Suppressive Fire

[Stan]

It says..

The Automatic Rifleman . He carries out the orders of the fire team leader. He is also the assistant fire team leader. He is responsible to the fire team leader for the effective employment of the automatic rifle and for the condition and care of his weapon and equipment. As assistant fire team leader, he assumes leadership for his unit whenever his fire team is not present.

Yes these were M16a1's ...

And to hold others off. It is (C) 1979, but this Fourteenth Revised Edition (Third Printing) 1 November 1982...

ETA: There is also an entire section on squad tactics if that was of interest.

Thanks Sam !
I was more interested in the troop numbers and weapons prior to the SAW and according to this Vietnam-era history site, there were 13 men and no sign of m-16s.