A motorized rifle company on an armored personnel carrier consists of. Organization and armament of a grenade launcher platoon. The composition of the motorized rifle squad
Dvoinev Vladimir Vladimirovich
Stories about service in the Kandahar Brigade 1984-1986
(part five)
June 1984 My second platoon, as part of the 9th company, on armored personnel carriers, having made a march from the brigade, arrived from the northern side of the steppe to the green zone, in the area from Nari-Rauzi to Loi-Manar. The infantry landed and, combing the surroundings, in the afternoon went to the village of Kogak, located on the hills. We were followed by an officer - an aircraft controller, a fighter with a massive radio station operating on the frequency of aviation. Also with us went to the operation 2 mortar crews, which were headed by Lieutenant Alexander Kozinyuk and our battalion doctor Bogatu Igor. Our task was to provide the aircraft controller with escort for his effective and safe work. The young lieutenant was supposed to correct the work of aviation in the area, direct bombing and assault strikes of air groups on targets. IN Lately, the spirits went completely berserk and delivered a lot of trouble to the columns passing along the Nagakhansky turn and the infantry setting up escorts. Therefore, the command of the brigade decided to launch bombing strikes on this area, in which the main enemy forces settled. Having cordoned off Kogak from three sides, we cautiously entered it and took up defense in adobe Afghan houses. The village was not large, and the population left it before our arrival. It was clear that no one had lived here for a long time. The air controller worked on the air, transmitting coordinates to targets. Everything went on as usual. With the onset of darkness, we began to prepare to stay the night in this inhospitable place. They set up military outposts, set up several tripwires on the approaches, had supper with dry rations and hid, completely restricting any movement. Those who served in the 70th brigade, in Kandahar, will understand where we spent the night. Next to us is Nagahan. There is greenery all around, which Shuravi has not set foot in for a very long time.
The map shows the villages of Kogak and Nagakhan. The route of the 9th company in June 1984.
The night was quiet, bright, the moon illuminated the area well, which helped us to view the area. The sky was strewn with bright large stars. Such a starry sky can only be seen in the east. If it were not for the war, one would believe that you are traveling through a fairyland and stopped for the night in a local caravanserai. But there was a war and the romantic mood quickly disappeared. You have to watch around. In the morning, the platoon, except for sentries, dozed off. Powerful explosive blows woke us up. Our valiant aviation ironed with its 250 kg. bombed the village in which we occupied our positions. A pair of MIG-21s have already walked up the hill once and taxied out for the second run for bombing. The fighters urgently lit smoke bombs with orange smoke. With such checkers, we denoted that here - "Own"! But from the flight altitude and at the speeds at which the MIGs entered, the orange smoke was hardly noticeable. 4 more bombs fell nearby, shaking everything around. The air controller began to shout on the radio command to stop the bombing. One of the pilots replied that it was his pilot who mixed up the slides. Having thus completed the flight task, the planes left for the airfield. When we looked around, counted the personnel and checked the weapons, making sure that we had not suffered losses, we breathed a sigh of relief, we realized that this time we were very lucky. Aviation did not operate any more that day. Yes, and it’s understandable, if there is infantry in the greenery, why drop bombs there? Sasha Kozinyuk said that if we all return to the brigade, we must not forget to visit the pilots and deal with them about today's bombing.
Singerai vineyards
Having completed the task, almost dying at the same time, we received an order to go to the armored group and leave for the brigade. We went through the famous Nagakhan. For the first time, I saw this hostile and hated village from the inside. Having distributed positional roles between platoons, we divided into three groups: the forward detachment of 1 platoon, the so-called avant-garde, then the main group, which included my 2nd platoon and 3rd platoon, as well as the closing grenade-machine-gun group platoon. When I say, 9th company, you, dear readers, imagine a full-time motorized rifle company, which is armed with 12 combat vehicles equipped with heavy 14.5 KPVT machine guns, 7.62 PKT tank machine guns. In our situation, all platoons consisted of 9-12 people, they had only regular weapons, small arms. We did not have mortars and recoilless guns. In those days, the company commander was not with us, his duties were performed by the deputy company commander for political affairs, senior lieutenant Ibraev Murat Assankulovich, who died on 07/19/1984 at the "Most" outpost. There was no deputy, as the position of deputy company commander would be introduced later in August 1985. There were no warrant officers: the foreman of the company and the senior technician of the company. And our glorious medical instructor Sasha Minaev, a month earlier, was out of our ranks due to a serious injury. Many fighters were in hospitals or had previously died. In total there were 40 of us, no more. In such a lightweight version, our company almost always performed its combat missions. Armor couldn't walk with us. Zelenka was completely impassable for military equipment.
The mountain in the center of the photo is Kogak. On the right is the blue dome of the mosque. In front of the mountain is the river Arghandab.
We moved along the village. I remember a very long alley, probably a hundred meters. On the right side, it was covered by high walls of long buildings, and on the left side, by a low, about shoulder-length duval. We walked along the village, ready to join the battle at any moment. Having gone almost two-thirds of the way along this Afghan alley, I suddenly heard three long bursts from a machine gun. Instantly we spread out across the width of the enclosed space. To be honest, we were in full view in this clay gutter. And if it were not for our fortune and the sensible arrangement of units in a moving column, then we would not have avoided losses. The fact is that somewhere in the middle of this alley, on our left side, in a not high duval, at the level of the knees, there was a hole large enough to shoot through it. When my platoon passed by this place and retreated to a distance of about 5-7 meters, a pipe of a duh grenade launcher slipped through the hole and aimed at our backs. Apparently, the enemy, having missed us, decided that all the Shuravi had passed and decided to attack from the rear, insidiously, as usual. Praise be to our Lord that, closing the company column, a grenade-launcher and machine-gun platoon followed us. A fighter of this platoon, (unfortunately forgot his last name), seeing a grenade launcher, quickly looked behind the duval and, finding two Basmachi, reacted instantly, he shot them both from a machine gun. Reaching into the hole with his hand, he grabbed an enemy grenade launcher and a Chinese AKM. He quickly ran to us and reported the situation. We had little time to get out of this corridor, which was being shot from all sides. We rushed to the exit. We were lucky it was clean. The spirits, somehow, did not immediately catch on and understand what had happened. Their five-minute confusion was enough for us to rush out of the village into the greenery. When the enemy came to his senses, we were at the ditch that went around the village. Through this ditch there was a passage - a low-leaning living tree. The company began to run across the tree to the other side. Here, in our direction, a sea of \u200b\u200bfire poured. They were hit with grenade launchers and automatic weapons. My soldiers lay down and began to cover the withdrawal of the main part of the company. While we were shooting, the company crossed over to the other side. It's our turn to leave. I got up and stepped into the tree. From the side of the spirits, full height, stood up a warrior of European appearance, in sandy overalls, sunglasses and a yellow baseball cap on his head. He fired a grenade launcher in our direction. The grenade, whistling and hissing, flew by and exploded in the reeds behind our backs. Bullets snapped overhead and on the sides, along the branches of trees and bushes. The company set up barrage fire with its fire, and we all moved beyond the saving channel. The fighters quickly left at the exit at the crossing, a couple of grenades with the pin pulled out, crushing them with cobblestones. We, firing on the move, began to quickly leave the green. After a while, I heard an explosion at the ferry. After everything was quiet. Probably, the gift left for our opponents did not please them. No one followed us anymore. We made a march through the village of Dekhsauzi and followed the Elevator onto the concrete road. Here our armor was waiting for us. Having saddled it, we at full speed went to the location of the compound. Over the past day, luck smiled at us twice. The first time, having fallen under the bombing, they almost suffered from their own. The second time, we talked with the insidious, ruthless and trained enemy in his lair, while all our fighters remained safe and sound, even none of us received injuries. The spirits suffered losses.
