Army divisions...let's see if I've got this right.

[ForsakenGemini]

OK, so:

3-12 men in a squad.
3 squads in a platoon.
4 platoons in a company.
5 companies in a battalion.
3 battalions in a regiment.
1 regiment and 2 battalions in a reinforced regiment, or brigade.
3 brigades or 5 regiments in a division.
3 divisons in a corps.

Have I got that right? And for anyone out there who knows BattleTech...
5 Elementals in a point.
5 BattleMechs/Points to a Star.
2 Stars to a Binary.
3 Stars to a Trinary.
3-5 Trinaries to a Cluster.
3 Clusters to a Galaxy.

Is THAT right? And can anyone explain how Inner Sphere lances fit into the army divisions? I think I have them right but can't see where a lance would be in relation. If I'm wrong, please let me know...thx.

-Forsaken

 

[Bobomatic]

ummm..................................

 

[burnedout]

3-12 men in a squad.
3 squads in a platoon.
4 platoons in a company.
5 companies in a battalion.
3 battalions in a regiment.
1 regiment and 2 battalions in a reinforced regiment, or brigade.
3 brigades or 5 regiments in a division.
3 divisons in a corps

Almost. All depends upon whether they are mech or light and where they are in the real world.

2-5 men per team
2-3 teams per squad
3-4 squads per platoon
4 platoons per company (3 line, 1 HQ). Training companies have more.
4-5 companies per battalion (3-4 line, 1 HQ)
3-4 battalions per regiment or brigade with a brigade HQ and HQ company
2-3 maneuver brigades per division. Does not include division assets such as DIVARTY, division aviation bn or bde, mp bde, support, etc.
1-3 divisions per corps

<edit> You are talking real world, right?</edit>

 

[911paramedic]

I was a platoon leader in boot camp - '84, which was around forty men. Our company was around 90 men. We had a divison of 12 companies, which would be from 9,600, 12.000 men.

I think that the average is 1,000 per division.

David

 

[MadRat]

Use the formula "3-5 X in a (X +1)", with X being the lower unit.

3-5 men in a team. (enlisted, Corporal)
3-5 teams in a squad. (enlisted, Sergeant)
3-5 squads in a platoon. (officer, Lieutenant)
3-5 platoons in a company/battery. (officer, Captain)
3-5 companies (or batteries) in a battalion. (officer, Lieutenant Colonel)
3-5 battalions in a brigade. (officer, Colonel)
3-5 brigades in a division. (officer, Major General)
3-5 divisons in a corps. (officer, Lieutenant General)
3-5 corps in a army. (officer, General)

Ranks in the U.S. Army go as follows:

Enlisted:

Private, Private 1st Class, Corporal, Sergeant, Staff Sergeant, Sergeant 1st Class, Master Sergeant, First Sergeant, Sergeant Major, Command Sergeant Major, Sergeant Major of the Army

Junior Officers:

Warrant Officer (NCO), Chief Warrant Officer (NCO), Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, Captain

Senior Officers:

Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel

General Staff:

Brigadier General, Major General, Lieutenant General, General, General of the Army

NOTE: NCO is a non-commissioned officer (otherwise known as an enlisted man) normally of at least the rank of Sergeant.

 

[AndrewR]

Posted this in the other thread of the same type:

Remember that regiments aren't common these days in the Army. I can think of four, though there might be a handful of others. Do the Brits still use the regimental system, or did they can that, too? I need to ask the Flight Lieutenant at work.