For many civilians, words such as squad, platoon, company, regiment and others are known. However, most of them have never thought about the difference between, for example, a squad from a regiment, and a platoon from a company. In fact, the structure of military units is formed based on the number of military personnel. In this article we will look at the size of each military unit and understand in detail the structure of military formations.

Brief description of units and number of military personnel

In order to clearly control military personnel, military units have a specific structure, each unit of which has its own commander or chief. Each unit has a different number of troops, and is part of a larger unit (a squad is part of a platoon, a platoon is part of a company, etc.). The smallest unit is the squad, it includes from four to ten people, and the largest formation is the front (district), the number of which is difficult to name, since it depends on a number of factors. To have a clearer idea of ​​the size of a military unit, it is necessary to consider each of them, which we will do next.

What is a department and how many people are there?

As noted above, the smallest military unit is a squad that is directly part of a platoon. The squad commander is the direct superior of the squad personnel. On army jargon it is called “Chest of Drawers” ​​for short. Most often, the squad leader has the rank of junior sergeant or sergeant, and the squad itself may consist of ordinary soldiers and corporals. Depending on the type of troops, a department may have a different number of people. Interestingly, the equivalent of a squad in tank units is the tank crew, and in artillery units it is the crew. The picture below shows several examples of differences between the squad, crew and crew

The picture shows a motorized rifle squad, but in fact battalions have various departments, for example: the battalion commander’s control department (4 people), the reconnaissance department of the control platoon (4 people), the weapons repair department of the repair platoon (3 people), the communications department (8 people) and others.

What is a platoon and how many people are in it?

The next largest number of personnel is the platoon. Most often it includes from three to six departments, respectively, its number ranges from fifteen to sixty people. As a rule, a platoon is commanded by junior officers - junior lieutenant, lieutenant or senior lieutenant.
On the infographic you can see examples of motorized rifle and tank platoons, as well as a fire platoon of a mortar battery


Thus, we see that a motorized rifle platoon consists of a platoon command (platoon commander and deputy) and 3 squads (we looked at the composition of the squads above in the picture). That is, only 29 people.
A tank platoon consists of 3 tank crews. It is important that the commander of a tank platoon is also the commander of the first tank, so there are only 9 people in a tank platoon.
A fire platoon consists of 3-4 crews, each crew consists of 7 people, so the platoon size is 21-28 people.

Also, in addition to the units presented in the example, there are many different platoons in various brigades and regiments. As an example, let's list just a few of them:

• Platoon control
• Communications platoon
• Reconnaissance Platoon
• Engineer platoon
• Grenade Platoon
• Logistics Platoon
• Medical platoon
• Anti-aircraft missile platoon
• Repair platoon, etc.

Company and number of people in it

The third largest military formation is the company. Depending on the type of troops, the size of a company can be from 30 to 150 soldiers, who are part of 2 to 4 platoons. Thus, the strength of a tank company is 31–40 people, and the number of military personnel in a motorized rifle company fluctuates between 150 people. The company is also a formation of tactical importance, which means that the servicemen who are part of the company, in the event of combat operations, can perform tactical tasks independently, without being part of the battalion. Often the company is commanded by an officer with the rank of captain, and only in some units this position is held by a major. Also, depending on the type of troops, a company may have a different name. For example, an artillery company is called a battery, an aviation company is called an aviation unit, and previously there was also a cavalry company, which was called a squadron.

In the example we have a tank and motorized rifle companies, as well as a mortar battery

Battalion and number of military personnel in it

As in other military units, the size of the battalion depends on the type of troops. The battalion consists of 2 - 4 companies, and has from 250 to 1000 people. As you can see, this military unit already has quite an impressive number, and therefore is considered the main tactical formation, capable of acting independently.

Many have heard the song of the group “Lube” called “Combat”, but not everyone knows what it means. So, the battalion is commanded by the battalion commander, which is abbreviated as “battalion commander”, in whose honor this composition of the same name was written. A battalion commander is the position of a lieutenant colonel, but most often battalion commanders are captains and majors, who have the opportunity to advance in their rank and receive the stars of a lieutenant colonel.

The battalion's activities are coordinated at battalion headquarters. Just like a company, a battalion, depending on the type of troops, may be called differently. For example, in the artillery and anti-aircraft missile forces they are called divisions (artillery division, air defense division).

There are many more specific units in battalions and divisions that were mentioned above. Therefore, we will present the structure in the form of separate infographics

Regiment and its composition

The regiment consists of three to six battalions. The strength of the regiment does not exceed two thousand people. The regiment itself is a directly key tactical formation that is completely autonomous. To command such a formation, you must have the rank of colonel, but in practice, lieutenant colonels are more often appointed as regiment commanders. A regiment may contain several different units. For example, if a regiment has three tank battalions and one motorized rifle battalion, then the regiment will have the name tank. Also, depending on the type of troops, the regiment can perform different tasks: combined arms, anti-aircraft, rear.

There are also more numerous units that were heard by civilians much less often than the above-mentioned formations. We will try to briefly talk about them in the next part of the article.

Brigade, division, corps, army, front

After the regiment, the next largest in size is the brigade, which usually numbers from two to eight thousand troops. The brigade consists of several battalions (divisions), several auxiliary companies, and sometimes two or even three regiments. An officer with the rank of colonel is appointed brigade commander (abbreviated as brigade commander).

The main operational-tactical formation is a division. It includes several regiments, as well as many auxiliary units of various types of troops. The highest officers with the rank of major general and above are allowed to command the division, since the strength of the division is an impressive 12 - 24 thousand people.

The next military formation is the army corps. It is formed from several divisions, which can reach one hundred thousand people. There is no predominance of any military branches when creating an army corps, since it is a combined arms formation. The corps commander can be a senior military officer - major general and above.

The army as a military unit consists of several corps. The exact number of military personnel can range from two hundred thousand to a million, depending on the structure. The army is commanded by a major general or lieutenant general.

The front, and in peacetime the military district, is the largest unit of all existing in the armed forces. It is very difficult to name its number, since it can change depending on the political situation, military doctrine, region, etc. The position of front commander can be held by a lieutenant general or an army general.

General principles for the formation of the number of units

From the above, you can build a certain chain that will help to finally clarify general principles formation of the number of units:

• 5 – 10 people form a department;
• 3 – 6 squads form a platoon;
• 3 – 6 platoons create a company;
• 3 – 4 companies form a battalion;
• 3 – 6 battalions create a regiment;
• 2 – 3 battalions form a brigade;
• several brigades and auxiliary units form a division;
• 3 – 4 divisions create an army corps;
• 2 – 10 divisions are capable of forming an army

You also need to remember that the number of military units may depend directly on the type of troops. For example, tank units are always significantly inferior in number to motorized rifle units.

