I'm watching Private Ryan and there are these so called companies that soldiers were apparently assigned to.what exactly were these "companies"?
thanx,
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2007-09-22 14:53:23 · 3 answers · asked by blOOp 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
a company as a unit has 4 platoons 1st 2nd 3rd & Hq platoon,and there 4 companies in a battalion..Hq, 1st, 2nd 3rd. now this is an armor or tank Bn.this is the usual make up of battalions and companies. I hope this answers your question.
2007-09-22 16:36:42 · answer #1 · answered by george 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
company even today is a military unit consisting of 3 or 4 platoons, depending on the actual military. the 3 platooned company has about 90 men. the companies hading for the beachhead of Normandy were double sized, they had the numbers of men increased due to the expected losses during disembarkment.
armor company has three of four platoons too, this time containing about 15 armors total, depending on the actual setup again 3 platoons have 4 armors each, plus the commanding section of two armors, plus some reinforcements like urban combat specialized armors, or engineering armors/dozers.
in the linear defense the infantry company is to defend about 300 meters of a open terrain.
platoon-> company-> battalion-> brigade-> division
2007-09-22 18:44:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An infantry company is usually made up of four platoons which have 36 men in each platoon. So, a company consists of 144 officers and men.
2007-09-22 15:03:04 · answer #3 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