Heavy weapons platoon (HWP) is a term from military science which refers to an infantry platoon equipped with machine guns, mortars, rocket-propelled...

consists of 3 rifle platoons and a 4th platoon known as a weapons platoon. The weapons platoon typically provides heavy weapons support to the company...

Crew-served weapon, a weapon that requires more than one person to transport or operate Heavy weapons platoon, an infantry platoon equipped with such weapons Heavy...

telescoped round manufactured by Olin Winchester Crew-served weapon Heavy machine gun Heavy weapons platoon Medium machine gun "TASS: Military & Defense - Kalashnikov...

men in the platoon. A full-strength Heavy Weapons Company had 205 men in total, including three officers. Apart from the special weapons, 129 men were...

shoulder-launched missile weapons, and static anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles. Heavy weapons platoon Personal weapon and Small arms for weapons used by individuals...

(bicycle-mounted) Company headquarters Submachine gun platoon Submachine gun platoon Rifle platoon Heavy weapons platoon Infantry howitzer section Signal battalion...

commands a company, usually consisting of four platoons (three line platoons and one heavy weapons platoon). His headquarters can include a first sergeant...

states that the platoons of Sub-Lieutenants Marcelo Martin Bracco and Alejandro Garra from the 12th Regiment's A Company came under heavy probing fire and...

in its headquarters company, half of a communications platoon, and half of a heavy weapons platoon, which was armed with six obsolescent M9A1 Bazooka rocket...

weight, very good accuracy, and fire stability. It is designed for heavy weapons platoons personnel and reconnaissance detachments, special anti-terrorist...

etc.) Weapons company A weapons company has in place of the three rifle platoons, an 81 mm mortar platoon, an anti-armor platoon, and a heavy machine...

members of Heavy Weapons Platoon (DFSW) of the 3rd battalion (PARA) Royal Australian Regiment proudly use this motto as a symbol of platoon brotherhood...

2017. According to his own account, Cafferkey was embedded in a heavy weapons platoon five weeks after he arrived, and part of the fighting around the...

functions. "B" and "C" Platoons are primarily responsible for crime suppression. Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), "D" Platoon personnel, respond to...

Parachute Infantry Regiment at Fort Liberty as a rifle platoon leader, then a heavy weapons platoon leader, and finally as a company executive officer. In...

anti-aircraft weapons and heavy mortars and had to resort to "human wave" tactics: "The enemy has lost nearly all their heavy crew-served weapons during the...

of one of the three heavy-weapons platoons (viz., 81mm mortar, antiarmor, and heavy machine gun) of the infantry battalion weapons company. Infantry officers...

communications platoon, an aviation platoon, an M113 armored personnel carrier platoon, a psychological operations platoon, a heavy weapons platoon with a machine...

Scout Sniper Platoons M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System *used by the detached Scout Sniper Platoons M82A3 SASR .50 Anti-Material Weapon M249 Squad Automatic...

anti-tank missile gunners pulled from the marine weapons company anti-armor platoon and heavy machine gun platoon, These are led by infantry squad leaders, who...

believed they were looking for that unit's heavy weapons platoon of approximately 30 to 40 men. He briefed his platoon commanders accordingly, although he also...

team, mortar platoons, and heavy machine gun platoons are reorganized to provide the manpower of an MAC. Of the weapons company's weapon systems, the...

Cavalry troop (Stryker) (×3) Weapons troop (9 × ATGM) Headquarters and headquarters battery (HHB) Target acquisition platoon M777A2 155 mm towed howitzer...

also returned heavy suppressive fire upon the assaulting enemy force during this period with a variety of weapons. When the entire platoon was to be evacuated...

of his company at airfield No. 2. It is believed that a Seabee heavy weapons platoon provided the fire support he needed that day. (Fig. 1) On October...

approximately 1,000 men in three infantry companies, a heavy weapons platoon, and a signals platoon. It was engaged in defensive military operations in Bachka...

Early ranged weapons often included specifically designed hand-thrown weapons such as darts, javelins, slings, as well as elastic weapons such as slingshots...

The Pathfinder Platoon is a pathfinder unit of the British Army, and an integral part of 16 Air Assault Brigade. The Pathfinder Platoon acts as the brigade's...

tactical sub-unit being the section, which was also known as a half-platoon (the platoon itself being a half company). Depending upon the time period, the...