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  2. Section (military unit) - Wikipedia

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    In the South African Army Infantry Formation (which is responsible for all South African Army infantry), the standard infantry section is divided into a seven-man rifle group and a three-man machine gun group as per the earlier British model; the rifle group consists of a section commander (Corporal) and six riflemen, all armed with R4 5.56mm ...

  3. List of equipment of the United States Army - Wikipedia

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    The United States Army uses various equipment in the course of their work. Small arms Firearms Model Image Caliber Type Origin Details Pistols SIG Sauer M17 9×19mm NATO Pistol United States SIG Sauer P320 – US Army Standard Issue Sidearm. Winner of the Modular Handgun System competition. Replaced all M9 and M11 pistols in service. Glock 26 9×19mm NATO Pistol Austria Glock 26 – limited ...

  4. List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    Within the Table of Organization and Equipment for both the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps, these two classes of weapons are considered as crew-served; the operator of the weapon has an assistant who carries additional ammunition and associated equipment, acts as a spotter, and is also fully qualified in the operation of ...

  5. List of equipment of the United States Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    Adopted by the United States Army as the "Lightweight Multipurpose Weapon M136". M3 MAAWS: Anti-tank recoilless rifle: Saab Bofors Dynamics: 84x246mm R Army, USSOCOM: SMAW: Anti-tank rocket system: Nammo Talley: 83.5mm Army, Marine Corps Anti-air weapons FIM-92 Stinger: Man-portable air-defense system: Raytheon Missiles & Defense: Army, Marine ...

  6. United States Army Reserve - Wikipedia

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    On 23 April 1908 Congress created the Medical Reserve Corps, the official predecessor of the Army Reserve. [3] After World War I, under the National Defense Act of 1920, Congress reorganized the U.S. land forces by authorizing a Regular Army, a National Guard and an Organized Reserve (Officers Reserve Corps and Enlisted Reserve Corps) of unrestricted size, which later became the Army Reserve. [4]

  7. Table of organization and equipment - Wikipedia

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    The division's separation from its supply base extends up to 100 kilometres and aggravates the supply [of] food. The commissar, Tkachenko, went on to urgently request vehicles (including ambulances, of which there were none), small arms and support weapons, draught horses, and a closer supply base.

  8. 63rd Infantry Division (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The 63rd Infantry Division ("Blood and Fire" [1]) was an infantry division of the Seventh Army [2] of the U.S. Sixth Army Group [2] of the Army of the United States that fought in Europe during World War II. After the war it was inactivated, but later the division number and shoulder sleeve insignia were authorized for use by the 63rd Army ...

  9. Structure of the United States Army - Wikipedia

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    A major expansion of special forces occurred during the 1960s, with a total of eighteen groups organized in the Regular Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard. As a result of renewed emphasis on special operations in the 1980s, the Special Forces Branch was established as a basic branch of the army effective 9 April 1987, by General Order ...