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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
Unlike our Marines that have a machinegunner MOS
On that note I don't think you can really pick your MOS here either, but most people compete to join the air force
Machinegunner mos... lmao
Also a 50 cal in our army is squad mobile as well but that doesnt make it a good idea to run around with
Do they have mortars? Those will be really big in conventional war.
Yeah they have basically everything any other army does except pay
$100 a month for a private