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its principal allies and enemies. Rocket launcher artillery battalions consisted of a headquarters and headquarters platoon, a service battery and three firing batteries equipped with BM-21 Grads for a total of 255 personnel.[29][30]. endstream endobj 3744 0 obj <>stream Infantry Battalion Structure - Bharat Rakshak - Indian Army & Land Forces Tactically, battalions are grouped into brigades. Or what is not getting done in the modular battalion ? What I have a problem with is your suggestion to pull one guy out of the turret. 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. These are only used in times of large-scale war, such as World War II. This articles argues that it would create a more flexible and potent force as well as making it easier to re-role battalions if a universal, multi-role structure was developed. If additional, theyll require their own wagon with the necessary extra personnel as crew. So while I like your idea of a standard, basic, modular structure, it seems very typically British in that it appears under-gunned compared to allied nations ? For context Ive remembered where my TA train of thought originated, it was during the general discussion on strike brigades and a resurgent Russia. A United States Marine Corps battalion includes the battalion headquarters, consisting of the commanding officer (usually a lieutenant colonel, sometimes a colonel), an executive officer (the second-in-command, usually a major), the sergeant major, and the executive staff (S-1 through S-4 and S-6). On a related subject, getting more Infantry into standard modular structured Battalions; how would you feel about an idea I think that was first floated over on Think Defence many years ago moving the ceremonial role over to a specific, non-regular setup ? Each Guards Regt have an incremental coy (so 500 troops). One concern about the existing structure is that the third rifle platoon in each infantry company is furnished by the Army Reserve. Officers Mess Staff I see that you failed to include the Adjutant Generals Regimental Administration Office Platoon with around 20 personel. This means that you have moved a battalion of Foot Guards out of LONDIST and back into the deployable force thats good, right? As you say Marcus part time Medics would not know what there about compared to full time regular army medics, I was told this many a time in my time in the TA/Army reserve/ what ever its called this week, a large number of which tend to work in the NHS and Private Health Care and although my abilities to get the shine of my boot to dazzle the sun, the razor sharp creases in my trousers to cut the RSMs eye balls is very poor, I did 12 years of medical training and working in A&E. Administratively, battalions are subdivisions of regiments. The Combat Medic is attached from the Combat Medic Section of the Battalion's Medic Platoon while the Forward Observer and their RTO are attached from the Field Artillery Battalion. 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. Company HQ will be extremely lean with just one officer and five other ranks. And to the opposite for open terrain which is tank friendly the said general-purpose all-mech infantry would be more expensive than simple tanks without infantry which would dominate the open terrain against such infantry as the more numerous enemy infantry would rule the closed terrain against the to few of the general-purpose bataillons because the number of infantry outside the vehicles would become much lower if you include all this vehicles in an infantry bataillon.