Fire and maneuver team
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A fire and maneuver team is the smallest unit above the individual soldier. It consists of two (2) soldiers with one soldier acting as senior of the two fighters (decided amongst the two or their superior). A fire team in turn consists of at least two fire and maneuver teams and a squad of two or more fireteams.
The concept is not widely utilized. USA and most of Commonwealth armies rely on the concept of fire teams forming a squad. In the Finnish Defense Forces squad is formed by four (4) fire and maneuver teams.
According to SoldF (Swedish Army field manual), a trained fire and maneuver team is as effective as four (4) individual soldiers of same quality. However, the efficiency of fire and maneuver team has been challenged by many experts as it has been claimed to be insufficient in close quarter situations where many fighting techniques have been designed for larger units, minimum three fighters.
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[edit] Examples of fire and maneuver team composition
Machinegun fire and maneuver team: 1 Gunner, 1 loader/spotter.
LAW fire and maneuver team: 2 soldiers each carrying one M72 LAW
[edit] Other names for fire and maneuver team:
Swedish - Stridspar (lit. Strid - Combat, Par - pair/couple)
Finnish - Taistelijapari (lit. Taistelija/Combattant - Fighter, Pari - pair)
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