9 company after the raid in the brigade. I am standing in a maskhalat, to my left is Senior Lieutenant Popov, commander of the 1st platoon. In the photo, soldiers and sergeants of the company: Mikheykin Veniamin, Dmitriev Roman, Zardotkhonov Jura, Onishchenko Sergey, Korablinov, Nesen, Klimov, Shatsky Valera.
But, the problem of shelling by our troops pursued our units throughout the entire time of service in the DRA. I remember cases when a brigade operation was carried out to clear the area around the Pasab outpost. There, they shot at us soviet tanks. One shot from a tank gun hit a tree standing above our soldiers and one soldier died. The night raid behind Singerai gave an unforgettable feeling of shelling from Grad launchers. Miraculously, that night, the 2nd and 3rd platoons of our company did not lose their fighters. Later, at around 1001, my platoon in green escort was fired upon from a Soviet column that was firing in our direction from Utyos. Under the Perseus outpost, twice, with a difference of six months, our positions were attacked by NURSs from helicopters that flew around the territory at night. And the incident at the Nagakhansky turn, as a result of which Private Kassilin was seriously wounded, I described earlier. Regarding the shelling by NURSs from helicopters that made night overflights around the perimeter of the airfield, it was like this. One of the first shellings that took place at the end of February or at the beginning of March 1985, when the South outpost had only recently been set up. Oleksandr Kozinyuk, the platoon commander of the mortar battery of the 3rd battalion, then miraculously survived. The mortars were located in adobe rooms with round roofs. Alexander, that evening left for the service brigade. He had to stay there for the night, at the outpost, he did not return. And at night, a couple of turntables, making a control flight around the territory (apparently, they had no data that our outpost was set up here), saw lights below (the driver of the armored personnel carrier at the outpost decided to turn on the headlights for a few seconds) and right there, the helicopter pilots shot back with NURS . One of them accurately broke through the roof of the house and hit the wall right above Sasha's bed. When he arrived in the morning, he almost freaked out. Blanket and mattress, everything was cut with shrapnel. Some kind of foresight averted trouble from him. He then walled up the NURS liner into the wall and showed it to everyone. And at Senior Lieutenant Nikolai Koblov, commander of the 3rd PTV, NURS hit right through the hole in engine compartment BTR. There was no visible damage, but the armored personnel carrier would not start - they could not understand what was the matter. Only when they climbed into the engine compartment - everything became clear. And the second case has already happened, in January-February 1986. The mortars were located at the new Slovo outpost, but on the contrary, just the location of my AGS platoon was. Battalion doctor Igor Bogatu and Slava Zhivotenko were on "Science". In short, Igor and Slava gathered to visit the mortarmen on the Slovo. They kicked out the moonshine, let's go. We sat, painted the party in preference. The company consisted of the following actors People: Slava Zhivotenko, Sasha Kozinyuk, Igor Kalinichenko, Sergey Khrenov, Oleg Razinkin. Everyone is passionate about the game, and then, suddenly, at low level flight, a pair of approaching helicopters fires a volley of NURSs. The helicopter pilots extended the entire cassette from the commander's house of mortars to the positions of my AGS platoon. How at that time no one was hurt (even a fragment did not hook anyone) - it's incomprehensible to the mind! The fact is that when a positional war is waged, the troops occupy certain lines. And, in this case, it is clear where the enemy's line of defense is. According to it, aviation and artillery conduct their work. In the war in Afghanistan in 1979-1989, units were constantly on the move throughout the territory. We moved through the mountains, the desert, the green zone, crossed rivers, entered residential areas. I remember that as part of raid operations, our company covered distances of up to 20 km. per day, on foot, without military equipment. We had a dress code: "who is in what much." No monotony. From a certain distance, it was impossible to understand who we were. In this war, we did not set ourselves the task of destroying all Afghans. Most often it was we who were the targets for the spirits. I still can't say for sure why we did all this? Because as soon as we left the area, everything in it returned to normal again - the spirits came back. But we were Soviet servicemen and strove to serve our Motherland with honor and dignity.
MOTOR RIFLE COMPANY ON APC
OKSVA, 1984-1985
General company structure 1. The position of "Deputy Company Commander" was introduced in all motorized rifle companies of the Limited Contingent in the summer (around August) of 1985.| 1st, 2nd, 3rd Motor Rifle Platoon | |||
| 1) Platoon leader 2) Sniper 1 motorized rifle squad 1) ZKV - squad leader 2) Art. shooter 3) Machine gunner 4) Sniper 5) Pg. grenade launcher - gunner KPVT 6) Driver 2nd and 3rd motorized rifle squad 1) Squad leader 2) Art. shooter 3) Machine gunner 4) Sniper 5) Pg. grenade launcher - gunner KPVT 6) Driver | Art. lieutenant corporal st. Sergeant Corporal Private Private Private Private Sergeant Private Private Private Private | AKS-74 SVD AK-74, GP-25 AK-74, GP-25 RPK-74 SVD RPG-7V, AKS-74u AK-74 AK-74, GP-25 AK-74, GP-25 RPK-74 SVD RPG-7V, AKS-74U AK-74 | Total in platoon: 20 people hp (1 officer, 3 sergeants, 16 row) 3 BTR-70 3 RPG-7V 3 RPK-74 4 SVD 10 AKS-74 3 AKS-74u 6 GP-25 |
| Grenade launcher and machine gun platoon | |||
| 1) Platoon leader 1 machine gun compartment 1) ZKV - squad leader 2) Machine gunner 3) Machine gunner 4) Machine gunner 5) Driver 2 grenade launcher compartment 1) Squad leader 2) Art. grenade launcher 3) grenade launcher 4) Art. grenade launcher 5) Pg. grenade launcher 6) Art. grenade launcher 7) Pg. grenade launcher 8) Driver | Art. ensign st. sergeant private private private private sergeant private private private private soldier | AK-74 AK-74 PKM PKM PKM AK-74 AK-74 AGS-17, AKS-74u Machine AGS-17, AKS-74u AGS-17, AKS-74u Machine AGS-17, AKS-74u AGS-17, AKS -74u Machine AGS-17, AKS-74u AK-74 | Total in platoon: 14 people hp (1st great, 2nd sergeant, 11th row) 2 BTR-70 3 AGS-17 3 PKM 5 AK-74 6 AKS-74u |
A motorized rifle company is a tactical unit that performs tasks, usually as part of a motorized rifle battalion, but sometimes independently.
