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I need to know how many troops are in different miliary units. How many troops are in a platoon, a division, etc.? If possible, I'd like to know all of them. I need this for a film I'm writing.

Thanks!

 

It reallly varies actually. I served with the 58th Combat Engineers 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. My Platoon had 4 squads which totaled about 35 soldiers. We had 5 platoons in the company. (all of which vary in size as far as soldiers go) and that made up our company. Then including our company there was 4 companies that made up the battalion. Then there was 4 battalions that made up the division.

So it reall does vary, but it usually goes:
soldier-->squad-->platoon-->company-->battalion-->division.

In some cases the divisions get extremely big especially when you deal with the Rapid Deployment Units (ex. Airborne, Rangers, Air Assault)

Hope this helps you.

RANGERS "LEAD THE WAY"

 

It does matter a lot; including what branch.

I was in several units in the Air Force, 488th Intel Squadron , 355th Training Squadron, 41st Electronic Combat Squadron

Element - Flight - Squadron - Group - Wing

 

The British system was as follows

Company 200 Men
5 Companies 1000 men = Battailion
2 or sometimes more battailios = Regiment (when battailions from same area, or linked eg 1st battions 95th and the 2nd Battion 95th)
2 or more regiments or 2 or more non-linked battaions = Brigade
2 or more Brigades = 1 Diviosn
2 or more Divisions = 1 Army Corps
2 or more Army Corps = Army
2 or more Armies = Army Group

I'm sorry I can't remeber below a company.

 

I know nothing about the British military setup, so I can't really help you out at all there, but the US Army goes (ideally) something like this. This is just a general unit. Different units have different needs and the sizes of each element vary accordingly.

Fire team - 5 men
Squad - 2 fire teams
Platoon - 4 squads (at least 3, sometimes 5)
Company (here's where the problems start) - at least 2 platoons, usually 4 platoons, but sometimes more.
Battalion - At least 2 companies, typically 4, but there are pleanty of 3, 5, 6 etc. company battalions.
Brigade - Depends greatly on the type of brigade how many battalions are in it. At least 2, though
Division - See brigade
Army - I have no idea

An armored division is generally smaller than an infantry division. Special forces might never even get up to anything larger than a company, or even a platoon. It just depends. Some special forces do get up that high and higher.

 

Okay, thanks everyone!