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in my campaign the Battalion commander had carried out a major reorganization of his command. He condensed the basic platoon down as follows, and the Company was composed of four to five of these platoons. Company Headquarters Section contained the majority of the support assets that kept the company paperwork and maintenance going. When i can find the rest of the notes on the Battalion i'll be posting it on it's very own thread. This thread is to help me make the platoon reorganization better and more flexible.
Would the vehicles assigned to the platoon be a seperate section or an organic part of the individual platoon sections? US Army Platoon Organization (emergency wartime organization): Section One 2LT <name>, Platoon Commander SGT <name>, Plt Cmdr Radio-Telephone Operator SGT <name>, Combat Field Medic SGT <name>, Fire Team Leader SPC <name>, Grenadier PFC <name>, Automatic Rifleman PV2 <name>, Rifleman SPC <name>, MG Gunner PFC <name>, MG Assist. Gunner PV2 <name>, MG Ammo Bearer SPC <name>, Designated Marksman Section Two SFC <name>, Platoon Sergeant SPC <name>, Plt Sgt Radio-Telephone Operator SPC <name>, Combat Field Medic SGT <name>, Fire Team Leader SPC <name>, Grenadier PFC <name>, Automatic Rifleman PV2 <name>, Rifleman SPC <name>, MG Gunner PFC <name>, MG Assist. Gunner PV2 <name>, MG Ammo Bearer SPC <name>, Designated Marksman Section Three SSG <name>, Squad Leader SPC <name>, Radio-Telephone Operator SPC <name>, Combat Field Medic SGT <name>, Fire Team Leader SPC <name>, Grenadier PFC <name>, Automatic Rifleman PV2 <name>, Rifleman SPC <name>, MG Gunner PFC <name>, MG Assist. Gunner PV2 <name>, MG Ammo Bearer SPC <name>, Designated Marksman Overwatch Recon & Sniper Section: SGT <>, Spotter SPC <>, Sniper PFC <>, Flanker Embedded Journalism / Combat Correspondent Section: <name>, Field Correspondent <name>, Cameraman <name>, Producer * <name>, Sound & Lighting Technician * SPC <>, Anti-Armor Gunner PFC <>, Anti-Armor Asst. Gunner PV2 <>, Anti-Armor Ammo Bearer SPC <>, Mortar Gunner PFC <>, Mortar Asst. Gunner PV2 <>, Mortar Ammo Handler |
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Hmmm Looks to be a reinforced platoon. I don't ever remember our platoon having more than one medic, maybe a 2nd one from the aid station. Nice that the 2nd fire team are now MG teams assigned to each squad.
As for assigning vehicles. If they are tracked or mounted then they should be assigned. If they are used from transportation sub-unit and to only motorized, then no. In WWII many Infantry units were motorized, would be loaded in Duece and half and taken to predetermine distance behind the front and the troop would dismount and go to the front from there. Then the transportation would go back and get the next unit making it was up on foot. |
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I added a sniper overwatch & scout section with the three man composition since i had read that many nations have added a thrid position as 'flanker' to their sniper teams to protect the sniper and spotter whiel they where focused on their targets. I saw these overwatch/recon teams as perfect when supported by each of the designated marksman from the individual sections when they really needed to rip enemy positions with precision marksmanship and gunfire... i have thought of a section that would have a mortar team and anti-armor team... but i don't know. i need help with that aspect with advice from actual combat infantrymen who'd know if that would really make a platoon more self-sufficient or not. |
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Just a slight note: When I was in the Army, and you were a PV2 for more than a few months after arriving at your first unit, you were either pogue or you'd been demoted at some point. The T2K situation may alter things, but that's my two cents.
OT aside: I knew a guy who'd been demoted to E-none so many times that he took some blank name tag tape and made himself sew-on PV1 rank. (A PV1 has no stripes.) His superiors didn't think it was funny...
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I have a feeling that during the war the ranks of PVT and PV2 would be held by those draftees that where there 'just to fill in the ranks' as it where. Promotion to higher ranks would end up being career military or those draftees who would actually be damn good at their jobs. Does anyone have suggestions about the Mortar and Anti-Armor assets being directly assigned to the platoon level with this reorganization that i'm using? Or does any have any suggestions for improving it? Or should I keep it the way it is? |
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