Other tactical terms

In addition to the above-mentioned terms of the number of military units, the following concepts can also be distinguished:

1. Division - everything military units, which are part of the part. In other words, military terms such as squad, platoon, company, etc. can be expressed by the word "unit".
2. A military unit is the main independent unit of the Armed Forces. Most often, the unit consists of a regiment or brigade. Also separate companies and battalions can be military units. The main features of the part are:

• availability of open and closed military numbers;
• military economy;
• bank account;
• postal and telegraph address;
• own office work;
• official seal of the part;
• the commander's right to issue written orders.

All these signs indicate that the unit has the autonomy it needs.

1. Compound. In fact, this term can only describe a division. The word “connection” itself implies the union of several parts. If the composition of a brigade is formed from separate battalions and companies that have the status of units, then in this case the brigade can also be called a formation.
2. An association. Unites units such as corps, army, front or district.

Having analyzed all the above concepts, you can understand on what principles the numerical classification of military units is built. Now, watching films on military topics, or communicating with a military man, having heard most military terms, you will have a clear idea of ​​them. It is worth noting that this article does not pay due attention to the structure of aviation and naval formations, since they do not differ significantly from military ones.

Armed Forces of the state- defensive and military organizations supplied by the government and used in the interests of the state. In some countries, paramilitary organizations are included in the structure of the Armed Forces.

In a number of countries, especially in the West, the military is linked to the government through a civilian agency. It may be called the Ministry of Defense, the Department of Defense, the Military Department, or otherwise.

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Types of aircraft

Aircraft are usually divided into different kinds; these are usually the army (Ground Forces), aviation (Air Force) and navy (Navy/Navy). The Coast Guard may also be part of the Armed Forces (although in many countries it is part of the police force or is a civilian agency). The French structure, copied by many countries, includes three traditional branches, and, as a fourth, the Gendarmerie.

The term consolidated forces is often used, meaning military units made up of two or more branches of the Armed Forces.

Organizational hierarchy of the Armed Forces

The minimum unit of the aircraft is a unit. The unit usually operates as a single unit, and is homogeneous in composition (for example, only infantry, only cavalry, etc.).

In the Soviet and Russian armies, the main unit is considered to be a platoon, company or battalion. These are the types of formations that are elements of the next level of the hierarchy - the military unit.

Larger units of the Russian Armed Forces are called, depending on their size, units, formations and associations (English formations). The most common (but not the only) type of military units in the Soviet army were regiments, and in the Russian army - brigades. An example of formations are individual brigades, divisions, wings, etc. Formations are represented in the Soviet and Russian armies by corps and armies.

Hierarchy of modern armies

Symbol	Army unit name (divisions, formations, associations)	Number of soldiers	Number of subordinate units	Command of an army unit
XXXXXXX	theater of war or armed forces	300000+	2+ fronts	supreme commander
XXXXXX	front, district	150000+	2+ army groups	army general, marshal
XXXXX	army group	80000+	2+ armies	army general, marshal
XXXX	army	40000+	2+ cases	lieutenant general, colonel general
XXX	frame	20000-50000	2-6 divisions	major general, lieutenant general
XX	division	5000-20000	2-6 brigades	colonel, major general
X	brigade	1300-8000	2-6 regiments	colonel, major general, brigadier general, brigadier
III	regiment	700-3000	2-6 battalions, divisions	major, lieutenant colonel, colonel
II	battalion, division	150-1000	2-12 mouth	senior lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant colonel, colonel
I	company, battery, squadron	30-250	2-8 platoons, 6-10 squads	lieutenant, senior lieutenant, captain, major
	platoon, detachment	10-50	2-6 branches	warrant officer, senior warrant officer, junior lieutenant, lieutenant, senior lieutenant, captain
Ø	squad, crew, crew	2-10	2 groups, links	junior sergeant, sergeant, senior sergeant, sergeant major, warrant officer
Ø	unit, group, team	2-10	0	corporal, junior sergeant

Steps in this ladder can be skipped: for example, in NATO forces there is usually a battalion-brigade organization (in Russia such an organization is also used, it is an alternative to the battalion-regiment-division division). At the same time, in the Soviet army there were so-called separate brigades, the main difference of which was that they, unlike modern brigades, included separate military units (for example, two motorized rifle regiments).

An army, an army group, a region and a theater of military operations are the largest formations, which can differ greatly from each other in size and composition. At the division level, support forces are usually added (field artillery, medical service, logistics service, etc.), which may not be present at the regiment and battalion level. In the USA, a regiment with support units is called a regimental combat team, in the UK and other countries - a combat group.

In some countries, traditional names may be used, creating confusion. Thus, British and Canadian tank battalions are divided into squadrons (companies, English companies) and troops, English. troops (corresponding to platoons, English platoons), while in the American cavalry a squadron corresponds not to a company, but to a battalion, and is divided into troops ( troops, resp. companies) and platoons.

The fronts of the Red Army during World War II corresponded, according to this classification, to army groups.

Add-ons

1. The names of the listed units may vary depending on the type of troops. For example:
   1. In the Soviet army (and, accordingly, in the Russian army), a squad may be called a crew. Functionally corresponds to the crew of one combat vehicle;
   2. In missile forces, artillery, and air defense forces, a squad may be called a crew. Functionally corresponds to a crew that serves one gun or combat vehicle;
   3. In missile and artillery and air defense forces, a company is called a battery, and a battalion is called a division;
   4. In cavalry, a company was called a squadron, and a battalion was called a division (but often in cavalry regiments this unit was excluded and the regiment consisted of only several squadrons). Currently, in the armies of Anglo-Saxon countries (Britain, USA) there are so-called. armored cavalry troops, in which this name is retained;
   5. In the Russian Cossack troops there are other names - regiments of six hundred or four hundred, hundreds, fifty, squads (tens), individual artillery units. The Cossack troops also have their own system of military ranks;
2. The indicated number refers to infantry (motorized infantry, motorized rifle) troops. In other branches of the military, the number of units with the same names may be significantly smaller. For example, an infantry regiment consists of 3 - 4 thousand people, an artillery regiment - of 1 thousand.
3. Any military unit the army has not one, but two states - peacetime and wartime. The wartime workforce adds new positions in existing units, new units, and new units. Missing military personnel are called up for general mobilization in war time. In the Soviet (and Russian) army there are:
   1. Deployed wartime staff;
   2. Reduced staff;
   3. Cadre units (in which the staff consists only of officers at the level of platoon commanders, company commanders or battalion commanders and above).

