Rifle Platoons
Rifle platoons are equipped with rifles and Bren guns. They are also armed with PIATs (portable anti-tank weapons).
Mortar Platoons
A mortar is an indirect fire weapon that may fire at any unit in its range and LOS; it can also fire at any enemy unit that another unit in its battalion has a LOS to.
Machine Gun Platoons
Machine gun platoons can use direct fire or sustained fire (see Sustained Fire).
Support Platoons
Support platoons are armed with machine guns and mortars. A support platoon requires another unit in its command group to act as its Forward Observer when firing its mortars.
