It is not intended to be a stand alone publication.
Us army light infantry platoon.
The principle audiences for atp 3 21 8 are commanders staffs and leaders who are responsible for planning preparing executing and assessing operations of the infantry platoon and squad.
Fm 3 96 brigade combat team published october 2015 department of the army.
Fm 3 21 8 supersedes fm 7 8 infantry rifle platoon and squad dated 22 april 1992 with change 1 dated 1 march 2001.
For the purposes of this list brigades are currently excluded.
Atp 3 90 1 armor and mechanized infantry company team published january 2016 department of the army.
Army s infantry rifle platoon consists of a platoon headquarters 3 rifle squads and 1 weapons squads.
Atp 3 20 15 tank platoon published december 2012 department of the army.
In the british army a rifle platoon from an infantry company consists of three sections of eight men plus a signaller radio operator a platoon sergeant a sergeant the platoon commander either a second lieutenant or lieutenant and a mortar man operating a light mortar full strength of 27 men and one officer.
The organization of a light infantry platoon before we begin our look at the organization of the light infantry platoon.
We will provide a fairly typical us army organization that was highly successful over the years.
Army signal intelligence student platoon.
There are many variants to this organization.
This amounts to 1 officer and 38 permanent enlisted personnel as well as 3 usually attached enlisted personnel.
The different types of light infantry organizations were all consolidated into the one infantry organization in 2007.
They can have up to a few dozen soldiers and are ran by a lieutenant.
This is a list of current formations of the united states army which is constantly changing as the army changes its structure over time.
It provides techniques for employment of infantry platoons and squads in conducting decisive actions.
Let s lay out our parameters.
Platoons are made up of a few squads and fall under a company.
Generally in infantry the platoon consists of 3 infantry squads a weapons squad and a platoon headquarters with a platoon radiotelephone operator.