Historically, a company was considered the infantry unit of the maximum strength, which in battle can be effectively commanded by voice, whistle, gesture, or own action. This number at all times was equal to approximately 100 fighters. The concept of "detachment" is close to the concept of "company" in terms of functions and tactical meaning.
In terms of functions in combat, a company commander is one of the fighters who is able to simultaneously fight and command a unit. Unlike the company commander, the battalion commander, as a rule, does not participate directly in combat.
In defense, strong points are assigned to companies and platoons, a defense area to a battalion, and a defense area to a regiment. At the same time, the company occupies 1-1.5 km along the front, and up to 1 km in depth. In the offensive, the company occupies a zone of responsibility 1 km wide, in the breakthrough sector - up to 500 m.
To better understand the tactical meaning of the regular structure and weapons of modern motorized rifle companies Russian army, it is necessary to trace the evolution of infantry and motorized rifle units since the end of the Second World War. Their appearance has repeatedly changed depending on the views of the command on the combat use of motorized rifles, the development of weapons and military equipment, practice of real armed conflicts. Each war left its mark on the appearance of motorized rifle units. Nevertheless, there are features characteristic of the motorized rifle companies of the Soviet Army (and the Russian, as its successor), developed precisely during the Great Patriotic War. It gave a colossal experience in ground battles, allowing in practice to test the effectiveness of pre-war concepts and charters. The Soviet infantry of the 1944 model was significantly superior in efficiency and combat power to their counterparts of the 1941 model, becoming the prototype of modern motorized rifle units.
The Soviet Union inherited the experience of infantry fighting in 1941-1945. and created the world's most powerful ground forces weapons system. This fully applies to infantry weapons.
Compared with the states of 1941, the following changes were approved:
- the number of companies was reduced to 100 people without a noticeable loss of combat capability. To reduce losses in battle formations, all those not engaged in combat were withdrawn from the staff of the company;
- an intermediate cartridge of the 1943 model was established as an ammunition for a rifle chain, and an AK assault rifle as an individual weapon;
- an anti-tank melee weapon - a reactive anti-tank gun(grenade launcher) RPG-2;
- mounted fire weapons (50-mm mortars) were withdrawn from the company due to low firing efficiency in line-of-sight conditions;
- in order to increase maneuverability and reduce vulnerability, heavy machine guns in companies were replaced with machine guns without a machine gun.
The structure of the Soviet motorized rifle company in 1946-1962. included:
- Department of management - 4 people. (commander, deputy commander, foreman, sniper with SV 891/30).
- Three motorized rifle platoons of 28 people. (22 AK, 3 RPD, 3 RPG-2);
- Machine-gun platoon (3 RP-46, 8 AK).
Total: 99 people, 77 AK, 9 RPD, 9 RPG-2, 3 RP-46, 1 SV.
The strength and armament of a rifle squad, platoon and company of motorized rifle troops Soviet army 1946-1960
In the Soviet Army, the post-war structure of the motorized rifle department in terms of the quality and range of weapons resembled the structure of the department of the Wehrmacht grenadier company. One soldier in the squad was armed with an RPG-2 grenade launcher, seven more people with AK assault rifles, a machine gunner with an RPD machine gun chambered for 7.62x39 (in terms of ballistics and accuracy, the RPD did not differ much from the machine gun). Sniper rifles remained on average one per company.
The machine-gun platoon was equipped with company machine guns of the 1946 model, which combined the rate of fire of an easel machine gun with the maneuverability of a light machine gun. Calculations of company machine guns were located 200 m behind the attacking chain, quickly changed position and provided the company with continuous fire support. The use of company machine guns on a bipod is a domestic structural and tactical technique that was established in the course of many fruitless attacks and bloody battles of 1941-1945. Creating a sample with the desired properties was no longer difficult.
The introduction of an intermediate cartridge, appropriate weapons and rocket-propelled grenade launchers into the troops was borrowed from the Wehrmacht.
Despite its apparent simplicity, the post-war weapon system had exceptional firing efficiency, density and flexibility of fire, especially at ranges up to 400 m.
The department moved on foot or on trucks such as BTR-40, BTR-152. The driver of the armored personnel carrier, by analogy with the cavalry, served as a horseman in battle - he drove the transport to a safe place. The Goryunov SGMB machine gun, mounted on an armored personnel carrier, ready for battle and pointed forward, served as a means of combating the enemy that suddenly appeared in the direction of movement.
STRUCTURE OF MOTOR RIFLE COMPANY BY STATES 1960 - 1970s.
The structure and armament of a motorized rifle company on an armored personnel carrier
Further re-equipment and motorization led to the appearance of the staff of a motorized rifle company in 1962, in which the number of departments decreased due to the crews of armored personnel carriers. The vehicle was an armored personnel carrier BTR-60PB, armed with a 14.5 mm KPV machine gun.
The grenade launcher and machine gun were replaced by next-generation models that were equivalent in purpose (but not in properties). One of the submachine gunners acted as an assistant to the machine gunner, but he was not the second number on a regular basis. A sniper appeared in the squad as an assistant commander, acting on his instructions.
The strength and armament of a rifle squad, platoon and company of motorized rifle troops of the Soviet Army in 1962
The advantage of this state was high mobility within the road network. More valuable was the ability of the infantry to appear unexpectedly on areas of terrain poorly protected by the enemy and occupy them almost without a fight. In a slightly modified form, this state still exists.
The new composition of the motorized rifle company provided better mobility, but it had to be paid for in firepower and numbers.
The disadvantages of the structure and armament of the motorized rifle company of the state in 1962 were:
- the RPK light machine gun practically ceased to differ from the machine gun in terms of combat properties;
- the sniper, being in the front line, could not provide accurate fire due to large aiming errors and the inability to prepare data for firing;
- a sniper rifle in battle turned into an ordinary self-loading rifle of the SVT or FN / FAL type;
- the crew of the armored personnel carrier (two people) was excluded from the firing line and combat on the ground.
The armored personnel carrier BTR-60PB (and BTR-70, BTR-80) was a truck, sheathed in thin armor, and served as a vehicle, not a combat vehicle. The armored personnel carrier could support the squad only from distances where it remained invulnerable to enemy machine-gun fire (1000 ... 1500 m), for which it was used heavy machine gun 14.5 mm KPVT.
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The battle order of a motorized rifle platoon during the offensive: a) without dismounting; b) on foot; c) panorama of the battle.
