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A troop is a military unit, which can have different meanings depending on the country in which it is used.1 British Army and Royal Marines
In the British Army the definition of a troop varies by corps.
- Household Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps: Three or four armoured fighting vehicles commanded by a subaltern, or the equivalent of a platoon in headquarters elements. The troop commander commands one vehicle himself, the troop sergeant a second, and the others are commanded by corporals.
- Special Air Service: Sixteen men, organised into four four-man patrol s, and commanded by a captain (who also commands one of the patrols himself, the troop sergeant commanding another).
- Royal Engineers, Royal Corps of Signals and Royal Logistic Corps: A unit equivalent in size to a platoon in other corps, divided into sectionsA section is a military unit in the British Army consisting of eight soldiers, including a Corporal as section commander, a Lance Corporal as second-in-command, and six privates. The section splits down into two fire teams of four, commanded by the Corpor.
Other corps do not use the term, although in the Royal Horse Artillery a troop used to be the equivalent to a batteryIn military science, a battery is a group of artillery or cannon, so grouped in order to facilitate battlefield communication and the organization of barrages. In modern military organization, the military unit typically has 6 or 8 howitzers and 100 200 p in other artillery units.
In the Royal MarinesThe Royal Marines are the United Kingdom's amphibious forces and a core component of their Rapid Reaction Force. They are lightly equipped, able to operate independently in all terrains, and highly trained as a commando force. History The first unit of En, a troop is the equivalent to an army platoon.
2 United States Military
The US does not use troop to designate a unit formation. The mass nouns troop or troops are in wide usage as follows:
- To refer to all active duty military: Support our troops, Bring the troops home.
- To refer to ground forces generally: Troop leaders
When referring to a specific service different words are used (singular or plural):
3 Scouts
In the British Boy Scouts and Boy Scouts of America, a troop is an organized local group that meets regularly.
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