In the modern Russian army, about 85% of military units have a reduced staff, the remaining 15% are so-called. "parts constant readiness", which are deployed to a full staff. In peacetime Armed forces in Russia they are divided into military districts, each of which is headed by the commander of the district troops with the rank of army general. In wartime, fronts are deployed on the basis of military districts;

1. In all modern armies a “ternary” (sometimes “quaternary”) composition was adopted. This means that an infantry regiment consists of three infantry battalions (“three-battalion composition”). In addition to them, it includes other units - for example, a tank battalion, artillery and anti-aircraft divisions, repair, reconnaissance companies, commandant platoon, etc. In turn, each infantry battalion of the regiment consists of three infantry companies and other units - for example , mortar battery, communications platoon.
2. The hierarchy, therefore, may not be direct; for example, a mortar battery in an infantry regiment is not part of any battalion (division). Accordingly, separate battalions can be allocated, each of which is an independent military unit, or even separate companies. Also, each regiment can be part of a division, or (at a higher level) directly subordinate to the command of the corps (“corps subordination regiment”), or, at an even higher level, the regiment can subordinate directly to the command of a military district (“district subordination regiment”);
3. In an infantry regiment, the main units - infantry battalions - report directly to the regimental commander. All auxiliary units are subordinate to his deputies. The same system is repeated at all levels. For example, for an artillery regiment of district subordination, the chief will not be the commander of the district troops, but the chief of the district artillery. The communications platoon of an infantry battalion is subordinate not to the battalion commander, but to his first deputy - the chief of staff.
4. Brigades are a separate unit. In terms of their position, brigades stand between a regiment (the regiment commander is a colonel) and a division (the division commander is a major general). In most armies of the world there is an intermediate rank between the ranks of colonel and major general "Brigadier General", corresponding to the brigade commander (and during the Second World War the Waffen-SS had the rank of “Oberführer”). In Russia, traditionally there is no such title. In the modern Russian army, the Soviet division military district-corps-division-regiment-battalion, as a rule, is replaced by the abbreviated military district - brigade - battalion. operational-tactical [i.e. 2-7]. - M.: Military publishing house of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1976-1980.
5. Battle Regulations Ground Forces USSR Armed Forces (Division - Brigade - Regiment). Military publishing house of the USSR Ministry of Defense. Moscow. 1985
6. Regulations on military service by officers of the Soviet Army and Navy. Order of the USSR Ministry of Defense No. 200-67.
7. Directory of an officer of the Soviet Army and Navy. Moscow. Military publishing house 1970
8. A reference book for officers of the Soviet Army and Navy on legislation. Moscow. Military publishing house 1976
9. Order of the USSR Ministry of Defense No. 105-77 “Regulations on the military economy of the Armed Forces of the USSR.”
10. Charter of the internal service of the USSR Armed Forces. Moscow. Military publishing house 1965
11. Textbook. Operational art. Military publishing house of the USSR Ministry of Defense. Moscow. 1965
12. I. M. Andrusenko, R. G. Dunov, Yu. R. Fomin. Motorized rifle (tank) platoon in battle. Moscow. Military publishing house 1989

In this case, the company is not part of the battalion, but acts as a separate and autonomous formation. In some branches of the military, the term "company" is not used, but replaced by similar military formations. For example, the cavalry is equipped with squadrons of a hundred people each, artillery with batteries, border troops with outposts, aviation with units. Battalion The size of this military formation depends on the type of troops. Often the number of servicemen in this case ranges from 250 to a thousand soldiers. There are battalions of up to a hundred soldiers. Such a formation is completed with 2-4 companies or platoons acting independently. Due to their significant numbers, battalions are used as the main tactical formations. It is commanded by an officer with the rank of not less than a lieutenant colonel. The commander is also called "battalion commander".

How many people are in a company, battalion, platoon, etc.

The front is already a self-sufficient structure with reserves, warehouses, training units, military schools and so on. The front commander is in command. This is a lieutenant general or army general. As part of the reorganization of the armed forces in 2010, the number of administrative districts was reduced to 4 (there were 6 military districts, 4 military fleets).

When creating new structures, the US unified combat commands were taken as a model. On the basis of territorial combined-arms formations, new operational-strategic command subjects were formed. In 2014, to organize the defense of the Arctic areas from the three districts, the creation of the northern group began.
The effectiveness of the innovative system of combat command and control of the General Staff being introduced should be ensured by the military districts of Russia formed according to the new principle.

Structure of the armed forces

The number of personnel of the regiment is from 900 to 2000 people. Brigade. As well as the regiment is the main tactical formation. Actually, the brigade occupies an intermediate position between the regiment and the division.

The structure of the brigade is most often the same as that of the regiment, however, there are much more battalions and other units in the brigade. So in a motorized rifle brigade there are one and a half to two times more motorized rifle and tank battalions than in a regiment. A brigade may also consist of two regiments, plus auxiliary battalions and companies.

On average, there are from 2 to 8 thousand people in a brigade. The brigade commander, as well as in the regiment, is a colonel. Division. The main operational-tactical formation. As well as the regiment is named after the type of troops prevailing in it.

However, the predominance of one or another type of troops is much less than in the regiment.

Company, division, battalion: strength

Each division is subdivided, as a rule, into three batteries, which, in turn, consist of three to four platoons. The size and structure of the division As mentioned above, three or four regiments form an artillery division. The number of personnel in such a unit reaches six thousand people.
As a rule, the command of a division is entrusted to a soldier with the rank of major general, but there have been cases when these units were commanded by colonels and even lieutenant colonels. Two divisions form the largest link in artillery - the corps. The number of military personnel in artillery corps can reach 12,000 people.

The commander of such a unit is often a lieutenant general.

Military ranks of the Russian Federation

Unit, unit, connection, ... What is it?) In literature, military documents, in mass propaganda, in conversations, in official documents On military issues, terms are constantly encountered - formation, regiment, unit, military unit, company, battalion, army, etc. For military people, everything here is clear, simple and unambiguous. They immediately understand what is at stake, how many soldiers these names hide under themselves, what this or that formation can do on the battlefield.

For civilians, all these names mean little. Very often they get confused in these terms. Moreover, if in civil structures"department" often means a large part firm, plant, then in the army a “department” is the smallest formation of several people.

The number of military units in the Russian Federation

Very often in feature films and literary works On military topics, terms such as company, battalion, and regiment are used. The number of formations is not indicated by the author. Military people, of course, are aware of this issue, as well as many others related to the army. This article is addressed to those who are far from the army, but still want to navigate the military hierarchy and know what a squad, company, battalion, division is. The number, structure and tasks of these formations are described in the article. Smallest formation A division, or department, is the minimum unit in the hierarchy of the Soviet Armed Forces, and later Russian army. This formation is homogeneous in composition, that is, it consists of either infantrymen or cavalrymen, etc. When performing combat missions, the unit acts as a single unit.