An irreparable shortcoming of the staff of a motorized rifle company in 1960-1970. it turned out to be the impossibility of the armored personnel carrier to advance in the chain of its squad. With closer contact with the enemy, armored personnel carriers were hit in the wheels by arrows and grenade launcher fire. This is evidenced by the experience of fighting on the Damansky Peninsula. The works devoted to this conflict describe in detail the battles of March 2 and 15, 1969, during which the unsuitability of the BTR-60 for combat was revealed, even if the enemy had no artillery.
The structure and armament of a motorized rifle company on the BMP-1
In the 1960s, motorized rifle troops received combat vehicles infantry (BMP-1). In view of the likely use of tactical nuclear weapons, a technique has appeared for attacking tanks without dismounting from combat vehicles. The tactical method of attacking on foot was also preserved in the charter.
The staff of the rifle squad on the BMP-1 included eight people. Motorized rifle units on the BMP-1 are even more focused on tank escort by specialization and rely mainly on the power of the 73-mm 2A28 gun (grenade launcher) of the BMP-1 and the combat skills of the gunner-operator.
The structure and armament of a motorized rifle company on the BMP-2
Fighting in the Middle East in 1970-1980. showed the weakness of the ammunition of the BMP-1 gun (both cumulative and fragmentation action). It turned out that the squad counteracts in most cases the dispersed manpower and firing points of the enemy. It was necessary to use the striking potential of artillery weapons more flexibly. The BMP was re-equipped with automatic weapons.
The strength of the squad on the BMP-2 was the new BMP artillery weapon - the 2A42 cannon with 500 rounds of ammunition. It was the BMP that began to solve the vast majority of tasks on the battlefield. The presence of a large ammunition load and the "machine-gun" method of firing made the BMP a means of threat and deterrence. Like the heavy machine gun of the Second World War, the BMP-2 can affect the enemy without firing, only by presence. Another positive factor of the adopted system is the potentially large rate of 5.45 mm rounds of ammunition.
The disadvantages of the new weapon system were the general shortcomings of the 5.45-mm caliber - low penetrating and barrier action of bullets. The 7N6, 7N10 cartridge bullet from the AK74 assault rifle does not penetrate half of the red brick (120 mm) and 400 mm earthen barriers at a distance of 100 m. The RPK74 machine gun differs even less from the machine gun in terms of practical rate of fire than its predecessor RPK. A common drawback of the staff of a motorized rifle company on an infantry fighting vehicle is the small number and weakness of the fire of the rifle chain.
Features of the regular structure of motorized rifle companies of the 60s - 70s.
- The infantry fighting vehicle has become a firearm of the rifle chain on a par with the infantry line. Its cross-country ability is comparable to that of a pedestrian, and the speed along the highway is equal to the speed of a car.
- Formally, the squad on the BMP has become weaker than the squad on the armored personnel carrier due to its small number, but in reality the opposite is true, since the infantry fighting vehicle is not a means of support, but a means of combat that solves most of the tasks of the infantry chain and, in addition, the task of fighting tanks.
- The motorized rifle squad on the BMP follows group tactics to a greater extent, while reminiscent of the machine gun group of the First World War. The "machine gun" in the group became self-propelled and received an artillery caliber. The calculation of the BMP - the gunner-operator and driver - turned out to be numerically smaller than the machine-gun calculation.
- The squad's penchant for group tactics weakened the skirmish line. The rifle chain performs in combat to a greater extent the function of protecting the infantry fighting vehicle from being hit by enemy infantry and, to a lesser extent, is busy with fire impact on the enemy. In the event of the loss of the BMP, the department becomes unable to solve the statutory tasks.
- In the evolution of the squad, platoon and company, there is a tendency to reduce the human component. Infantry combat is gradually reduced to the fight of weapons, armored vehicles and other inanimate material resources battlefields.
COMPOSITION AND ARMAMENT OF A MOTOR RIFLE COMPANY OF THE MODERN ORGANIZATIONAL AND STAFF STRUCTURE
States of motorized rifle companies of a limited contingent in Afghanistan
Afghan war 1979-1989 became one of the modern wars. It was distinguished by limited tasks, incommensurable capabilities of the parties and almost complete absence fights, as the charter defines them. In accordance with the tasks and features of the landscape, the states of units of a limited contingent were approved Soviet troops in Afghanistan.
The companies on the armored personnel carrier in each department (six people, on the BTR-70) consisted of a machine gunner from the PKK and a sniper from the SVD. The gunner of the KPVT machine gun simultaneously performed the functions of a grenade launcher (RPG-7). The motorized rifle platoon consisted of 20 people, three BTR-70s. The machine gun-grenade launcher platoon (20 men, two BTR-70s) was armed with three PKM machine guns on a bipod and three AGS grenade launchers. In total, the company consisted of 80 (81 - since August 1985) people for 12 armored personnel carriers. Since May 1985, one AGS was replaced by the NSV-12.7 machine gun, capable of destroying fortifications made of rocky soil and rocks.
In the companies on the BMP, each squad (six people per BMP-2D) included a sniper with an SVD and a grenade launcher with an RPG. The RPK machine gunner relied on every third squad. The motorized rifle platoon consisted of 20 people (three BMP-2D). A machine gun-grenade launcher platoon (15 men, two BMP-2Ds) was armed with three AGS grenade launchers and two NSV-12.7 machine guns. PKM machine guns were handed over to platoons. In total, the company consisted of 82 people and 12 infantry fighting vehicles.
The positive aspects of the above-described composition of a motorized rifle company are obvious: the companies are small in number, the number of weapons exceeds the number of soldiers and officers. In the conditions of the mountainous landscape, artillery and mortars could not provide full support to the infantry, so the machine gun and grenade launcher platoon turned out to be artillery unit company commander and was distinguished by a variety of fire capabilities: mounted (AGS), penetrating (NSV-12.7), dense fire (PKM).
In the lowland theater of operations, the companies had a more familiar structure that did not provide for large-caliber weapons, but including ATGMs.
States of motorized rifle companies 1980-1990s
In the 1980-1990s, the squads on the BTR and BMP-1 and -2 consisted of nine people, but without a sniper.
The company on the BTR-80 (110 people) consisted of a control group (five people), three platoons (30 people each) and a fourth anti-tank machine gun platoon (15 people). In service were 66 assault rifles, 9 RPGs, 9 RPKs, 3 SVDs, 3 PCs, 3 ATGMs, 12 armored personnel carriers.
The company on the BMP had a similar structure and strength. The fourth platoon was fully machine gun. There were 63 assault rifles, 9 RPGs, 9 RPKs, 3 SVDs, 6 PCs, 12 infantry fighting vehicles.
Composition of motorized rifle companies of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2005-2010
In the Russian Armed Forces in 2005-2010. in parallel, there were several regular structures of the same type of units. The divisions of motorized rifle troops were built according to three organization options:
- Motorized rifle company on an armored personnel carrier.
- Motorized rifle company on the BMP-2 from the regiment, subordinate to the division.
