Clevinger Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Syrian mechanized squads are probably close to their soviet/russian counterparts, but I am looking for documents dealing with the present composition of the Russian squads and platoons (Mechanized units). The only viable document I have is the FM 100-60 which is certainly reliable, but not really up-to-date. I know that BFC is not the place intended, but still if someone can provide me with a link to a website or a FM dealing with this topic, it would be great 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 If you're patient you should have all the Russian squad types you could hope to find when the Afghanistan title comes out. Hopefully it won't be as long a wait as for the Histwar Grognards game 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hcrof Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Well unless the Russians have done some reorganisation at platoon level since 1988 (and I don't think they have) the squad has 8 men - 1 sergeant, 2 RPK gunners, 1 RPG gunner and 4 riflemen, one of whom acts as an assistent RPG gunner. The Mechanised squads are tranported in a BMP-1/2 carrier which has 2 crew members when the squad dismounts (the sergeant controls the carrier with flags and hand signals/mobile Phone AFAIK). In combat the platoon is commanded by a single liutenant or experienced sergeant and 1 squad in the platoon will also normally carry a SVD sniper rifle. The company will also add 1 MANPAD gunner and either the first sergeant, welfare officer or technical officer to each platoon. In addition to the above mentioned equipment the squads will carry as much additional stuff they can get their hands on. 2 or more single shot RPG-18/22/26/27 launchers are common as well as RPO launchers. In fact, when in Chechnia the soldiers seemed to prefer the single shot launchers to the RPG's (IMO). As well as that, squads can also swap an RPK with a PKM. Basically, when going into combat a Russian squad will fill its carrier with as much firepower as they can stuff inside - regulations seem to go out of the window! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combatintman Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Certainly mechanised sections are unlikely to have changed their composition due to the fact that they are using the same IFV as they were when FM-100 series of manuals were called 'Soviet Army' versus the 'OPFOR' title they have now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clevinger Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 Thanks for these answers. The FM 100-60 I have states that the dismounted element has only 6 men, with a platoon HQ of 4 men (PL, First Sergeant, Medic, Sniper). Information I can find is sometimes contradictory, but does someone know a website about the russian military? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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