4 platoons 15,16,17,18th
During the Viet War there were 17 Patton tanks per company: Three platoons at 5 Pattons apiece and 2 M48s in HQs Platoon.
in a platoon there is 16 to 44 soldiersin a division there is 10,000 to 15,000 soldiers.if you do the math you get about 34015,000/44=340.9+++++++++++++++++++The above math may not be an accurate answer. Many of the 15,000 men in a division were in support units. For example, a typical infantry division in WW2 also included 4 artillery battalions. These were sub-divided into Batteries but they had no platoons.There were 4 platoons to a Rifle Company, with one being a weapons platoon.There were 4 Rifle Companies to an Infantry Regiment and one of these was a heavy weapons company that was not organized like the rifle companies.There were 3 Infantry Regiment to an Infantry Division.So my math would say there were about 48 platoons. Then there were other support units that were designated as platoons. These were Military Police platoons and maybe engineer and medic. I'm not sure, but I would say there were less than 100 and some of these were non-combat units.
A platoon is a military unit comprised of 25-50 soldiers. They are organized into a company, which normally consists of 3-5 platoons. Platoons are made up of two to five sections or squads.
A platoon (in the US Army) is the smallest military unit led by an officer. Two or more platoons make a company; a company is commanded by a captain.
( from Wikipedia ) : RSOV ( or "Ranger Special Operations Vehicle" ) is a military vehicle designed for The U.S. Army's 75th Ranger Regiment . It has capabilities of equipping a variety of different weapons and other attachments . There are 12 RSOVs in the "Alpha Company" of each of the three ranger battalions . The vehicles are fielded in three platoons , each platoons encompassing two sections of two RSOVs and two Kawasaki KLR 250 motorcycles .
There is no 1-72nd Chemical Company. 1/72nd would be used to designate a battalion - 1st Battalion, 72nd Regiment (of an unspecified type).
The responsibilities of a CSM is to go to the other platoons in the company and to check up on them make sure they're ok, teach a little, stuff like that
several soldiers form a squad. several squads form a platoon. Several platoons form a company and several companies form a battalion.
you have to use battlelog, when you sign in go to the "Platoons" tab at the top of the page. From their you can search for Platoons or make one of your own.
Depends on what kind of company. I've seen Army Reserve units where the "company" amounted to less personnel than in the platoons I'd served with. Generally speaking, it could be anywhere between 30 to over 200 people, depending on what the unit is, and what their MTOE is.
A fire team is usually 3 or 4 men. A squad contains about 13 men, a platoon of about 40 men, a company of about 200 men, a battalion of about 1.000 men, a regiment or brigade of three or more battalions, a division of three or more regiments, a corps of three or more divisions and an army of three or more Corps.