What's New on Battle Order? (2026 May 9)
- May 9
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Updated: 3 days ago
What's New? > 2026 May 9
This is a listing of some additions to the Battle Order website since the last update on 9 April 2026.
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U.S. Marine Machine Gun Section of 2026 (M240B)
The U.S. Marine Machine Gun Section per the most recently published doctrine. Unlike the U.S. Army (which has maintained a rifle platoon-level Weapons Squad employing MMGs and sometimes anti-tank since the M60 was introduced) the U.S. Marines have always had a more classically structured rifle company-level Weapons Platoon that includes a Machine Gun Section. This section consists of 3 squads, and each squad has 2 M240B teams for 6 total per weapons platoon/rifle company. Whi
U.S. Army Machine Gun Squad (1914): M1909 Benét–Mercié
An early U.S. Army Machine Gun Squad (1914). Before the U.S. entered World War I, the Infantry Regiment’s machine guns were all contained within a Provisional Machine Gun Company. This company at war strength had 4 squads (2 platoons) that each served a M1909 Benét–Mercié feed strip-fed machine gun. At this time the squad was 10 men: a Squad Leader (Sergeant), Gunner (Corporal), and numbers 1 to 8. No 1 was the Loader, No. 2 was the Tripod Carrier, and No. 3 was a crewmember.
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Puma vs. Boxer Squads in the German Army
This new video covers the current organization and weapons of the German Panzergrenadier and Jäger Squads and Platoons mounted in Puma and Marder infantry fighting vehicles and Boxer armored personnel carriers. There is a focus on the squad's internal organization and their weaponry, with mention of the modernization gap in small arms between Puma and Marder units and the new infantry weapons entering service now (eg G95, Steyr GL40). I talked with 15 German soldiers to get t
Tactics of the New Multi-Functional Recon Company (MFRC)
This new video covers what's currently been published on the U.S. Army's new Multi-Functional Reconnaissance Company (MFRC). It's basically the new brigade recon company/troop. I cover the organization of its 4 specialized sub-units down to the squad-level and present a tactical application of the MFRC during a brigade movement to contact on the map. I also briefly talk about what the MBCT's MFRC replaces from the old IBCT construct, historical context regarding the echelonme
Archive
Cold War Japanese Military Manuals
A collection of Cold War Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Manuals, including on the Rifle Squad and Company.
21st Century US Marine Unit Organization & Manuals
Archive > Post Cold-War > Post-Cold War U.S. Sources > 21st Century U.S. Marine Unit Organization & Manuals Miscellaneous Documents • Tables of Organization Miscellaneous Documents with Organizational Info Title Date Remarks II MEFO 3100.3E, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs), Commanding General II MEF 11 May 2018 Includes detailed troop lists for reinforcing or augmenting units on a MEU, but not the T/O of units kept complete (MEU C
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