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Organization System? - 7/3/2001 10:54:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		Could someone please explain to me what is the hierarchy of the army groups. Is it this 1.Regiment = ? men 2.Company = ? men 3.Platoon = ? men Is this the right DECSENDING order? Thank you for any responses.

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- 7/3/2001 11:05:00 PM   
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Originally posted by SunDevil: Could someone please explain to me what is the hierarchy of the army groups. Is it this 1.Regiment = ? men 2.Company = ? men 3.Platoon = ? men Is this the right DECSENDING order? Thank you for any responses.
It varies Army by Army and formation by formation. The order(Usually)is. Division two or more regiments Regiment composed of three or more battalions Battalion composed of three or more companies Company composed of three or more platoons Platoon composed of three or more squads Squad usually 8 or more men, or 1 vehicle. Hope this helps and I am sure you will get more data here.

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- 7/3/2001 11:18:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		1. Check your SPWaW folder, there is a good TO&E .PDF file in there. 2. Division Highly variable. 3 regiments or so of infantry plus an artillery regt. recon assets, engineer battalion, ect. usually over 10000 men. Regiment 3-4 Battalions. 3000-5000 men Battalion 3-4 companies, usually with a weapons company of some sort. 1000-1500 men Company Usually 3 infantry platoons and a weapons platoon(mortars & MG's)and a HQ section. Usually around 300ish people. Platoon 3-4 squads. Sometimes with a MG and mortars attached or integral. 50-100 people Squad 6-18 men for infantry squad. 6 or so would usually be a HQ unit. The usual US unit is about 12. 3. These are all VERY general infantry numbers. Unit size changes based on location, type of unit (arty and armor have very different setups), the general situation of the nation and local traditions. Battalions and below tend to be very standard in an army (kind of like little building blocks), but anything above that can be highly variable in size and composition.Hope this helps, and that I haven't got anything to wrong.

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- 7/4/2001 12:11:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks alot everyone, and I was wondering what that files was in my Steel Panthers directory. Time to set up my SS units. :)

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- 7/4/2001 12:17:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Sun Devil: It was a 116 in Scottsdale yesterday and spent most of it in my pool. Can't wait for winter! You might try viewing Scott Grasse's TOE at the intro menu. Gives you a good insight plus each nationality used differing formats. Bruce Semper Fi

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- 7/4/2001 12:31:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		Could someone tell me if I have the distinction between Regiments and Brigades? Its my understanding that a Brigade is essentialy a regiment. However, the battalions within the brigade come out of various regiments. Thus, for example, an British Brigade in WWII would be made up of various battalions of various regiments. For example, a brigade of the 51st Highland division could be made up of battalions of the following regiments: Black Watch, Gordon Highlanders, and Scotch Guards

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- 7/4/2001 12:32:00 AM   
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Originally posted by Lucullus: Could someone tell me if I have the distinction between Regiments and Brigades? Its my understanding that a Brigade is essentialy a regiment. However, the battalions within the brigade come out of various regiments. Thus, for example, an British Brigade in WWII would be made up of various battalions of various regiments. For example, a brigade of the 51st Highland division could be made up of battalions of the following regiments: Black Watch, Gordon Highlanders, and Scotch Guards
In the US they are the same.

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- 7/4/2001 12:40:00 AM   
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Originally posted by Lucullus: Could someone tell me if I have the distinction between Regiments and Brigades? Its my understanding that a Brigade is essentialy a regiment. However, the battalions within the brigade come out of various regiments. Thus, for example, an British Brigade in WWII would be made up of various battalions of various regiments. For example, a brigade of the 51st Highland division could be made up of battalions of the following regiments: Black Watch, Gordon Highlanders, and Scotch Guards
Modern practice for the last 100 or years is that a regiment is a training/admin headquarters while a brigade is a combat headquarters. During WWII US armored divisions were built up from regiments, but the regimental commanders did not command them in battle. Instead a Combat Command HQ was assigned units as needed and they commanded them in battle. In some cases the US Combat Command could even have units assigned from other divisions, in the book Armor Command, the author spoke of his Combat Command having a brigade of infantry attached so that his unit was larger than an infantry division. In current practice, a battalion is the smallest unit now that enters combat with supporting arms as a combined arms team. It used to be the brigade. thanks, John.

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