US TOE Questions

[Marcello]

I was thinking to do something along these lines.

A leg infantry rifle company composed by:
1) Rifle squad in slot 1
2) Mortar squad (six guys with two 60mm mortars ) in slot 2
3) Three rifle platoons with four rifle squads and a MMG section each

A motorized rifle company.
Same organization as the above but with softskin (trucks,pickups, unarmored HMMWV etc) transport.

Mechanized company (two versions, one mounted on tracked APCs and the other on wheels)
1) Rifle squad in slot 1
2) Two APCs in slots 2 and 3
3) Three rifle platoons composed by three rifle squads, one MMG section and four APCs each.

No organic mortars but a separate mortar platoon composed by three APCs towing/carrying 81/120mm mortar.

Good/Bad, thoughts?

[Suhiir]

I may well be wrong, since as I said US Army TO&E is not something I know very well (and I'm too lazy to look it up). But I believe Army INFANTRY squads are generally larger then their MECH infantry ones.

They seem to tailor their mech squads to the capacity of the APC/IFV. It's 11 men for M113 units and 6 for Bradley ones.

[SGTGunn]

Army infantry squad strengths:

Light, Air Assault, Airborne, & Ranger - 9 men
M113 Mech Infantry "old style" - 9 dismounts + 2 crew
M113 Mech Infatry "new style" - 7 dismounts + 2 crew

Current M2 Bradley Mech Infantry Platoon - 4 BFV and three 9-man dismount squads. The 3 squads are split between 4 vehicles.

A current Bradley Squad:

1 Squad Leader (M16/M4)
2 Team Leaders (M16/M4)
2 Automatic Rifleman (M249 SAW)
2 Grenadiers (M16/M4 + M203)
2 Rifleman/Designated Marksman (M16 or M14)

Also each squad has an M240B and a Javelin which the two rifleman are trained to employ when necessary.

A Stryker Mech Infantry Platoon - has four Strykers, 3 9-man dismount squads and a 7-man weapon squad. 1 Squad per vehicle.

Stryker squad:

1 Squad Leader (M16/M4)
2 Team Leaders (M16/M4)
2 Automatic Rifleman (M249 SAW)
2 Grenadiers (M16/M4 + M203)
1 Designated Marksman (M16 or M14)
1 Anti-Tank Specialist (Javelin and M4)

Stryker Weapon Squad:

1 Squad Leader (M16/M4)
2 Machine Gunners (M240B and M9)
2 Assistant Gunners (M16/M4)
2 Ammo Bearers (M16/M4)

Adrian

[Suhiir]

Good info SGTGunn, thanks !
At least now I know (if not "understand") the Army TO *chuckles*.

[SGTGunn]

US Army Mech TO&E is based on the principle of "not enough men and too much equipment".

Of course it can be argued that us light guys are also cursed with "too much equipment" - I get that feeling every time I put on my rucksack.

Adrian

[Suhiir]

Being a Jarhead we of course follow the "Too many men, not enough equipment" school.