Commando Battalion (joint para/RM group) 2 Officers and 18 Othr ranks and the RLC Catering Platoon again a similar number commanded by a WO2 and then the SASC Sergeant and the RAPTC 2 to 3 SNCO/WO all those also add to a Battalions strenth as attached arms. If you want to replace all kind of different types of specialised infantry with only one type of general purpose infantry, the latter will only be as good as the more specialised types today, if not only the structure and size of the bataillons is changed, but also the overall equipment and its underlying doctrine and you also must invest much more in the training of this infantry. Also in such an modular overall force you can also much more easily deploy and re-role then only tank units or only infantry units and this would the increase the strategical mobility and the overall flexibility of the UK forces imo very much. 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. 1. 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. Do we need to simplify the rank structures of UK Armed Forces? Note(s) 6-10. Battalion - A battalion comprised three or more companies and was commanded by a lieutenant colonel. The size of a regiment could range from 1,000 to 5,000 troops. 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. Both were organized along similar lines. However I dont think any future peer to peer (or near peer) conflict will allow us to stand up reserve units as reinforcements, we will go with what we have, they will fight. Mollo, Tranquillo and Joseph Georg Mansfield The Austrian Army in 1798: the Uniform Plates of Tranquillo Mollo and Joseph George Mansfield Contemporary prints of the Austrian Army in 1798. The Army overall is about 5000 under authorised strength and an increase to about 7000 under strength does not seem a good change. Each fire team consists of the Fire Team Leader, an Automatic Rifleman (Specialist) serving an M249 light machine gun, Grenadier (Specialist) serving an M4A1 carbine and M320 grenade launcher, and Rifleman (Private First Class). At the armoured end, I believe Boxer is designed to also carry all the kit required for an 8 man section, which does not mean extra seats / space for more stores is not a bad thing with 6 dismounts which takes us right back round to mass of dismounts. With this weapon now returned to individual sections, in lieu of the 5.56 mm L110A2 LMG, there is arguably no need for a separate machine gun platoon, especially as platoon vehicles will have a mix of 12.7 mm HMGs and 40 mm GMGs. However, two of the infantry regiments were reduced to two battalions each and their supporting artillery battalions had only two firing batteries. confronting an adversary such as the Russians in eastern Europe would require heavy and medium armour with the ability to mount a mobile defence via mobility and counter mobility along with long range fires etc what would the light brigade bring to this party? The psychological impact of fighting against a platoon with immediate indirect fire capability should not be disregarded nor should the effect of hearing its noise and seeing its explosion. It may indeed prove a good idea if explored and developed further but I dont understand what problem you seek to solve nor what the advantages are: it will do nothing for quality of training, Reserve professionalism and competency, morale and retention or, crucially, deployability. In the United States Army, a battalion is a unit composed of a headquarters and two to six batteries, companies, or troops. It offers a range of new ammunition natures from anti-tank rounds to bunker-busting HE. This adds-up to 2 officers +14 other ranks. Tank battalions and mechanized infantry battalions no longer exist. The squad is led by a Squad Leader (Staff Sergeant) and further subdivided into two homogenous fire teams designated Alpha Team and Bravo Team and each led by a Fire Team Leader (Sergeant). With the Dutch artillery units, the equivalent of a battalion is called an afdeling (which translates to "section"). You are spot on that dismounted mass should dictate the ORBAT rather than vehicle capacity. (d) 3 from auxiliary service. endstream endobj 3745 0 obj <>stream 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. With successive rounds of cutbacks after the war, many infantry regiments were reduced to a single battalion (others were amalgamated to form large regiments that maintained multiple battalions, e.g., the Royal Anglian Regiment). How can Royal Navy Ship numbers be realistically increased? It just seems a bit of an own goal to me youve got a big powerful IFV that you cant exploit fully. We recommend you cite primary sources. Light Role battalions had 8-soldier sections. 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That said, mounting guard for a month would I think be novel and exciting and interesting, not least because of the opportunity for the junior ranks to live it up in London. @Jed In my fantasy army its the best allocation of resources. Dubbed Infantry Battalion Experiment Campaign Plan, or IBX30, the three-battalion effort is part of the Corps' push to reorganize for conflicts with near-peer adversaries by 2030, which the. Did your article mention or show pictures of the benches being kept or are they being replaced by seats? This is because Reserves are not expected or asked to deploy more than once per five-year period. But each platoon then gains four or five extra soldiers. Anti-Tank Nagy, Istvan Austrian Cavalry I dont understand why the commando (no bipod) version of the 60mm mortar would be less accurate or more difficult to get rounds on target than a 51mm ? Gary Uchida was an original member of the 100th Infantry Battalion. The Universal Infantry Battalion by Nicholas Drummond August 29, 2019 With a smaller army limited to just 82,000 soldiers, the organisational structure of its component units and the number of personnel within individual sub-units starts to become very important. This would increase the size of fighting infantry men in the bataillons heavily so that they become numerically sufficient enough for infantry combat and would protect them