Hierarchy of military formations

Smaller Units A platoon consists of several sections, and its personnel size varies from 9 to 50 people. As a rule, the platoon commander is a soldier with the rank of lieutenant. The smallest permanent unit in the army is the branch.

The number of military personnel in it ranges from three to sixteen people. In most cases, a soldier with the rank of sergeant or senior sergeant is appointed as the squad leader. The number of artillery regiments The time has come to take a closer look at what an artillery regiment is, the number of personnel of this unit and some other parameters.

An artillery regiment is a structural unit of such a type of troops as artillery. It usually comes in as component in an artillery division, consisting of three or four divisions.

Most soldiers are in companies of construction battalions. There their number reaches 250 people. In motorized rifle units, it varies from 60 to 101 servicemen. Slightly fewer personnel in the landing troops. Here the number of army men does not exceed 80 people.

But the least soldiers are in tank companies. There are only 31 to 41 military personnel there. In general, depending on the type of troops and on a particular state, the number of military personnel in a company can vary from 18 to 280 people. In addition, in some military branches there is no such unit as a company, but at the same time there are analogues.

Attention

For cavalry, this is a squadron, which includes about a hundred people, for artillery - a battery, for border troops - an outpost, for aviation - a link. The company consists of command personnel and several platoons. Also, a company may include special squads that are not part of platoons.

However, an attentive reader can now quite simply and with minor errors imagine the naval and aviation hierarchy. As far as the author knows: in aviation - a unit, a squadron, a regiment, a division, a corps, an air army. In the fleet - ship (crew), division, brigade, division, flotilla, fleet.

However, this is all inaccurate, experts in aviation and the navy will correct me. Literature. 1.Combat Regulations of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the USSR (Division - Brigade - Regiment). Military publishing house of the USSR Ministry of Defense. Moscow. 19852. Regulations on military service by officers of the Soviet Army and Navy. Order of the USSR Ministry of Defense No. 200-67.3. Directory of an officer of the Soviet Army and Navy. Moscow. Military publishing house 19704. A reference book for officers of the Soviet Army and Navy on legislation. Moscow. Military publishing house 19765.
This will be my first blog post. It’s not a full-fledged article in terms of the number of words and information, but it’s a very important note, which can be read in one breath and has almost more benefits than many of my articles. So, what is a squad, platoon, company and other concepts known to us from books and films? And how many people do they contain? What is a platoon, company, battalion, etc. Contents

• 1 What is a platoon, company, battalion, etc.
• 2 How many people do they include?
• 3 What other similar tactical terms exist?
• 4 Summary

• Branch
• Platoon
• Battalion
• brigade
• Division
• Frame
• Army
• Front (district)

These are all tactical units in the branches and types of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Generals have always found it difficult to control large military units. To facilitate management, it was decided to create subunits commanded by junior commanders. Below is a list of these subunits. Of course, each army has its own manner of command, but the sub-units are often similar in different armies. After all, the management of military units of the army is an extremely responsible matter, and the smaller the unit commanded by an officer, the easier it is for him to understand the situation. This reduces responsibility.

In this article, we will also consider the organization and armament of units of foreign armies. This is a very serious topic that is of interest to many. Large units of foreign armies are divided into their own small units. The first such part is a link.

Flight or fire group

A wing is a small military unit of the infantry and is designed to optimize fire, movement, tactical doctrine in combat. Depending on mission requirements, a typical fireteam consists of four or fewer members:

• machine gunner;
• machine gunner's assistant;
• shooter;
• designated team leader.

The role of each fire team leader is to ensure that everyone operates as a unit. Two or three fireteams are organized into a squad or section in coordinated operations led by a squad leader.

Military theorists consider effective fireteams to be critical to the modern professional military because they serve as the primary force. Psychological research conducted by the United States Army has shown that soldiers' survivability and readiness for combat is influenced more by the desire to both protect and support other fireteam members than by abstract concepts or ideologies. Historically, countries with effective organization fireteams had significantly better performance from their infantry units in combat than those that were limited to traditional operations with larger units.

The fireteam is the primary link on which the organization of modern infantry in the British Army, the regiments of the Royal Air Force, the Royal Marines, the US Army is based. The concept of fireteams is based on the need for tactical flexibility in infantry operations. The link is capable of operating autonomously as part of a larger unit. Successful work in fireteams depends on the quality of training of small unit personnel, the experience of working together among fireteam members, the availability of sufficient communications infrastructure, and quality non-commissioned officers to provide tactical leadership to the team.

These requirements have led to the successful use of the fireteam concept by more professional militaries. Military conscription makes it difficult for teams to develop because team members are less effective as they gain experience over time by working together and building personal connections. The tactics of action of army units within a flight are quite diverse.

In combat, when attacking or maneuvering, the fireteam typically extends out to a distance of 50 meters (160 ft), while in defensive positions the team may cover the range of their weapons or their visual limits, whichever is less. In open areas effective group can travel up to 500 meters (1,600 ft), although detection range limits effectiveness beyond 100 meters (330 ft) or so without special equipment. A team is effective as long as its main weapon remains operational. Link as part of an army unit on this moment a very effective combat unit.

The next division consists of several units. This large unit of the army is called a detachment.

Detachment

In military terminology, a detachment, or squadron, is a unit led by a non-commissioned officer who reports to an infantry platoon. In countries following the traditions of the British army (Australian Army, Canadian Army, etc.), this organization is called a section. In most armies, a squad consists of eight to fourteen soldiers and can be divided into fire teams.

During World War II, the infantry unit of the German Wehrmacht (or Gruppe) was built around a machine gun general purpose. The advantage of the general purpose machine gun concept was that it greatly increased the total amount of fire that could be given by the squad. MG-34 or MG-42 were actively used as such a machine gun.

The infantry group consisted of ten people: a non-commissioned officer, a deputy commander, a group of three people (a machine gunner, an assistant gunner and an ammunition carrier) and five shooters. As a personal small arms the squad leader was issued a rifle or, from around 1941, a submachine gun, the machine gunner and his assistant were issued pistols, and the deputy squad leader, ammunition carrier and marksmen were issued rifles.

The riflemen carried additional ammunition, hand grenades, explosives or machine gun tripod, as needed. They provided security and covering fire for the machine gun group. Two of the standard standard issue 98k Carbine rifles could be replaced with semi-automatic Gewehr-43 rifles, and sometimes StG-44 assault rifles could be used to rearm an entire squad except for the machine gun.

