overview
An infantry squad is the basic combat unit of the infantry, usually consisting of three or four combat groups or soldiers, under the leadership of an army sergeant, performing combat or duty duties.
Its equipment generally consists of light machine guns used by squads, assault rifles or submachine guns or pistols used by soldiers, rocket launchers, grenades, etc., and everyone in the infantry has core combat capabilities.
Content overview
The equipment of an infantry squad generally consists of a light machine gun used by the squad, an assault rifle or submachine gun or pistol used by a soldier, a bazooka, a grenade, etc. In some reinforced infantry squads, additional equipment is provided depending on the combat or duty mission.
Before World War II, infantry squads were homogeneous in equipment and tactics, consisting mainly of infantry armed with rifles, generally consisting of 10-15 soldiers and one sergeant; During World War II, due to the emergence and popularization of individual weapons such as light machine guns, submachine guns, and rocket launchers, infantry squads in many countries were reformed relatively much in terms of equipment and tactics.
Changing trends
After World War II, with the reform of military theory and military equipment, the organization and equipment of infantry squads have also undergone great changes, and the main trends of change are:
● Increased firepower, modern infantry squads have stronger, sustained firepower; There are improvements in anti-personnel, anti-tank, air defense, etc
● The communication capability is strengthened, in World War II, only the United States will be equipped with radio equipment to the infantry platoon level, and in the modern army, many countries have equipped radio communication equipment to the squad level, in the future army soldier equipment plans of various countries, radio, satellite communication equipment will be upgraded to every soldier.
●The protection is strengthened, not only the personal protective equipment of individual soldiers is improved, but the infantry squad can also obtain the armor protection of armored combat vehicles.
●Improvement of mobility ability, the infantry squad of the modern army can not only be supported by land motor vehicles such as automobiles, armored transport vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles, etc., but also equipped with new equipment such as armed helicopters, individual aircraft, all-terrain tactical vehicles, etc., so the mobility ability has been greatly improved, and the ability to adapt to terrain conditions has also been greatly increased.
-- In order to adapt to rapid response wars, reduce logistical burdens, adapt to armored vehicles, and other reasons, and at the same time apply new military technology to infantry equipment, the infantry squads of various countries can reduce the number of infantry squads without reducing their combat effectiveness. The number of infantry squads in each country is around 7-12.
Chinese an infantry squad of the People's Liberation Army, in addition, one or two of the 7~8 riflemen may carry a grenade launcher with a gun. There are also at least 4 individual multi-purpose rocket launchers and 2 individual cloud burst rocket launchers in the establishment, which can be carried according to the actual situation. The squad precision shooter may bring a pistol for self-defense. Note that this may sometimes result in a person not having an assault rifle, who may be a machine gun secondary shooter who is only carrying a self-defense weapon (pistol or submachine gun), an accuracy shooter, or a driver.
If you have a radio station, you can have it in the car, so you don't need to carry a large radio station on your back. In addition, everyone has a single soldier communication system. Protective equipment such as goggles and body armor can be worn or not according to the actual situation. Bazookas are disposable, shoot as you go, and throw them away when you're done.