- Motorized rifle company on the BMP-2 from the battalion subordinate to the brigade.
We do not consider the organizational structure and armament of motorized rifle units on the BMP-3 due to the small number of vehicles that entered the troops.
A motorized rifle squad on an armored personnel carrier can contain eight or nine people, while a squad on a BMP-2 consists of eight people. At the same time, the sniper from the squad was expelled to larger units.
A motorized rifle platoon on an armored personnel carrier contains a control group, two squads of nine people and one squad of 8 people. All personnel are accommodated in three armored personnel carriers.
A platoon's quality reinforcement is a PKM machine gun with a crew of two fighters and a sniper with an SVD rifle subordinate to the platoon commander.
The composition of the motorized rifle company on the state armored personnel carrier 2000-2010:
- Company management - 8 people. (commander, assistant commander for l / s, foreman, senior driver, machine gunner, senior technician, medical instructor, RRF operator; weapons: AK74 - 7, PKM - 1, BTR -1, KPV - 1, PKT - 1).
- 3 motorized rifle platoons of 32 people. (in each - a department of 6 people, including a commander, a deputy, a PKM machine gun crew of 2 people, a sniper with an SVD and an orderly; two squads of 9 and one squad of 8 people; platoon weapons: AK74 - 21, PKM - 1 , SVD - 4, RPK74 - 3, RPG-7 - 3, BTR - 3, KPV - 3, PKT - 3).
- Anti-tank squad of 9 people. (ATGM "Metis" - 3, AK74 - 6, BTR - 1, KPV - 1, PKT - 1).
Total: 113 people, PKM - 4, SVD - 12, RPK74 - 9, AK74 - 76, RPG-7 - 9, ATGM - 6, armored personnel carriers - 11, KPV - 11, PKT - 11.
The composition and armament of a motorized rifle company on an armored personnel carrier in 2000-2010.
A company on an infantry fighting vehicle can have two structures depending on subordination. On the shelves rifle divisions companies on infantry fighting vehicles have a smaller number and an emphasis on small arms, as they are supported by the artillery regiment of the division.
The structure of a motorized rifle company on infantry fighting vehicles from the regiment:
- Company management - 10 people. (commander, deputy commander for military affairs, foreman, sanitary instructor, RRF radar operator, infantry fighting vehicle commander, 2 senior driver-mechanics, 2 gunner-operators; armament: AK74 - 10, BMP-2 - 2, 2A42 - 2 , PKT - 2, ATGM - 2).
- 3 motorized rifle platoons of 30 people. (in each - a management of 6 people, including a commander, a deputy, a PKM machine-gun crew of 2 people, a sniper with an SVD and an orderly; three squads of 8 people each; platoon weapons: PKM - 1, SVD - 1, RPK74 - 3 , AK74 - 22, RPG-7 - 3, BMP - 3, 2A42 - 3, PKT - 3, ATGM - 3).
Total: 100 people, PKM - 3, SVD - 3, RPK74 - 9, AK74 - 76, RPG-7 - 9, BMP - 11, 2A42 - 11, PKT - 11, ATGM - 11.
In brigades subordinated to battalions, poor in artillery, companies provide themselves with fire support to a greater extent at the expense of their own grenade launcher platoon.
Motorized rifle companies on infantry fighting vehicles from the brigades have the following structure:
- Company management - 10 people. (the staff and weapons are the same as in the command of a motorized rifle company on infantry fighting vehicles from the regiment).
- 3 motorized rifle platoons of 30 people. (in terms of staffing and armament, they are similar to platoons of motorized rifle companies from the regiment).
- Grenade launcher platoon of 26 people. (in each - a commander, a deputy commander and three squads of 8 people each; weapons: AK74 - 20, AGS-17 - 6, BMP - 3, 2A42 - 3, PKT - 3, ATGM - 3).
Total: 126 people, PKM - 3, SVD - 3, RPK74 - 9, AK74 - 96, RPG-7 - 9, AGS-17 - 6, BMP - 14, 2A42 - 14, PKT - 14, ATGM - 14.
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The strength and armament of a motorized rifle company on infantry fighting vehicles from the composition of motorized rifle brigades in 2000-2010.
General comments on the composition and armament of motorized rifle units in 2000-2010.
1. Platoon commanders have their own means of high-quality reinforcement - PKM machine guns (not quite company-wide in terms of fire capabilities) and sniper rifles.
2. In a company on an infantry fighting vehicle from the regiments, for reinforcement, there is a full-fledged department from the company's management.
3. In the company on the BMP from the brigades for reinforcement there is a full-fledged platoon capable of fighting without heavy grenade launchers, like a regular infantry. Under other conditions, it is also used to support AGS means both from closed positions and direct fire.
4. 5.45 caliber weapons do not have sufficient penetration, and machine guns of this caliber are not able to maintain the required mode of fire.
5. A weapon chambered for a rifle cartridge has established itself as a means of strengthening a platoon (PKM, SVD). PKT machine guns on infantry fighting vehicles in the first line have insufficient target detection capabilities.
6. 12.7 caliber guns are not represented in any state.
7. 14.5 caliber weapons are used on armored personnel carriers for firing from safe distances (1000 ... 1500 m).
8. Automatic grenade launchers are rarely used and, in fact, are analogues of company mortars and machine guns of earlier organizational structures.
9. SPG-9 grenade launchers are not used at the company level.
Disadvantages of the states of motorized rifle companies of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (2000-2010):
1) companies on armored personnel carriers have lower combat capabilities than companies on infantry fighting vehicles: due to the lack of combat vehicles, they cannot perform the same tasks as companies on infantry fighting vehicles;
2) a sniper in a squad on an armored personnel carrier in the first line is not able to fully realize the capabilities of his weapon;
3) there are almost no means of reinforcement subordinate to the commander (a machine gun and one armored personnel carrier that does not belong to platoons); the anti-tank squad rather closes a gap in the meager range of fire weapons than serves as a means of reinforcement even in defense;
4) the number of weapons is small and its assortment is poor.
Advantages of motorized rifle companies of the RF Armed Forces (2000-2010):
1) departments consist of eight to nine people - fewer people are involved in fighting, which helps to reduce losses;
2) a sniper is excluded from the squads on the BMP;
3) the platoon leader has his own reinforcements;
4) the presence of the fourth platoon in the company from the composition of the brigades significantly expands the company commander's ability to maneuver forces and fire.
ORGANIZATIONAL AND STAFF METHODS OF INCREASING THE COMBAT CAPABILITIES OF MOTOR RIFLE SECTIONS, PLATONS AND COMPANY
At the squad level, reinforcement of the rifle chain is achieved by increasing the practical rate of fire of a light machine gun. The low penetrating effect of 5.45 and 7.62 caliber bullets of the 1943 model requires equipping the squad with a second rifle-caliber machine gun weighing up to 7.5 kg with dispersion at the RPD level and a rate of fire at the DP level, with magazine feed. In addition, the rifle chain can be strengthened by the introduction of multi-channel fire weapons, the addition of one shooter to the chain, at least at the expense of the operator or driver of the infantry fighting vehicle, the use of remote control weapons, equipping the BMP driver with weapons - a course machine gun of the PK type.
