Leslie,

This is a 'classic' Second World War platoon that can easily apply to most major armies except for the weapons of course.

What would the runners do in the late 22nd century?

Given the distribution of communication devices in current force structures I doubt there would be a Platoon RTO in the late 22nd century.

In combat even the Red Army female platoon medics on the Eastern Front were usually armed with a side-arm.

I would suggest that there would be significant robotic augmentation of leg infantry by this time.

Don't compare this organisation with the current one since these are influenced by platoon vehicle capacities for passengers.

Cheers

Greg

On 23 June 2015 at 12:30, Leslie Bates (via tml list) <nobody@simplelists.com> wrote:

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While going through some old files I found this bit of correspondence with SF NCO from 18 years ago. I'm thinking of using this in the place of the canonical Dorsai organization for my bad guys.

Well now, let me think. Below is all meat. HQ guys not included (who would equal about 60 folks altogeter.)

    Squad:

    1 x MAG58 GPMG
    2 x M79 Grenade Launchers (Grenadiers/FT Leaders also have MP5 SMG)
    1 x RPG9 (Grenadier also has MP5 SMG)
    8 x M14 Rifles
    SL x MP5 SMG

             ___
            |___|SL
            |
    ----------------------
    |         |          |
    MAG58      M79        M79
    Rifleman   Rifleman   Rifleman
    RPG9       Rifleman   Rifleman
               Rifleman   Rifleman

    The advantage of a twelve man squad is that is can absorb casualties and still have sufficient balanced firepower to accomplish its mission.

    Platoon:

    3 x Squads (36)
    1 x Weapons Squad (14)
        2 x four man MG teams (MAG58 w/tripod)
        2 x three man 60 mm Mortar teams.

    1 x PL (MP5)
    1 x PS (MP5)
    1 x Medic (unarmed)
    2 x RTO (M14)
    2 x Runners (M14)

    Total Platoon Strength = 57. Pretty big compared to "modern" thinking, but lots of ooomph and staying power.

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