In U.S. Army units, historically, a troop was a division of a section consisting of two soldiers up to 12 men, and was originally used primarily for training and administrative purposes.

Platoon

A platoon is a combat unit in an army, usually consisting of two or more squads/sections/patrols. Platoon organization varies by country, but generally according to official organization charts published in U.S. military records, a full U.S. Infantry Rifle Platoon consists of 39 soldiers or 43 Marines(US Army or US Marine Corps, respectively). There are other types of rifle platoons (e.g. anti-tank, lightly armored recon, mortar, recon, sniper), depending on the service and the type of infantry company/battalion to which the platoon is assigned, and these platoons can range from 18 men (marine corps USA - sniper platoon) up to 69 people (USMC - mortar platoon).

The platoon was originally a firing squad, not an organization. The system was invented by the Swedish Gustavus Adolphus in 1618. In the French army in the 1670s, the battalion was divided into 18 platoons, which were grouped into three "shoots". Each platoon in the range either actually fired or reloaded. The system was also used by the British, Austrian, Russian and Dutch armies. The platoon leader is usually a junior officer: junior or senior lieutenant or a soldier of equivalent rank. The officer is usually assisted by a platoon sergeant. A platoon is usually the smallest military unit led by an officer.

Rifle platoons usually consist of a small platoon and three or four sections (commonwealths) or squadrons (USA). In some armies, a platoon is used in all branches of the army. In several armies, such as the French army, the platoon is specifically a cavalry unit, and the infantry uses "section" as the equivalent unit. A unit consisting of several platoons is called a company/battery/detachment.

From October 1913, under General Sir Ivor Maxx's scheme, the British Army's regular battalions were reorganized from the previous eight companies into four company structures, with each company having four platoons as separate units, each commanded by a lieutenant with a platoon sergeant as his deputy. Each platoon was divided into four units under the command of a corporal. Due to a shortage of officers in 1938-1940. For experienced non-commissioned officers who commanded platoons, the non-commissioned officer rank of platoon sergeant major was introduced. In modern units of the Russian army, a platoon is one of the main army units.

Company

A company is a military unit, usually consisting of 80-150 soldiers, commanded by a major or captain. Most companies are formed from three to six platoons, although the exact number may vary by country, unit type and structure.

Usually several companies are grouped into a battalion or regiment, the latter of which is sometimes formed by several battalions. Sometimes independent or separate companies are organized for special purposes, such as the 1st Air Force Signal Company or the 3rd Reconnaissance Company. These companies are not organic to the battalion or regiment, but rather report directly to a higher level organization, such as Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters (i.e., corps-level command).

Companies in units of the Russian army:

1. Motorized rifle company. The Soviet motorized rifle company can be mounted with any armored personnel carrier, armored personnel carrier or infantry fighting vehicle, which were more numerous in the late 1980s. The rifle company's armored personnel carrier consisted of a company headquarters, three motorized rifle platoons, and a machine gun/anti-tank platoon. A rifle company with an infantry fighting vehicle had the same number of personnel and carriers, and consisted of a company headquarters, three motorized rifle platoons and a machine gun platoon equipped with six RPK-74s. Despite the apparent smaller firepower, American commanders were advised to include heavier BMP weapons in their calculations.
2. Tank company. Until the end of the 1980s, a Soviet tank company consisted of a company headquarters and three tank platoons with T-64, T-72 or T-80 tanks for a total of 39 men and 13 tanks; companies using the old T-54, T-55 or T-62 tanks had 10 or 13 additional troops. However, the forces in Eastern Europe began to standardize tank companies into 10 tanks, with three tanks in each platoon instead of four.
3. Scientific company. Scientific companies were created in 2013 to allow conscripts with higher education serve by performing research tasks. There are 7 research companies:

• 2nd and 3rd Exploration Companies (Aerospace Forces);
• 5th Research Company (Army);
• 6th Exploration Company ( General base);
• 7th Research Company (Communications);
• 8th Research Company (Medical);
• 9th Research Company (RKhBZ).

Battalion

A battalion is a military unit. The use of the term "battalion" depends on nationality and type of service. Typically a battalion consists of 300-800 soldiers and is divided into several companies. The battalion is usually commanded by a lieutenant colonel. In some countries the word "battalion" is associated with infantry.

The term was first used in Italian as battaglione (not later than the 16th century). It comes from the Italian word battaglia. First use of the battalion English language was in the 1580s, and the first use for "part of a regiment" is from 1708.

Independent Operations

The battalion is the smallest military organization capable of "limited independent operations" as the battalion is the lowest level organizational unit containing organic coordinating or executive personnel and a support and maintenance group (e.g. company headquarters and headquarters). The battalion must have a source of reinforcements so that it can continue operations for a long time. This is because the bulk of a battalion's load of ammunition, expendable weapons (such as hand grenades and expendable rocket launchers), water, rations, fuel, lubricants, spare parts, batteries, and medical supplies usually consists of only what can be carried. battalion soldiers and battalion organic vehicles.

In addition to sufficient personnel and equipment (usually at least two main mission companies and one mission support company) to carry out significant operations, as well as limited autonomous administrative and logistical capacity, the commander is provided with a staff member whose function is to coordinate ongoing operations and plan future operations. The battalion's subordinate units (companies and their organic platoons) depend on the battalion headquarters for command, control, communications, and intelligence, as well as the battalion's service and support organizational structure to accomplish their mission. A battalion is usually part of a regiment, brigade, or group, depending on the organizational model used by that service.

Motorized rifle battalion in Russian army units

A motorized rifle battalion could be mounted on either APCs or BMP infantry fighting vehicles, with the former being more numerous in the late 1980s. The battalion headquarters includes 12 personnel and three motorized rifle companies (110 people each). The armored personnel carrier battalion also had an anti-tank platoon with four launchers AT-3 or AT-4 and two 73 mm SPG-9 recoilless guns. Armored personnel carrier units on high alert sometimes had six rocket launchers and three recoilless rifles.

Tank battalion

Until the late 1980s, Soviet tank battalions consisted of three tank companies of 13 T-64, T-72 or T-80 tanks each, along with a battalion headquarters, for a total of 165 personnel and 40 tanks. Battalions, using the old T-54, T-55 or T-62, had 31 or 40 additional enlisted soldiers. However, forces in Eastern Europe began to standardize towards less education.

Artillery Division

A Soviet artillery battalion in the late 1980s consisted of a battalion headquarters, a platoon headquarters, a maintenance and supply platoon and three fire batteries, each of six artillery units, either self-propelled 2S1 "Gvozdika" or towed D-30 howitzers, and numbered 260 people or 240 people respectively. The artillery rocket battalions consisted of a headquarters platoon, a service battery and three firing batteries equipped with BM-21 (Grads), with a total strength of 255 people.

brigade

A brigade is the primary tactical military formation, which typically consists of three to six battalions plus supporting elements. This is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced shelf. Two or more brigades may form a division.

