Wilf,

My only reference is Chris Cocks' book Fireforce. I no longer have the book but I know he said the platoon was broken down into four-man "sticks." I don't recall if he mentioned how many per platoon.

I was just thinking that 30 men can also be 5x6. Or, 4x6 plus a couple of 3-man command cells if necessary. Just wondering if that would be worthwhile since the fireteams could take 50% casualties before having to be combined.