to become mech-infantry only troops. Light Role Battalions are likely to need fewer mechanics, so there is room for downward adjustment. Ulrich gives an alternative of all battalions being light role and armoured vehicles being in independent extreme bronegruppa units. Their light cavalry troops are even bigger: 50 soldiers in eight LOVs (Pinzgauers). firepower and protection yes (which would possibly be over kill), but at the expense of a massive logistical footprint. The discussion has been first -rate too. The weapons platoon would have the mortar platoon, the anti tank platoon, and an assault gun platoon with some sort of wheeled TD or support gun. The Bushmaster I believe is a 2 crew, 10 pax vehicle with some room for stores and kit. Ultimately, this discussion is about maximising Boots on the ground. It can best be achieved by ensuring that British infantry units are structured around ground combat roles that ensure responsiveness and efficiency, rather than being organised according to financial constraints. The current active corps are I Corps at Fort Lewis, Washington; III Corps at Fort Hood, Texas; and XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Personnel will primarily be drivers. Same for Mech Inf, if you are happy to reduce dismounted infantry mass to 22 (36 + 4). A field army consists of two or more corps and is run by a general or lieutenant general. This essentially gives us a diamond structure with a centralised support function for each unit and is creates a fully contained self supporting unit at battalion level that has everything it needs, crucially this structure allows for every battalion in the force to have 1 company at high readiness, 1 training up, 1 coming off and 1 at rest and this can revolve in 3 or 6 month cycles. By specifically including them, you ensure that the total number of dismounts is not diluted. Why is it that everyone thinks being a Medic is something easily relegated to a part time role? The addition of the antitank platoon meant that a BTR battalion at full strength was 525 personnel and 60 BTRs, including three command variants, while a BMP battalion consisted of 497 personnel and 45 BMPs, including three command variants. It will have 6 ambulances, each crewed by 3 personnel, although this may be increased to 8 or 9 for high intensity operations, creating a total headcount requirement of 1 medical officer + 25 other ranks. Id integrate a fourth rifle company from the TA into your battalion too, to train alongside it and to be fully conversant with its people and its methodology. As the job of the Supply Sergeant is to coordinate supply with higher echelons, their duty position is with the battalion trains although they may ride with the cargo truck in a company march. 37mm A battle group consists of an infantry battalion or armoured regiment with sub-units detached from other military units acting under the command of the battalion commander. @MikeW The four companies include three line companies and one H&S; the four battalions include three lines and one H&S. There are always variations to what is the standard breakdown of Marine Corps unit structure. A U.S. Army battalion includes the battalion commander (lieutenant colonel), executive officer (major), command sergeant major (CSM), headquarters staff, and usually three to five companies, with a total of 300 to 1,000[31] (but typically 500 to 600) soldiers. Thisproposal is in-line with what rifle companies already have. The 100th Infantry Battalion, initially made up almost entirely of Japanese Americans from Hawai'i already in the army prior to World War II, represented the first group of Japanese Americans to see combat during World War II. I of course being TA/Army reserve would have any idea how to be a Regular Army medic keep my medical competencies up etc as I do the job five days a week and not spend an inordinate about of time counting tent pegs. With a 7.62mm MG, 7.62mm DMR and 6 shot 40mm GL in each section I would not want to follow the Yanks direction to an overly powerful 6.8mm AR for everyone. Returning to three standard rifle platoons with organic GPMGs, avoiding the need for a fourth fire support platoon, streamlines the overall battalion structure and reduces the administrative burden of bringing soldiers from Army Reserve units. I do think the reserves however have a huge role to play in defending airfields, HQs, dockyards, ammo dumps etc etc. Each company is commanded by a major, the officer commanding (OC), with a captain or senior lieutenant as second-in-command (2IC). Some would argue that the 40 mm low velocity grenade is a substitute for 51 mm mortars, but maximum range is 300-400 metres not 700-800 metres. The current infantry rifle platoon organization is identical to the infantry, air assault, and airborne rifle platoon organizations listed in the Change 1 of FM 7-8 published in 2001. Each Rifle Company had a Heavy Weapons Platoon that was divided into a There was no JCompany: the letter J was traditionally not used because in 18th- and 19th-century old-style type, the capital letters I and J looked alike, and were therefore easily confused with one another. Does this need a full battalion or just a Company? It has also been suggested that rifle companies should acquire 81 mm mortars. AT - For historical reasons, armor and Ranger units of brigade size are called regiments, and the equivalent Special Forces units are called groups. 