OK, so we go for a squad of 4 x 5 man fireteams - 20 men, so a Platoon is 60 or 80 men?
- So why not have 6 x 5 man teams, 4 under the control the Platoon Commander and 2 under the platoon Sergeant?
This is where squad based arguments unravel, because everyone is asking the wrong question. Instead I suggest,
a.) How do I best organised 100 men (arbitrary number, but one chosen as a function of limited resources) for combat operations?
b.) Once organised, how do we best equip them to fulfil a wide range of missions and within manning and equipment budgets?
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