At the platoon level, reinforcement is possible when a fourth vehicle with fundamentally different weapons and armor is used in the state, even without increasing the number of platoons, the introduction of supernumerary weapons (mine, grenade launchers) and assigning two weapons to one soldier.
At the company level, reinforcement is achieved by the introduction of a full-fledged fourth platoon heavy weapons(guided intelligent weapon), which is capable of fighting as a fourth infantry, and, if necessary, be a means of support or an assault weapon (like a grenade launcher platoon of brigade structures). At the same time, the platoon must perform engineering support combat, combat work with guided and intelligent weapons.
It is undesirable to increase the number of personnel of units because of the possible increase in losses. A company of more than 100-115 people. worse in combat. It is possible to increase the fire capabilities of units due to the dual armament of some specialists who own different types weapons.
Thus, an increase in the number of weapons, combat vehicles, and equipment, even if not all of these means are used in combat at the same time, increases the efficiency of subunit operations.
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Motorized Rifle Company (MSR) is a tactical unit and organizationally part of the motorized rifle battalion (MSB).
MSR, equipped with modern weapons and equipment, has powerful fire, high mobility, maneuverability, armor protection and resistance to enemy weapons of mass destruction.
The MSR, in cooperation with other units of the military branches and special forces, performs the main task of directly destroying the enemy's manpower and firepower in close combat.
The MTS, using the results of conventional and nuclear weapons strikes, skillfully combining fire and movement in the offensive, can:
- rapidly attack the enemy, destroy his manpower, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, artillery, anti-tank and other fire weapons;
- means of nuclear and chemical attack, aircraft, helicopters;
- seize his positions, develop the offensive at a rapid pace, conduct a meeting engagement, form water barriers on the move, repel enemy counterattacks;
- overcome obstacles and destruction, pursue the retreating enemy.
Performing these tasks, the company can be in the first or second echelon of the battalion, in the supply zone or in the forward position, act in the head marching outpost (GPZ), bypassing, special and reconnaissance detachments, form a combined arms reserve or be as a tactical airborne assault.
When leaving the battle and retreating, the company can be assigned to the rear (side) outpost or act as a cover unit. In the defense of the MSR, with fire of all means, it inflicts defeat on the approaches to the forward edge, repels attacks by enemy tanks and infantry, air strikes, and stubbornly holds the occupied strong point.
In the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, there are several types of organizational and staff structure of the MSR.
- MSR on an armored personnel carrier;
- MSR on BMP-2 from the staff of the battalion, in brigade subordination. The MSR has a grenade launcher platoon: three grenade launcher compartments. In total, there are 26 people in the platoon, BMP - 3 units, ATS - 6 units;
- MSR on the BMP-2 (BMP-3) of a separate battalion.
Company management
Total in company management: 3 people.
Company management department
In total, in the department of company management: personnel of 9 people. BMP-2 - 2 units.
In these two BMPs of the company's control in the airborne squad, they transport: a medical instructor and units attached to the company, an ATS-17 squad from the battalion's grenade launcher platoon, a MANPADS squad from the battalion's air defense platoon, a communications squad or several radio operators from the battalion control platoon.
Armament, personnel of the MSR
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ATGM launcher |
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Automatic grenade launcher easel ATS-17 |
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Machine guns (PKT) |
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Machine guns (KPVT) |
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Automatic AK-74M |
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SVD sniper rifle |
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Light machine gun RPK-74 (PKP "Pecheneg") |
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RPG-7V grenade launcher |
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GP-30 grenade launcher |
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Station short-range reconnaissance SBR-5M1 "Credo-M1" |
The company on the BTR-80 includes an anti-tank squad (PTO) - 9 people from the staff of the battalion's grenade launcher platoon. In service with anti-tank weapons:
- anti-tank missile system (ATGM "Metis") on armored personnel carriers 80-3 units;
- AK-74 - 6 units;
- heavy machine gun Vladimirov tank (marking KPVT) - 1 unit;
- tank Kalashnikov machine gun (PKT) - 1 unit.
The company on the BTR-70 has a full-time machine-gun platoon and a full-time anti-tank squad of the Metis ATGM (the loopholes of the BTR-70 are designed only for RPK machine guns).
Motorized Rifle Platoon (MSV) is the smallest tactical unit. It is organizationally part of the MSR and is designed to destroy enemy manpower, as well as its tanks, guns, machine guns and other fire weapons.
The MSV is designed to perform various tactical tasks as part of a company, and in some cases independently (in reconnaissance, in an assault group, in combat, marching, guard guards). A platoon can be assigned to an advanced group from an MSB (MSR) operating in a tactical airborne assault. Motorized rifle platoon an anti-tank compartment, a flamethrower compartment and a grenade launcher compartment can be attached.
MSV organizationally consists of:
- from the department of management - 6 people;
- three MCOs - 8 people.
In total, there are 30 people in a platoon.
The management of the MSV includes:
There are 6 people in total. Management moves to BMP departments (2 people each).
Total in MSV for BMP-2:
Motorized Rifle Squad (MSO) can be on infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), armored personnel carriers (APCs) or on armored vehicles of various brands and modifications.
The motorized rifle squad is designed to destroy individual groups enemy, separate enemy firing points and armored targets.
The organizational structure of the MCO on the BMP
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Squad leader - combat vehicle commander (KO-KBM) |
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Deputy commander of a combat vehicle, gunner-operator (BUT) |
corporal |
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Driver (MV) |
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Machine gunner (P) |
RPK-74 (PKP Pecheneg) |
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Grenade shooter |
RPG-7, AKS-74U |
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Senior Gunner (SS) |
AK-74M with GP-30 |
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Shooter(S) |
AK-74M with GP-30 |
In total, there are 8 people in the personnel department.
Armament MSO
Inside the BMP there are places:
- for MANPADS "Strela-2" or "Igla" - 2 pcs.;
- transportable grenade launchers RPG-7V (PG - 7VM) - 5 pcs.;
- reactive anti-tank grenades RPG-22 (RPG-26) - up to 5 pieces;
- manual fragmentation grenade F-1 - 15 pcs.;
- 26 mm SPSh pistol - 1 pc. and 12 rounds;
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Placement of the MSO in the BTR-82A |
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Placement of MCOs in BMP-2 |
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Placement of MCOs in BMP-3 |
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The organizational structure of the MCO on the BTR-80
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Art. driver of an armored personnel carrier (St. waters) |
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Machine gunner BTR (P) |
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Grenade shooter |
RPG-7, AKS-74U |
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Shooter - assistant grenade launcher (SPG) |
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Senior Gunner (SS) |
AK-74M with GP-30 |
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Shooter(S) |
AK-74M with GP-30 |
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Machine gunner BTR (P) |
RPK-74 (PKP Pecheneg) |
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Sniper (CH) |
In total, there are 9 people in the BTR-80 department.