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. Administratively, battalions are subdivisions of regiments. Sergeants Mess Staff These are: At one end of the spectrum, Armoured infantry battalions are well-resourced with 732 soldiers, while Specialised Infantry battalions have just 267, but this is for training and mentoring, not a primary combat role. Generally, the RTO sticks with the Platoon Leader to keep them in constant communication with their squads and company headquarters. Both consisted of a battalion headquarters of 12 personnel and three motorised rifle companies of 110 personnel each, along with a number of combat support units: a mortar battery consisting of eight 120mm 120-PM-43 mortars or automatic 82mm 2B9 Vasileks, an air defense platoon with nine MANPADs, either the SA-7 Grail, SA-14 Gremlin or SA-16 Gimlet, and an automatic grenade launcher platoon with six 30mm AGS-17 launchers. These included air assault, light infantry, infantry, mountain infantry, airborne, and the Rangers. The Department of Defense provides the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security. Under the observation of the Marine Corps. They may be armed with a M4A1 Carbine with a high power optic, Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle (EBR), M110 SASS, or newer M110A1 CSASS (as of 2018-9). Light Machine Gun Section and a Mortar Section. Co - The armoured brigade would have Ajax Recce, Chally, Ajax IFV (bye bye Warrior! AUTHORISED PERSONNEL: AUTHORISED EQUIPMENT - BATTALION LEVEL: Prev Next Therefore, there may be a case to standardise all infantry battalions around a common structure with an identical headcount for each. One suggestion might be to convert the light-role battalions GPMG SF Pl into a MANPADS Pl? This is vital. As we begin to look towards autonomous vehicles, REME support across all battalion types will become more important. I like your set up for the battalion except for the support company which I think itshould be split into 2. PHILANTHROPY. This assumes light-role units are geared towards lower-intensity than the operations which Armd/Mech Inf will conduct: higher-intensity warfighting with an increasingly potent air threat. The Forward Observer and Fire Fupport RTO work as a team to direct fire support, including but not limited to company mortars, battalion mortars, and field artillery. This would lead directly to an to small infantry force wich would not be able to create the said necessary critial mass and also such an infantry would simply not have the overall size which is necessary to fight in an infantry-terrain (like woods, urban etc). Indeed, it is my opinion that four dismounts is all Warrior can really operate with for the dismounts to have any degree of comfort. A sacred cow! I basically used six as a starting point in the interests of standardization because six dismounts seems to be where heavy IFVs are heading and so a six man section seems rational unless youre happy to play musical chairs on arrival and it means you can task one section in a vehicle; presuming you can pull one guy out of the turret you max out at 28 dismounts which is the traditional platoon size. The T/O started out as a chart-like document published by the War Department during WWII, prescribing the organic structure and equipment of units from divisional strength on down to the smallest operational entities . Thanks for the idea. Are you implying that there is a problem with their professionalism and, therefore, competency? . My preferred direction is to to look at a common organisation for the Armoured and Mechanised infantry, and a different organisation for light infantry including air assault. Battalion 2019-2023 Battle Order. Total battalion headcount can be determined by considering how many soldiers are needed within each component unit type. In a trentch or a building 5.56mm belt feds are superb. A battalion may also contain a combat support company. MP - How about a Corps of Infantry ? As a bonus I thought that a closer relationship with reserves at battalion might serve as a nice middle ground, with regulars perhaps choosing that as way out of the service as well as for reserves finding it a way in. In armoured or mechanised formations the vehicle crew would be drawn mostly from Fire Support Section. I think were missing a trick with not using the reserve transition from regular service. A corps includes two to five divisions with anywhere between 20,000 and 45,000 soldiers. of US Divisions, Corps and independant units that served in Italy. In 2016, the Army reorganized its brigades into brigade combat teams, which are autonomous modular brigades that most commonly include one combat arms brigade and its assigned support and fire units. While it cant do indirect fire into dead ground the CG is very acccurate and very lethal which I think more than makes up for the reduced number of rounds plts will be able to carry for them. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Nominally, an extra GPMG and DMR are proposed, but a light mortar or multi-role 40 mm AGL could be carried instead. Why some say Warrior can carry seven and why some say less: I dont understand what problem having a light, medium and heavy brigade in a division solves. Great conversation going here, I am squished onto public transit in 30 c temps in Ontario, so please excuse typos ! I would like to see the Hirtenberger 60mm mortars purchased under UOR deployed at least in the Rifle Company HQ, more for smoke and illumination rather than HE. Eight is hard enough (the driver helpfully stows his away in the tunnel between him and the gunner although that is likely a death sentence if the wagon brews up or goes underwater). 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. I think this ORBAT with this weapon allocation redresses the balance of infantrymen equipped to assault and those equipped to suppress as well as giving greater flexiblity and lethality by bridging the gap between it and support weapon platoons. Required fields are marked *. For all modern technology, gunning and commanding really require two people, else you have an ineffective platform. Changes: Type: Pages. This creates a requirement for 1 officer + 44 other ranks. This would imo truly increase flexibility, fighting power and would it make even more easier to re-role the units. that serves 2 M224 60mm light mortars for indirect fire support. Often these will be stored in vehicles until needed. With a smaller army limited to just 82,000 soldiers, the organisational structure and number of personnel within individual units starts to become very important. Such a capability is definitely still needed and there is a strong case to re-instate the 51 mm exactly as it was. To take, and then hold ground is the usual answer.

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