Brigades formed into divisions are usually infantry or armored (sometimes called combined arms brigades). In addition to combat units, they may include combat support units or units, such as artillery and engineers, and logistics support units or units. Historically, such brigades were sometimes called brigade groups. In terms of operations, a brigade may include both organic elements and attached elements, including some temporarily attached to perform a specific task.

Brigades can also be specialized and consist of battalions of one unit, such as cavalry, mechanized, armored, artillery, anti-aircraft, aviation, engineering, signal or logistics. Some brigades are classified as independent or detached and operate independently of the traditional division structure. A typical standard NATO brigade consists of approximately 3,200-5,500 troops. However, in Switzerland and Austria their number may reach 11,000 troops. Soviet Union, its predecessors and successors, generally use "regiment" instead of brigade, and this was common in much of Europe before World War II.

The brigade commander is usually a major general, brigadier general, brigadier or colonel. In some armies the commander is rated as a general officer. The brigade commander has an autonomous headquarters and personnel. A chief staff officer, usually a lieutenant colonel or colonel, may be appointed chief of staff, although until the late 20th century the British and similar armies referred to the position as "brigade major". Some brigades may also have a deputy commander. The headquarters has a core of staff officers and support staff (secretaries, assistants and drivers), which can vary depending on the type of brigade. Headquarters will typically have its own communications team.

Division

A division is a large military unit, or formation, usually consisting of 10,000-20,000 soldiers. Infantry divisions during the world wars had a nominal strength of 8,000 to 30,000 people.

In most armies, a division consists of several regiments or brigades. In turn, several units, as a rule, make up a corps. Historically, the division has been the default combined arms unit, capable of independent operations. Smaller combination weapons units, such as the American Regimental Combat Team (RCT) during World War II, were used when conditions favored them. IN Lately modern Western militaries have begun to use the smaller brigade combat team (similar to the RCT) as the default combined arms unit. However, the division to which they belonged was less important.

Although the focus of the article is on army units, in naval use a division has a completely different meaning. Refers to either the administrative/functional division of a department (e.g., fire department, weapons department) aboard Navy and Coast Guard ships, shore commands, and naval aviation units (including Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Air Force), in a subgroup of several ships in a flotilla or squadron, or two or three aircraft sections, operating under a designated unit leader.

Within an administrative/functional branch, unit size varies widely, although generally the size of a unit in the Army is less than 100 men and is roughly equivalent in function and organizational hierarchy/command relationship to a platoon.

Frame

An operational formation, sometimes known as a field corps, that consists of two or more divisions. Another variety - the administrative building - a specialized unit military service(for example, an artillery corps, medical corps, or military police unit) or, in some cases, a separate service in the national army (for example, the US Marine Corps). These customs often overlap. For example, during the Korean War, the United States Tenth Corps: Field Corps included infantry units from the US Marine Corps and smaller units from the various administrative corps of the US Army.

Corps can also be a general term for a non-military organization such as the United States Peace Corps.

Field Army

A field army (numbered army or simply army) is a military formation in many armed forces, consisting of two or more corps and may be subordinate to an army group. Likewise, air armies are equivalent to formations in some air forces. The field army consists of 100-150 thousand military personnel.

Specific field armies are usually named or numbered to distinguish them from an "army" in the sense of the entire national land military force. In English, it is common to use numbers such as "First Army" to name field armies. While corps are usually distinguished by Roman numerals (for example, I Corps) and subordinate formations - serial numbers(for example, 1st division). A field army may be given a geographical name in addition to or as an alternative to a numerical name, such as the British Army of the Rhine, Army of the Niemen or Army of the Aegean (also known as the Fourth Army).

The Roman army is one of the first official field armies, in the sense of a very large combined arms formation, namely the sacer comitatus, which can be translated literally as "sacred escort". The term comes from the fact that they were commanded by Roman emperors (considered sacred) when they acted as warlords.

In some militaries, the army is or was equivalent to a corps-level unit. In Red Army units, the field army was subordinate to the front in wartime (the equivalent of an army group). It contained at least three to five divisions along with artillery, air defense, intelligence and other auxiliary units. It can be classified as a combined army or a tank army. Although both were combined arms formations, the former contained a larger number of motorized rifle divisions, and the latter a larger number of tank divisions. In peacetime Soviet army usually subordinated to the military district.

Modern field armies are large formations that differ significantly in size, composition and area of ​​responsibility. For example, in NATO, a field army consists of a headquarters and usually controls at least two corps, under which are located a varying number of divisions. The level of the field army is affected by the movement of divisions and reinforcements from one corps to another to increase pressure on the enemy at a critical point. NATO troops are controlled by a general or lieutenant general.

Army group, army group

Army group - military organization, consisting of several field armies, which is self-sufficient indefinitely. She is usually responsible for a specific geographic area. An army group is the largest field organization, commanded by a single commander—usually a general or field marshal—and includes between 400,000 and 1,000,000 soldiers.

In the Polish Armed Forces and the former Soviet Red Army, an army group was known as a front.

Army groups can be multinational formations. For example, during World War II, the Southern Army Group (also known as the 6th US Army Group) included the US Seventh Army and the French First Army; The 21st Army Group included the British Second Army, the First Canadian Army and the US Ninth Army.

In both the Commonwealth and the United States, the number of an army group is expressed in Arabic numerals (eg 12th Army Group), while the number of a field army is spelled out (eg "Third Army").

Theater of war, front

A theater of operations is a sub-area in a theater of war. The theater boundary is determined by the commander who organizes or provides support for specific combat operations within the TO.

The theater of operations is divided into strategic directions or military regions depending on whether we are talking about war or peacetime. The United States Armed Forces are divided into Unified Fighting Commands (regions), which are assigned to a specific theater of war. A strategic direction is an army group, also known as target (field) forces or battle groups. A strategic command or direction would essentially unify a number of tactical military formations or operational commands. In modern militaries, strategic command is more commonly known as combatant command, which may be a combination of groups.

In Russian Army units

The large geographic division used by the Soviet and Russian Armed Forces to classify continental geographic areas is classified as "theater". The separation of major continental and maritime areas helps in determining the limits within which plans for action by strategic military force groups are developed. This allowed military operations to be carried out on specific important strategic directions, known as fronts, which were named according to their "theater" of operations, such as the Southwestern Front ( Russian empire), 1st Ukrainian Front and Northern Front (Soviet Union). In peacetime, due to the loss of strategic direction, the fronts were transformed into military districts (districts) responsible for the designated area of ​​​​operations.

