Platoon Level Infantry Organizations

[Timothy OConnor]

Many members of this forum have served in the military and so they have first hand knowledge of recent/current American infantry TO&Es. And a lot of us do lots of research and simply know alot about TO&Es. So, if you know about real-world TO&Es and enjoy trying to model them in wargame terms, please review and comment on the orgs below. It's for some home grown rules I'm working on.

Scale is 1 stand = ~2 soldiers with 2 figures per stand. That means the visual scale is ~1:1 but the game mechanics work at the stand level. Each side fields a platoon or so and squads are the units/maneuver elements. So, most squads have 2-4 stands.

Rifle/GL = grenade launcher
Rifle/AT = AT-4, SMAW, or Javelin

AMERICAN LIGHT INFANTRY PLATOON
1 Platoon Leader
1 Leader Stand

3 Rifle Squads
2 Rifle/GL Stand
2 SAW Stand

1 Weapons Squad
2 GPMG Stand


AMERICAN RIFLE, AIRBORNE, AIR ASSAULT PLATOON
1 Platoon Leader
1 Leader Stand

3 Rifle Squads
2 Rifle/GL Stand
2 SAW Stand

1 Weapons Squad
2 Rifle/AT Stand
2 GPMG Stand


AMERICAN RANGER PLATOON
1 Platoon Leader
1 Leader Stand

3 Rifle Squads
2 Rifle/GL Stand
2 SAW Stands

1 Weapons Squad
3 GPMG Stand


AMERICAN STRYKER PLATOON
1 Platoon Leader
1 Leader Stand

3 Rifle Squads
1 Stryker ICV
1 Rifle/GL Stand
1 Rifle/AT Stand
2 SAW Stands

1 Weapons Squad
1 Stryker ICV
1 Rifle Stand
2 GPMG Stand
NOTE: Platoon Leader Rides with the Weapons Squad


AMERICAN BRADLEY PLATOON
1 Platoon Leader
1 Leader Stand

3 Rifle Squads
1 Bradley IFV
1 Rifle/AT Stand
2 SAW Stand

1 Weapons Squad
1 Bradley IFV
3 GPMG Stands
NOTE: Platoon Leader rides with a Rifle Squad or the Weapons Squad
NOTE: technically the Brad platoon has been reorganized into a weird 3-squad organization with squads split between AFVs...this has been simplified for us poor old wargamers!