04-12-2014, 04:29 PM
Tony Williams Wrote:I am open to correction by anyone who knows differently, but AFAIK the British Army in Afghanistan did not normally send out patrols in platoon strength. The basic patrolling unit seems have been the standard section of eight men, sometimes supplemented by extras...I wouldn't know about that. But, I wasn't addressing the specific case of patrols. My question was, when the platoon does go out on a mission -- be it a patrol, or whatever -- would not the machine gunners of the weapons squad be carrying their .338 MMG's?