Conclusion

This article examined the military structure of units, as well as the number of units in the army. The history of such optimization of troop control goes back to antiquity. Even in the military units of the Roman army, the legion was divided into small units. These units were centuries and cohorts. Military units in the army of the Roman Empire were very successful. Therefore, the commanders adopted this tactic.

If the Soviet and German rifle squads and platoons were approximately similar in composition and structure, then there were very significant differences between the Soviet rifle and German infantry companies.
The main difference was that the Soviet rifle company, unlike the German one, did not have material supply and support units in its structure.

It was a 100% combat unit.
The rear support of the company was a rifle battalion and a regiment. There were corresponding rear structures, rear convoys, etc.

At the level of a rifle company, the only person who was directly involved in providing the company was the company commander himself and the company foreman. It was on them that all the care for a simple company economy hung.

The rifle company did not even have its own field kitchen. Therefore, hot meals were provided at the battalion or regiment level.

The situation was quite different in the German infantry company.

A German infantry company can be conditionally divided into two parts: combat and logistics (convoy, two quartermaster detachments, a mobile workshop).
These are the rear divisions of the company, which were engaged in supplying the company with everything necessary.

They did not participate directly in the fighting at the forefront and during the offensive of the company they were directly subordinate to the battalion and regimental rear structures.

From the front line, these units were at a distance of 3-5 km.

And what was the combat unit of the German infantry company?

German infantry company (Schuetzenkompanie).

The total strength of the German infantry company - 191 people (in the Soviet rifle company 179 people).
This is what it looks like schematically:

Four messengers up to and including Gefreiter.
One of them is simultaneously a bugler, the other a light signaller.
Armed with carbines.

Two cyclists in the rank from to gefreiter (Gefreiter) inclusive.
Armed with carbines. They ride bicycles.

Two coachmen in the rank up to Gefreiter inclusive. They drive a heavy horse-drawn carriage drawn by four horses.
Armed with carbines.

Groom for an officer's horse up to and including Gefreiter. Armed with a carbine. For movement is equipped with a bicycle.

Thus, the total number of combat units of the control department was not 12, but 9 people. With the company commander - 10 people.

The basis of the combat unit of an infantry company was infantry platoons.
There were 3 of them, just like in the Soviet rifle company.

The total number of soldiers in infantry platoons was 49x3 = 147 people.
Taking into account the number of combat units of the control section, including the company commander (10 people), we get 157 people.

Infantry platoons at the company level received reinforcements in the form of an anti-tank squad (Panzerabwehrbuchsentrupp).

There are 7 people in the department. Of these, 1 non-commissioned officer and 6 soldiers.
The group weapons of the squad are three Pz.B.39 anti-tank rifles.
Squad leader in rank from Obergeifreiter to Unterfeldwebel. Armed with a carbine.

Three calculations of anti-tank guns.
Each calculation consisted of a PR shooter in ranks up to Gefreiter inclusive (personal weapons - a pistol) and his assistant in ranks up to Gefreiter inclusive. Armed with a carbine.

The total number of calculation is 4 people.
Squad strength - 7 people (3x2 +1 squad leader)
The anti-tank squad was armed with:
Anti-tank gun Pz.B.39 - 3 pcs.
Mauser 98k magazine rifle - 4 pcs.
Pistol 8-shot - 3 pcs.

In total, in a German infantry company of combat strength 157 + 7 \u003d 164 people out of 191 people in the company.

27 people are rear guards.

Vehicles:
1. Riding horse - 1 pc.
2. Bicycle - 3 pcs.

Only 4 horses per company.

A few words about the Pz.B.39 anti-tank rifle.

German anti-tank gun Pz.B.39

For service german army in World War II there were two main types of anti-tank rifles - the PzB-38 and its later modification, the PzB-39.

The abbreviation PzB stands for Panzerbüchse (anti-tank rifle).
Both the PzB-38 and the PzB-39 used the "Patrone 318" 7.92x94 mm cartridge.
Several types of such cartridges were produced:
Patrone 318 SmK-Rs-L"spur- a cartridge with a pointed bullet in a shell, with a poisonous reagent, tracer.

Patrone 318 SmKH-Rs-L"spur.- a cartridge with a pointed bullet in a shell (solid) with a poisonous reagent, tracer.
This is actually an armor-piercing cartridge.

Number 318 was the reciprocal of the old designation (813 - 8 mm bullet in a 13 mm sleeve).
smk meant Spitzgeschoss mit Kern (pointed bullet in a sheath)
SmKH- Spitzgeschoss mit Kern (Hart) (pointed bullet in a jacket (Hard)
Rs- Reizstoff (Poison agent), because the bullet had a small amount of tear gas to affect the crew of armored vehicles, chlor-acetophenone was placed in the recess at the bottom of the core - a tear-acting poison, but due to the small amount of tear gas in the capsule, the crew most often simply did not notice. By the way, until the German samples of anti-tank rifles were captured, no one suspected that there was gas in their bullets.
L "spur- Leuchtspur (tracer), the bullet had a small tracer in the back.

His bullet weighing 14.5 g accelerated in the barrel to 1180 m / s. A rather high armor-piercing effect of a bullet penetrating 20 mm armor set at an angle of 20 ° to the normal at a distance of 400 m was provided by a tungsten core.

According to other data, the PTR pierced 20 mm armor from a distance of 300 m and 30 mm armor from a distance of 100 m at an angle of 90 °.
In practice, fire was fired from a distance of 100 to 200 m, mainly on the tracks and fuel tanks of the tank in order to stop it.
However, at the same time, the PTRovets very quickly found its position and became an excellent target for shooters.
Therefore, if the PTRs were a strengthening of the German infantry company in the confrontation with tanks, then not too significant.

The bulk of the tanks were still destroyed by anti-tank guns, which were not at the disposal of the German infantry company.

Now let's compare a German infantry company with a Soviet infantry company, not from the point of view of the total number of staff, but from the point of view of the combat strength of those who were directly at the forefront.

Soviet rifle company
The rifle company was the next largest tactical unit after the platoon and was part of the rifle battalion.

He commanded a rifle company company commander (company commander) with the rank of captain.
The company commander relied on a riding horse.
Because on the march of the company, he had to control the movement of the company, which was stretched during the march, and if necessary, the horse could be used to communicate with other companies or the battalion command.
Armed with a TT pistol.

The assistant commander of the company was a company political instructor.
He conducted political educational work in the company's units and kept in touch with the political department of the battalion and regiment.
Armed with a TT pistol.

