Infantry Batallion Support Weapons Co/Bn HQ - Part B*
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Ignores "B" echelon. Combine with part A to form full Light Role Infantry Bn support package.
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British Echelon designations:**
"A" (Advanced) echelon - those support (soft) vehicles generally deployed forwards (FFR land rovers, resupply, ambulance units etc)**
"B" (Behind) echelon - Most of the soft vehicle support trail, rear area units such as the cooks, medics etc. *
"F" (Fighting) echelon - the AFV part of a batallion ie the Fighting Vehicles (FV vehicle designators. eg FV432)**
At this point in time the Bn support is mortar platoon, AT platoon, the sniper section of WW2 seems to be back in favour, part B has the Recce platoon and the SFMG platoon was resurrected after the Falklands experience showed the worth of a concentrated SFMG formation. 
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Bn support weapon sections are quite often attached under command of the companies rather than operating centralised. 
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