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Army rifle squad-vietnam war
What was the makeup of the rifle squad during the viet war?
# 0f fireteams , thump guns, m-60 , sgt squad leader ? How are Army rifle squads organized now? |
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in the years 69 71 the whole company wasn't but 65 or 70 men so not sure what a whole company looked like always like small units lol.
razz
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My recon team had
5 riflemen and one over rifle and thumper M-203
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Frank
you got your sis laughin out loud with that signature line of yours...
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Whole platoon was 18 - 24 men . Had every weapon we could get our hands on. Your a sick man Frank .
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Yes I know John
and all the DRs at the VA back that up. Heh Heh Heh :cl:
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Frank
I knew you would make a great psycovet.
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Squad
Mech Infantry was a little different. They decided that we were supposed to have 6 men per squad.
1. Driver: M-16 and .45 2. Gunner: .50 Cal. and .45 3. Light Gunner: M-60 and .45 4. Thump gunner: M-79 and .45 5. RTO: M-16 6. Riflemen: M-16 (Also a 12 G. pump shotgun on most line vehicles. A lot of people who were suppose to have .45's didn't.) Armored Cav units had more firepower - 2 M-60s and with iron shields. I always felt sorry for straight legs and airborne due to their lack of firepower and ammo. Well, flet sorry till the RPG's started flying. Stay healthy, Andy |
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My TO&E said I was supposed to have 157 men.
But the most I ever had in the field with me was about 90. The platoons were supposed to have 4 squads each, with 11 men. I M-60, 9 rifles and two "Bloopers". Just about everybody carried a LAW and one or two 81mm rounds for the one tube we carried in the field. (they were too heavy and we had too few men to carry any more) The Medics were authorized pistols, but both carried M-16's and used them! I was authorized a Car-15 but gave it away to one of the Platoon Leaders and carried an M-14 with a scope. (We had 5 of them assigned to the company but nobody wanted to be a "sniper") It (the M-14) came in real handy after we settled into our night lager. We'd always have VC following us and they'd fire a few shots at us each evening. Managed to pick off a few here and there.
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Army Rifle Units Vietnam War
Thanks people , interesting!
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