Us Army Light Infantry Platoon

Army s infantry rifle platoon consists of a platoon headquarters 3 rifle squads and 1 weapons squads.

Us army light infantry platoon. They can have up to a few dozen soldiers and are ran by a lieutenant. Atp 3 90 1 armor and mechanized infantry company team published january 2016 department of the army. Platoons are made up of a few squads and fall under a company. Fm 3 21 8 supersedes fm 7 8 infantry rifle platoon and squad dated 22 april 1992 with change 1 dated 1 march 2001.

It provides techniques for employment of infantry platoons and squads in conducting decisive actions. Atp 3 21 8 provides the doctrinal framework for all infantry platoons and squads. Mcoe supplemental manual 3 90 force structure reference data armored brigade combat team sobko serhii 2017 the u s. Atp 3 20 15 tank platoon published december 2012 department of the army.

The different types of light infantry organizations were all consolidated into the one infantry organization in 2007. For the purposes of this list brigades are currently excluded. 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. Let s lay out our parameters.

This amounts to 1 officer and 38 permanent enlisted personnel as well as 3 usually attached enlisted personnel. We will provide a fairly typical us army organization that was highly successful over the years. Fm 3 96 brigade combat team published october 2015 department of the army. Generally in infantry the platoon consists of 3 infantry squads a weapons squad and a platoon headquarters with a platoon radiotelephone operator.

There are many variants to this organization. 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. 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 is not intended to be a stand alone publication.