Infantry Batallion Support Weapons Co/Bn HQ*
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Ignores "B" echelon.
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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 and MG platoon. In Korea, the AT platoon often left the guns in the UK and deployed as another MG platoon.
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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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