That is the sad reality of the US Army, in that it has always been slow change things. The basic light Infantry unit from Squad on up to Battalion has overall change very little since WWII. It one of those things the more it changes, the more it stays the same.
The basic Infantry Battalion is very easily to Motorized too. Whether one uses various HMMWVs or other motorized means. You can take a regular Rifle Squad and almost equip it with 2 HMMWV equipped with 1 MG and 1 Auto-matic Gernade Launcher, which would give the ground element the fire support.
Just some thoughts.
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