But the actual assistant to the company commander was the company foreman.
He was in charge of a poor, one must say frankly, company economy, dealt with issues of providing company units with everything necessary, getting everything they needed in a battalion, which included a rifle company.
For these purposes, the company had one horse with a cart, which was driven by a rider in the rank of private, armed like a foreman with a rifle.

The company had its own clerk. He was also armed with a rifle.

There was one messenger in the company with the rank of private. But despite the ordinary rank, he was, perhaps, the left hand of the company commander. He was entrusted with responsible tasks, he was always close to the battalion commander, he knew all the platoon and squad commanders well, etc. And he was known not only in the divisions of the company, but also in the battalion.
He was also armed with a rifle.

The basis of a rifle company was rifle platoons.
There were 3 such platoons in a rifle company.
At the company level, rifle platoons received reinforcements, primarily in the form of a machine-gun platoon.

Machine gun platoon.
The machine gun platoon was led by a machine gun platoon commander with the rank of lieutenant.
Armament - TT pistol.

The machine-gun platoon consisted of two crews of the Maxim machine gun.
Each crew was commanded by a sergeant.
Armament - TT pistol.

The calculation consisted of a calculation commander and four privates (gunner, assistant gunner, cartridge carrier and rider), armed with rifles.
According to the state, each calculation relied on a horse and a cart for transporting a machine gun (tachanka). The calculation was armed with rifles.

The number of machine-gun crew was 6 fighters.
The number of machine gun platoon was (6x2 + platoon leader) = 13 fighters.
In service with a machine gun platoon:
Machine gun "Maxima" - 2 pcs.
Self-loading rifle SVT 38/40 - (4x2) = 8 pcs.
TT pistol - 3 pcs.

The main purpose of the Maxim machine gun was to suppress enemy firing points and support infantry.
The high rate of fire (combat 600 rounds per minute) and the high accuracy of the machine gun fire made it possible to carry out this task from a distance of 100 to 1000 m to friendly troops.
All fighters of the machine gun crew had the same skills in shooting from a machine gun and, if necessary, could change the crew commander, gunner, etc.
Each machine gun carried a combat set of cartridges, 12 boxes of machine-gun belts (tape - 250 rounds), two spare barrels, one box of spare parts, one box of accessories, three cans for water and lubricants, an optical machine gun sight.
The machine gun had an armored shield that protected against shrapnel, light bullets, etc.
Shield thickness - 6 mm.

German machine gunners have no protection other than a helmet.

True, this shield did not always save the machine gunner.

Bullet hits are visible.

And here in general a sieve. Apparently fired from armor-piercing cartridges.
And the trunk got it.

Thus, the main armament of the platoons at the company level was the 7.62 mm machine gun of the Maxim system of the 1910/30 model.

In addition, as a company reinforcement of platoons during the battle, there were 2 snipers in the company.
Sufficiently powerful strengthening of company units for the purpose of destroying enemy firing points from a long distance and incapacitating enemy unit commanders.
The snipers were armed with a Mosin rifle (three-line) with a PU optical sight (short sight).
What is a sniper? A good sniper from a distance of 300 m per minute of shooting can easily lay down an infantry squad. And in pairs - half a platoon. Not to mention machine-gun points, gun crews, etc.

But they could work from 800 m.

The company also included a sanitary department.
The department was commanded by the commander of the department, a sergeant-medical instructor.
He had 4 nurses under him.
The squad is armed with 1 pistol.
Well, this is practically one orderly per platoon.
In rifle platoons, unlike the German infantry, the orderly was not supposed to be in the state.
But as we can see, the platoon still did not remain without a nurse.
Total: 5 people. Armed with one pistol.

Total company strength:
Company commander - 1 person.
Political instructor of the company - 1 person.
Company foreman - 1 person.
Messenger - 1 person.
Scribe - 1 person
Riding - 1 person.
Rifle platoons - 51x3 = 153 people
Machine gun platoon - 13 people
Sniper - 2 people
Sanitary department - 5 people.
Total: 179 people.

In service with the company:
Machine gun "Maxima" - 2 pcs.
Machine gun PD Degtyarev - 12 pcs. (4 pieces each in each rifle platoon)
Light 50 mm mortar - 3 pcs. (1 piece each in each rifle platoon)
Submachine gun PPD - 27 pcs. (9 pieces in each platoon)
Rifle SVT-38, SVT-40 - 152 pcs. (36 pieces in each platoon + 8x4 = 32 + 8 pieces in a machine gun platoon + 4 for the rest)
Mosin sniper rifle with PU sight - 2 pcs.
TT pistols - 22 pcs. (6 pieces in each platoon + 1 in the machine gun platoon + 1 in the sanitary department + 2 in the commander of the company and political officer)

Vehicles:
Riding horse - 1 pc.
Horse with a cart - 3 pcs.
Total 4 horses

In service with a German infantry company / in comparison with a Soviet rifle company:

1. Light machine gun - 12/12
2. Machine gun - 0/2
3. Submachine gun - 16/27
4. Magazine rifle - 132/0
5. Self-loading rifle - 0/152
6. Sniper rifle - 0/2
7. Mortar 50 mm - 3/3
8. Anti-tank rifle - 3/0
9. Pistol - 47/22

From this we can conclude that the Soviet rifle company at the company level significantly outnumbered the German infantry company in terms of firepower and armament.

Conclusions on the number.
The total strength of a German infantry company is 191 people. (Soviet rifle company - 179 people)
However warhead The infantry company consisted of only 164 people. The rest belonged to the rear services of the company.

Thus, the Soviet rifle company also outnumbered the German infantry company by 15 people (179-164) in terms of the number of combat personnel.
At the battalion level, this excess was 15x3 = 45 people.
At the regimental level 45x3 = 135 people
At the divisional 135x3 = 405 people.
405 people is almost 2.5 companies, that is, almost an infantry battalion.

The advantage in vehicles, carts and draft power at company level in a German infantry company was associated with the work of the rear services of the German company.
The combat unit of the company moved on foot in the same way as the Soviet rifle company.

Vehicles of the combat unit of the Soviet rifle company:
1. Riding horse - 1 pc.
2. Horse and cart - 3 pcs.
Only 4 horses per rifle company

Vehicles of the combat unit of the German infantry company:
1. Riding horse - 1 pc.
2. Bicycle - 3 pcs.
3. 4-horse heavy cart - 1 pc.
Only 4 horses per infantry company.

On the march, the German infantry company moved exclusively on foot, as did the fighters of the Soviet rifle company.

Therefore, the German infantry company had no advantage in vehicles over the Soviet rifle company.

Making a general conclusion, we can conclude that both in terms of the number of combat personnel and in terms of weapons and firepower, the Soviet rifle company was superior to the German infantry company, yielding to it only in the supply organization system.