Mission 1 – US Unit Types

Rifle Platoons

Rifle platoons are equipped with rifles and Browning Automatic Rifles (BARs). They are also armed with bazookas (anti-tank weapons).

Mortar Platoons

A mortar is an indirect fire weapon that may fire at any unit in its range and LOS; it may also fire at any enemy unit that another unit in its battalion has LOS to.

Machine Gun Platoons

Machine gun platoons can use direct fire or 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.

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