MCRP 3-11.2, Marine (DRAFT)

1 2 3 Chapter 1 4 Organization and Armament 5 6 1001. General 7 8 The mission of the rifle squad is to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy by fire and 9 maneuver, or repel the enemy's assault by fire and close combat. 10 11 1002. Organization of the Rifle Squad 12 13 The rifle squad consists of three fire teams, each of which is built around an automatic weapon 14 and controlled by a fire team leader. The squad is composed of 13 men: a sergeant () 15 and three fire teams of four men each. Each fire team normally consists of a (fire team 16 leader/grenadier), two lance (automatic and assistant automatic rifleman), and 17 a or (rifleman). (See fig. 1-1.) 18 19 fig. 1-1 20 21 1003. Weapons 22 23 a. Organic Weapons. The organic weapons of the squad are as follows: 24 25 (1) Squad Leader. M16A2 rifle and bayonet knife. 26 27 (2) Fire Team Leader/Grenadier. M16A2 rifle with a 40 mm, M203 28 launcher attached and bayonet knife 29 30 (3) Automatic Rifleman. (SAW) and combat knife (K-bar). 31 32 (4) Assistant Automatic Rifleman. M16A2 rifle and bayonet knife. 33 34 (5) Rifleman. M16A2 rifle, bayonet knife. 35 36 b. Ammunition 37 38 (1) M16A2 Rifle 39 40 (a) , 5.56 mm, ball, A059. 41 42 (b) Cartridge, 5.56 mm, tracer, A063. 43 44 (c) Cartridge, 5.56 mm, blank, A080. 45 46 (2) Squad Automatic Weapon

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1 2 (a) Cartridge, 5.56 mm, linked, 4 and 1, A064. 3 4 (b) Cartridge, 5.56 mm, blank, linked, A075. 5 6 (c) Unlinked A059/A063 (ball/tracer) cartridges may be fired from 30 round magazines, but 7 reliability is greatly reduced. 8 9 (3) M203 10 11 (a) Cartridge, 40 mm, high explosive dual purpose (HEDP), M433EI 12 (antipersonnel/antiarmor). 13 14 (b) Cartridge, 40 mm, training practice, M407AI. 15 16 (c) Riot control and signaling cartridges. 17 18 (d) Cartridge, 40 mm, high explosive (HE), M406 (to be used until existing stocks are 19 depleted). 20 21 (e) Cartridge, 40 mm, HE air burst, M397 (to be used until existing stocks are depleted). 22 23 (f) Cartridge, 40 mm, multiple projectile, M-576 (antipersonnel) (to be used until existing 24 stocks are depleted) 25 26 (g) Cartridge, 40 mm, smokeless and flack less, M463 (anti armor) (to be used until 27 existing stocks are depleted). 28 29 c. Supplementary Weapons and Munitions. The following is a list of weapons and munitions 30 available to members of the squad: 31 32 · Demolitions. 33 · Claymore mines. 34 · Hand (fragmentation, smoke, and gas [CS]). 35 · AT-4, 83 mm (antiarmor). 36 · Ground signals and flares. 37 38 d. The following weapons can be employed in support of (with) the squad: 39 40 · 7.62 mm , (M240G). 41 · Shoulder launched, multipurpose assault weapon (SMAW), 83 mm assault rocket launcher. 42 · .50 caliber machine gun (M2). 43 · 40 mm machine gun (MKI9). 44 · 60 mm/81 mm mortars. 45 · Dragon/ Javelin and TOW antitank weapons. 46 · Artillery. 47 · Naval Surface Fires.

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1 · Close air support from fixed and rotary aircraft 2 3 1004. Duties of Individuals 4 5 a. General. Every man of a fire team must know the duties of the other team members, and in 6 turn, the fire team leader and the squad leader should be able to assume the duties of their next 7 superior. 8 9 b. Squad Leader. The squad leader carries out the orders issued to him by the 10 commander. He is responsible for the discipline, appearance, training, control, conduct, and 11 welfare of his squad at all times, as well as the condition, care, and economical use of its 12 weapons and equipment. In combat, he is also responsible for the tactical employment, fire 13 discipline, fire control, and maneuver of his squad. He takes position where he can best carry out 14 the orders of the platoon commander and observe and control the squad. 15 16 c. Fire Team Leader/Grenadier. The fire team leader carries out the orders of the squad leader. 17 He is responsible for the fire discipline and control of his fire team and for the condition, care, 18 and economical use of its weapons and equipment. In carrying out the orders of the squad leader, 19 he takes a position to best observe and control the fire team. Normally, he is close enough to the 20 automatic rifleman to exercise effective control of his fires. In addition to his primary duties as a 21 leader, but not to the detriment of them, he serves as a grenadier and is responsible for the 22 effective employment of the grenade launcher, his rifle, and for the condition and care of his 23 weapons and equipment. The senior fire team leader in the squad serves as assistant squad leader. 24 25 d. Automatic Rifleman. The automatic rifleman carries out the orders of the fire team leader. 26 He is responsible for the effective employment of the and for the condition and 27 care of his weapon and equipment. 28 29 e. Assistant Automatic Rifleman. The assistant automatic rifleman assists in the employment of 30 the automatic rifle. He carries additional magazines and/or ammunition boxes for the automatic 31 rifle and is prepared to assume the duties of the automatic rifleman. He is responsible for the 32 effective employment of his rifle and for the condition and care of his weapon and equipment. 33 34 f. Rifleman. The rifleman in the fire team carries out the orders of the fire team leader. He is 35 responsible for the effective employment of his rifle and for the condition and care of his weapon 36 and equipment. The rifleman is trained as a scout. 37 38 1005. Fire Support for the Squad 39 40 Fires from supporting units assist the rifle squad in achieving combined arms effect and in 41 accomplishment of the mission. 42 43 a. Platoon Support. The rifle platoon contains three rifle . Rifle squads within the rifle 44 platoon may provide the suppressive fires (base of fire) for the maneuver of one or more squads. 45 46 b. Support. The weapons platoon of the rifle company contains 60 mm mortars, 7.62 47 mm machine guns, and SMAWs. These are organized into a mortar of three mortars, a

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1 machine gun section of six guns and an assault section with six SMAWs. The weapons platoon 2 can: 3 4 (1) Employ 60 mm mortars to provide suppressive and obscuration fires and machine guns to 5 provide suppressive fires (base of fire) in support of maneuvering elements conducting offensive, 6 and defensive operations 7 8 (2) Employ SMAWS to provide effective assault fires against enemy fortified targets, and 9 obstacles or motorized vehicles. 10 11 c. Support. The weapons company of the battalion contains 81 mm mortars, 12 .50 caliber and 40 mm machine guns, and DRAGON/JAVELIN and TOW antitank weapons. 13 These are organized into a mortar platoon of eight mortars, a platoon of six 14 .50 caliber and six 40 mm machine guns, and an anti armor platoon of 24 Dragons. The 15 JAVELIN is replacing the Dragon. The Javelin section has eight Command Launch Units (CLU) 16 and a basic combat load of 24 Javelin missiles (3 per CLU).

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