Improved Infantry Squad Capabilities Article

[JASmith]

...The statements are made as if riflemen are the only soldiers on the battlefield.

Concur--

That myopia exists even in our thread discussions.

How can we illustrate the overlapping weapons capabilities available to the squad, platoon, company, and so on? The focus should be on those assets organic to the unit. Air and artillery are always there, but but time and "higher" approval is not on the side of a small unit under immediate pressure.

Our discussion of the ideal infantry cartridge will become a lot more meaningful once that combination of capabilities is laid out.