GREVARATHE SECOND WORLD WAR
THE HISTORICAL ARCHIVE
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Five roles in an infantry fire team

Source establishment

  1. 01

    Leadership

    Corporal with semi-automatic carbine.

  2. 02

    Automatic fire

    Automatic rifleman with light machine gun.

  3. 03

    Rocket element

    Missileman with launcher; ammunition bearer carries additional supplies.

  4. 04

    Point role

    Pointman carries an SMG. The five personnel form one team.

A structural or explanatory diagram; spacing does not represent time, geography or quantities.

Five roles in an infantry fire team · text equivalent
ElementMeaning
LeadershipCorporal with semi-automatic carbine.
Automatic fireAutomatic rifleman with light machine gun.
Rocket elementMissileman with launcher; ammunition bearer carries additional supplies.
Point rolePointman carries an SMG. The five personnel form one team.

What this explains

The source’s fire team includes specialist weapons at a very low organizational level. This makes ammunition carriage and coordination part of the team’s everyday work. The diagram groups roles for readability; the associated table and complete source preserve the distinction between the missileman and ammunition bearer.

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