]

@@theobvious1958 you mean just like russia in 1988?

[@ezOqekuRitusohI]

I’m loving how modular the organization is!

[@AfilYoutube]

This is very informative, I hope you post more like indepth and visual information how a military organization works in this way- especially combat, command structure or branches.

[@ArsenalExploration]

I'm glad you found it informative! I'll definitely consider creating more content on military organization and combat structures.

[@theobvious1958]

@@ArsenalExploration The US has the biggest prison population in the world, why has the military not integrated military parole duty?

[@Loxley1160]

👍 very informative

[@ArsenalExploration]

Glad you liked it

[@fgrgthtv8939]

nice video sir

[@ArsenalExploration]

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