Moving target range at Benning was tits

And the most senior people here, when they were coming up half of their training was political

Ahh

They also dont have an nco corp right?

I always forget that is a European thing

That basically half the people in the platoon could take over for an LT and half that could make a decent cpt if absolutely required

That is one reason arabs wont win vs jewistan

At least not until they fix it

It's not like ours. They're still squad leaders etc but not as independent and powerful as ours

Yeah I didnt really realize why the sgt majors were so hard on training till I got out and read more

They really need to teach more fucking history

A senior NCO is kinda like a tech warrant here, a junior NCO ain't shit, more like just a senior E4

So it's still basically non existent

E4s could be trained well but they really put the screws to you as an E5

They hold the same billets as us, but not the same kinda status. It's not considered a real career position

You're not a careerist here unless you're an officer

Is it for the same reason as the arabs? To keep a tighter grip on power?

I think so in the Arab case yeah, how only a general has any respect and they treat lowers like complete trash

But here it's a bit different. During the cultural revolution, there was NO rank structure. At all.

Just billets, and for what we consider officer billets there is a dual structure that still exists. So there's a platoon leader, and a platoon commissar

Theoretically equal, the commissar is also like the S1, but tends to have a lot more experience than the actual PL/CO

Prior to the cultural revolution (Korean War and before) it was basically the Soviet model

After 8,500 KIA in Vietnam within the span of three weeks, they figured out the no-rank system didn't work so in the early 80s they sent a bunch of people to military academies, and they became the officer corps

Recruiters and drill instructors here are also officers, and are actually the same person. A unit will send basically the top 10% of their officers out to recruit, and the people who join, actually go to basic training under these same recruiters

Somewhat like the 1800s for us, and the value of the NCO is about the same too. Like nobody wrote much about sergeants in the civil war but you hear a lot about generals and colonels

A rifle squad is basically the same as ours, but their SAW is more like a drum fed rifle with a bipod and heavy barrel

Two fireteam leaders, two SAW gunners, two riflemen, two grenadiers

They like to swap a rifleman with an actual machine gun, sometimes even a really neat manportable .50 cal

Or a rocket launcher

The HMG is like 40 lbs or so, not bad for what you get out of it

Break it down between two people and that's a lot of firepower for squad level

It is but I dont think you would have the ammo if you are portable

It also makes you prone to flanks. Is it 40 for just the 50? Or does that include the tripod and t and e

Really wish the punisher didn't get scrapped

Fucking Germans fucking us out of an amazing weapon

Though now we have normal grenades that do something similar

I'm not sure the weight but it's squad mobile

They're very modular here with weapons systems

Most squads even have a drone

But it's almost all light infantry based. A bit more guerilla style, more likely to walk, but NCOs have a lot less impact

I think the idea is that any rifle squad can be set up as an MG team or two