Talk:Fireteam

Possibly Expanding Scope
This article seems to mainly cover US and British fireteams; a more international perspective would be nice. I read in one of the war nerd columns that the taliban used 3-man fire teams, consisting of two riflemen protecting the guy with the RPG, but later switched to teams with two RPG guys and only one rifleman. His column didn't provide a source for that factoid. Rast 06:23, 14 December 2005 (UTC)


 * agreed - though it's nice to refer to the British influence historically on other countries, the narrowness of the article also suggests a level of importance to them that frankly isn't justified.Ir_ricky 27 Jan 2021

Merging/Possibly Renaming
The article at Fire and maneuver team should definitely be merged into this one. However, I propose it be renamed to Team (military unit) as Fireteam is only one specific kind of Team. It's used by lots more units than just infantry, at least in the US Army. Nathanm mn 18:52, 2 January 2007 (UTC)


 * IIRC Napoleanic Lite troops were often 2 man teams —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.85.221.250 (talk) 19:24, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Not the smallest unit used
The Swedish army uses a unit called Stridspar, "combat pair", as their smallest. It is composed of two soldiers, with one being the leader. A squad is composed of several stridspar.

Is Sweden the only country to use this system? 81.236.225.80 (talk) 10:21, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Conscription?
The article mentions:


 * "These requirements have led to successful use of the fireteam concept by more professional militaries. It is less useful for armies employing massed infantry formations, or with significant conscription. Conscription makes fireteam development difficult, as team members are more effective as they build experience over time working together and building personal bonds."

I don't see how this applies. The source of personnel shouldn't matter; volunteer or conscript. They will both go through the same training and experiences. What is the source of the OP comment - professional journals (Army/Marine), personal experience? After all, if the enemy is shooting at you, do you CARE if the guy or girl next to you was drafted? Karanne (talk) 02:50, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

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USMC Fireteam
According to MCIP 3-10.4i, the 4 soldiers in a marine fireteam are the Team Leader, Rifleman, Auto Rifleman, and Grenadier. What source states the Ready-Team-Fire-Assist organization? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:647:5A01:4B70:3591:740:93A1:3408 (talk) 01:59, 18 June 2020 (UTC)