Armament of the MSO on the armored personnel carrier
Ammunition for armament MSV
The composition of the MCP grenade launcher platoon
The grenade launcher platoon has 26 personnel, including the platoon commander. Deputy commander, three squads of 8 people.
Armament of a grenade platoon: BMP - 3 vehicles; AK74 - 20 units; ATS-17 - 6 units.
MSR on the BMP-2 (BMP-3) of a separate battalion.
Organization of MSR on BMP-2 (128 people)
Company management
Total in company management: 3 people.
Company management department
In total, in the department of company management: personnel of 9 people. BMP-2 - 2 units.
In these two BMPs of the company's control in the airborne squad, they transport: a medical instructor and units attached to the company, an AGS-17 squad from the battalion's grenade launcher platoon, a MANPADS squad from the battalion's air defense platoon, a communications squad or several radio operators from the battalion's control platoon.
Armament, personnel of the MSR
The company on the BTR-80 includes an anti-tank squad (PTO) - 9 people from the staff of the battalion's grenade launcher platoon. In service with anti-tank weapons:
Anti-tank missile system (ATGM "Metis") on BTR 80 - 3 units;
AK-74 - 6 units;
Large-caliber machine gun Vladimirov tank (marking KP VT) - 1 unit;
Tank Kalashnikov machine gun (PKT) - 1 unit.
The company on the BTR-70 has a full-time machine-gun platoon and a full-time anti-tank squad of the Metis ATGM (the loopholes of the BTR-70 are designed only for RPK machine guns).
Motorized Rifle Platoon (MSV) is the smallest tactical unit. It is organizationally part of the MSR and is designed to destroy enemy manpower, as well as its tanks, guns, machine guns and other fire weapons.
The MSV is designed to perform various tactical tasks as part of a company, and in some cases independently (in reconnaissance, in an assault group, in combat, marching, guard guards). A platoon can be assigned to an advanced group from the MSB (MSR) operating in the tactical airborne assault. A motorized rifle platoon may be assigned an anti-tank squad, a flame thrower squad, and a grenade launcher squad.
MSV organizationally consists of:
From the department of management - 6 people;
Three MSOs - 8 people.
In total, there are 30 people in the platoon.
The management of the MSV includes:
There are 6 people in total. Management moves to BMP departments (2 people each).
Total in MSV for BMP-2:
Motorized Rifle Squad (MSO) can be on infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), armored personnel carriers (APCs) or on armored vehicles of various brands and modifications.
The motorized rifle squad is designed to destroy individual enemy groups, individual enemy firing points and armored targets.
The organizational structure of the MCO on the BMP
In total, there are 8 people in the personnel department.
Armament MSO
Inside the BMP there are places:
For MANPADS "Strela-2" or "Needle" - 2 pcs.;
Transportable grenade launchers RPG-7V (PG - 7VM) - 5 pcs.;
Reactive anti-tank grenades RPG-22 (RPG-26) - up to 5 pcs;
Hand-held fragmentation grenade F-1 - 15 pcs.;
26 mm SPSh pistol - 1 pc. and 12 rounds;
The organizational structure of the MCO on the BTR-80
In total, there are 9 people in the BTR-80 department.
Armament of the MSO on the armored personnel carrier
Ammunition for armament MSV
The composition of the MCP grenade launcher platoon
The grenade launcher platoon has 26 personnel, including the platoon commander. Deputy commander, three squads of 8 people.
Armament of a grenade launcher platoon: BMP - 3 vehicles; AK74 - 20 units; AGS-17 - 6 units.
2.2. Combat equipment
In 2013, a new army field uniform"Concept". Its base version now takes into account the specifics of the service in various types and military branches climatic zones and periods of use.
In theory, the weight of a serviceman's equipment for the successful completion of a combat mission should not exceed ⅓ of the body weight (on average, this is about 25 kg).
When exceeding mass characteristic of the combat set of equipment, the load on the soldier increases significantly, which inevitably affects his combat capability, as it leads to increased fatigue, high energy consumption, the soldier gets short of breath and the pulse quickens, arterial pressure and he gets tired quickly.
The experience of using personal body armor has shown that wearing a bulletproof vest weighing even 4.5 kg leads to pronounced violations of heat transfer, while the energy consumption of a soldier increases by more than 10%, combat effectiveness decreases by 30%.
At the present stage, the Ground Forces, Airborne Troops And Marines The Navy is provided with the latest Ratnik combat equipment. Combat protective kit "Warrior" combines 10 different subsystems - modern small arms, aiming systems, effective means personal protection, communications, reconnaissance, navigation and target designation. The set of "Warrior" includes about 50 different elements, this equipment, having combat functionality, provides effective protection of the soldier from various damaging factors on the battlefield.
The main characteristics of the combat protective kit "Warrior":
The control and communications system is integrated with the rest of the equipment, which makes it possible for military personnel to perform combat missions at any time of the day and under various climatic conditions;
Innovative electronic and special equipment has significantly increased the capabilities of military personnel in the conduct of hostilities, increased efficiency small arms 1.2 times;
The principle of maximum possible security was applied, while reducing the total weight of the overalls, the weight of the wearable equipment was reduced from 34 kg to 22 kg (without ammunition and weapons) with an assault version of the 6B43 body armor of the 6th protective class.
The protection class of combined arms bulletproof vests has been increased (from 3rd to 6th class). The kit provides protection of vital organs from damage by high-speed fragmentation elements, rifle and machine gun bullets;
The main component of the kit is the Sagittarius control system, which includes: communications equipment, a communicator equipped with GLONASS and GPS positioning systems, and electronic maps. The kit also includes means of target designation, processing and display of information. The "friend or foe" identification system eliminates the possibility of firing at friendly and allows you to transmit to command post information about the whereabouts of each soldier.
Saratov Military Institute of Internal Troops
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia
Department of Tactics
Abstract:
SUBJECT: « Combat use grenade launcher platoon in the main types of combat.
Developed by: cadet of the 3rd platoon of the 5th company
Spitsyn O.S.
Scientific adviser:
lieutenant colonel Kazantsev L.Yu.
Saratov - 2005
Introduction 3
Study questions:
1. Organization and armament of a grenade launcher platoon 2-4
2. Combat order of a grenade launcher platoon in the main types of combat 4-7
Conclusion 7-8
Literature :
1. BUSV part II
2. textbook "Tactics" book. 2
3. S.V. Grishin "Formations and units in battle", Military Publishing, 1985
4. Armament and equipment (reference book), Military Publishing House, 1984
5. Textbook "Organization, armament and combat capabilities of the RA units", SVKI, 1999
Introduction
The change in the military-political situation in modern conditions, the decrease in the level of military confrontation inevitably affects the main components of military development, including the development of the Armed Forces. Reformation is underway, the tasks of the branches of the Armed Forces, their structure, organization of formations, formations and units, including internal troops, are being reviewed, taking into account the historically justified principles for the development of the organization of troops, the necessary balance between the composition of formations and units in peacetime and wartime, the composition and the possible nature of the actions of a potential adversary; physical and geographical conditions of strategic and operational areas; economic opportunities of the country.
