Re: Obat15 - Australia
OK..
Firstly I did not say these tanks were not around, its a matter of termination date. Though I doubt it matters as I do not from memory ever recall any of these tanks leaving Australia.
As for the infantry srtuctures there would be some level of disagrement re sources and results eg:
Inf Coy of Inf Battalion – 1953
(source “Redcoats to Cams, A History of Australian Infantry 1788 to 2001; WO2 Ian Kuring, Australian Military History publication, 2004)
Each Coy has 3 Pls and each Pl has 3 sections
Coy HQ
. 2 Offrs, 10 ORs
. 2 x LMG
. 1 x 2” mor
. 1 x Universal carrier
Rifle Platoon x 3
Each platoon has a Pl HQ and 3 Rifle Sections as:
Pl HQ
. 1 Offr, 9 Ors
. 1 x 2” mor
. 1 x 3.5 RL
Rifle Section , 3 per platoon as:
. 10 Ors
. 1 x LMG
Inf Coy of Inf Battalion – late 1950s, (approx ‘56)
(source “Redcoats to Cams, A History of Australian Infantry 1788 to 2001; WO2 Ian Kuring, Australian Military History publication, 2004)
Each Coy has 3 Pls and each Pl has 3 sections and a Support Section
Coy HQ
. 2 Offrs, 8 ORs
Rifle Platoon x 3
Each platoon has a Pl HQ and 3 Rifle Sections and 1 Support Section as:
Pl HQ
. 1 Offr, 2 Ors
Rifle Section , 3 per platoon as:
. 9 Ors
. 1 x LMG
. 1 x SR, (Sniper Rifle)
Support Section
. 9 Ors
. 2 x 2” mor
. 1 x 3.5 RL
Inf Coy of Pentropic Inf Bn, 1960 – 1964
(source “Redcoats to Cams, A History of Australian Infantry 1788 to 2001; WO2 Ian Kuring, Australian Military History publication, 2004)
Each Coy has 4 Rifle Pls and a Weapons Pl, each Rifle Pl has 4 sections, the Weapons Pl has 1 section Mor and 1 section RL
Coy HQ
. 2 Offrs, 15 ORs
. 2 x GPMG
Rifle Platoon x 4
Each platoon has a Pl HQ and 4 Rifle Sections as:
Pl HQ
. 1 Offr, 3 ORs
Rifle Section , 4 per platoon as:
. 9 Ors
. 1 x GPMG
Weapon Pl x 1
Pl HQ
. 1 Offr, 3 ORs
Mor Sect as:
. 9 ORs
. 2 x 81mm mor
RL Sect
. 10 ORs
. 3 x 3.5 RL
As it stands with the current OOB the Pentropic structure has been left out.
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