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Not sure what happened. Go to the link I posted for the discussion thread, the second link, and you will see the first link in the first post on that thread.

An interesting article written by Wilf proposing a "Fire Team Group Platoon."

http://www.geocities.com/drakonok/Or..._Infantry.html

I think this is what you're asking for.

It's being...

Yes, I understand. Light infantry units do it that way also.

But the authors basic contention is that you need to start with big squads of 12 or 13 people for the fire team structure to hold up...

In other words, what is the "basic infantry element?"

Oh, boy. Go to the threads (and numerous links!:eek:) about the rife squad, fire team group platoon, etc.

Insightful (I thought) was...

If I understand your question correctly you're asking about planning to have more than enough troops to accomplish a given mission?

The only thing I ever heard was that we should have a 3 to 1...