Modern combined-arms combat is conducted by the combined efforts of all troops participating in it. However the main role in achieving victory in combined arms combat belongs to motorized rifle and tank units. Only they are able to complete the defeat of the enemy and capture his territory. In the interests of fulfilling these tasks, subunits of other branches of the armed forces conduct combat and interact with them.
Main part
1 training question: "Organization and armament of a grenade launcher platoon."
A platoon of automatic grenade launchers is a powerful subdivision of the battalion and is designed to destroy enemy manpower and fire weapons located openly, in trenches (trenches) and behind terrain folds.
Grenade launchers are especially effective in repelling enemy motorized infantry attacks in front of the front line of defense and repelling his counterattacks during the offensive.
It is able to suppress the enemy's manpower in an area up to 1000m 2, to put barrage fire at the turn up to 100m.
To calculate the area of continuous destruction, the radius of expansion of grenade fragments is taken, equal to 7m.
The area of damage (PR 2) with one grenade launcher is: 3.4 x 7 x 7m = 150m 2.
In battle, a grenade launcher platoon uses two types of fire: concentrated and barrage. Range of fire from 300m to 1700m.
The grenade launcher platoon consists of management - 2 people. (platoon commander, deputy platoon commander) and three squads (in each squad leader, two senior grenade launcher gunners, two grenade launcher gunners, an armored personnel carrier machine gunner, a senior driver or driver). In total, in a platoon of personnel - 26 people, 30mm AGS-17 - 6 units, armored personnel carrier - 3 units.
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TTX AGS-17 "Flame"
Caliber - 30mm
Firing range - 1700m
Combat rate of fire: max - 350-450 high / min
min - 50 - 100 h/min
Transfer time to combat position - 30-40 seconds
Calculation - 2 people
Ammunition - 200 VOG-17
The gunner of an automatic grenade launcher must:
Know the device, techniques and rules of firing from an automatic grenade launcher and constantly maintain it in combat readiness;
Destroy the detected targets at the command of the squad leader or independently and report on the results of the shooting;
Systematically check the condition of the automatic grenade launcher, carry out its maintenance, immediately eliminate the detected malfunctions and report this to the squad leader;
Know the duties of calculation officials and, if necessary, skillfully fulfill them;
Know the duties of the squad leader and, if necessary, replace him.
Know your weapon, keep it in good condition and be able to fire accurately from it, observe the results of the fire and skillfully adjust it;
Continuously monitor the battlefield and report to the squad leader about detected targets, at the command of the commander, or independently destroy them with fire; observe neighbors and support them with fire;
Be able to use the instruments and mechanisms located in the troop compartment of an infantry fighting vehicle (armored personnel carrier);
In the event of a forced separation from your squad, immediately join the nearest squad and continue the battle in its composition.
2 training question: "The combat formation of a grenade launcher platoon in the main types of combat"
A grenade launcher platoon in defense usually operates in full strength or in squads, occupying firing positions in the intervals between strong points of motorized rifle companies (platoons) or on their flanks. Firing positions along the front can be: for a platoon - up to 100m, for a squad - up to 20m, intervals between departments-10 - 20m.
The grenade launcher squad in defense operates as part of a platoon, and in closed rough terrain it can be attached to one of the motorized rifle companies of the first echelon; the anti-tank squad of a motorized rifle company is located, as a rule, in a tank-dangerous direction, and can also act as a fire ambush.
Tasks for squads, their main and reserve (temporary) firing positions, lanes of fire and additional sectors of fire from each position,
Areas of concentrated and lines of barrage fire; tasks to ensure gaps and flanks.
The platoon commander in the combat order also indicates the time for taking up the defense, the readiness of the fire system, the sequence and timing of the engineering equipment of the strong point.
The commander of a grenade launcher platoon is obliged to draw up a plan of fire for the platoon. The scheme of fire is presented to the battalion commander.
The diagrams usually show:
Landmarks, their numbers, names and distances to them;
The position of the enemy; platoon's line of fire and additional sectors of fire; squad positions, their lanes of fire and additional sectors of fire;
Main and spare (temporary) firing positions of infantry fighting vehicles (armored personnel carriers), tanks, as well as fire weapons providing gaps with neighbors, their main and additional sectors of fire from each position;
The areas of concentrated fire of the platoon and the places in them on which the squad should fire;
The area of concentrated fire of the company and the place in it, on which the platoon is firing, and on the fire pattern of the grenade launcher platoon, in addition, the lines of barrage fire and the position of the motorized rifle unit to which the platoon is attached;
Lines of opening fire from tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, anti-tank and other fire weapons;
The positions of the firepower of the company (battalion) commander, located in the platoon's stronghold and on its flanks, and their sectors of fire;
Barriers and fortifications;
Positions of neighboring units and the boundaries of their lanes of fire on the flanks of the platoon;
Place KNP platoon.
SCHEME OF FIRE OF A Grenade Launcher Platoon
The grenade launcher compartment occupies a firing position up to 20m.
The firing position of the squad includes the main and reserve firing positions of fire weapons and an infantry fighting vehicle (armored personnel carrier). The firing position of an infantry fighting vehicle (armored personnel carrier) is usually equipped behind the positions of fire weapons of the squad at a distance of up to 50 m and in such a way that the fire of the infantry fighting vehicle (armored personnel carrier) provides cover for the squad in position.
The commander of a grenade launcher platoon controls the platoon while being at the platoon's command and observation post, and when the platoon operates in squads - at one of the squads. Separately operating squads are controlled by the commanders of motorized rifle companies (platoons) to which they are attached.
On the defensive, the platoon is in constant readiness to repel an enemy attack.
The combat formation of a grenade launcher platoon in the offensive operating on foot in full force consists of the combat formations of squads with an interval between them of up to 50 m.
The battle formation of a grenade launcher platoon operating on infantry fighting vehicles (armored personnel carriers - a line of vehicles with an interval between them up to 50 m.
When assigning tasks to squads, the commander of a grenade launcher platoon in the combat order indicates:
Targets to be engaged during the period of fire preparation of the attack and with the beginning of the attack, firing position, direction of fire and order of movement during the battle;
When attacking on foot, the places of dismounting are also indicated.
The combat order of the grenade launcher squad, operating on foot, consists of crews deployed along the front with an interval between grenade launchers of 10 - 20 m.
The commander of the grenade launcher platoon is in order of battle platoon, and if a platoon by squad is attached to motorized rifle companies - with one of the squads.
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