Atp 3 90 1 armor and mechanized infantry company team published january 2016 department of the army.
Us army light infantry platoon.
Army s infantry rifle platoon consists of a platoon headquarters 3 rifle squads and 1 weapons squads.
Platoons are made up of a few squads and fall under a company.
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.
They can have up to a few dozen soldiers and are ran by a lieutenant.
It is not intended to be a stand alone publication.
Due to the nature of those changes specifically the restructuring of brigades into autonomous modular brigades debate has arisen as to whether brigades are units or formations.
Mcoe supplemental manual 3 90 force structure reference data armored brigade combat team sobko serhii 2017 the u s.
This is a list of current formations of the united states army which is constantly changing as the army changes its structure over time.
The organization of a light infantry platoon before we begin our look at the organization of the light infantry platoon.
It provides techniques for employment of infantry platoons and squads in conducting decisive actions.
Fm 3 96 brigade combat team published october 2015 department of the army.
For the purposes of this list brigades are currently excluded.
There are many variants to this organization.
Atp 3 20 15 tank platoon published december 2012 department of the army.
Atp 3 21 8 provides the doctrinal framework for all infantry platoons and squads.
Let s lay out our parameters.
Army signal intelligence student platoon.
The different types of light infantry organizations were all consolidated into the one infantry organization in 2007.
We will provide a fairly typical us army organization that was highly successful over the years.
Generally in infantry the platoon consists of 3 infantry squads a weapons squad and a platoon headquarters with a platoon radiotelephone operator.