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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PIG-POL |
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PLATOON (Fr. peloton,' from Fr. pelote, a ball or pellet; Cf. Ger. Haufe, heap); a small group of soldiers. In the early 17th century it was a definite tactical unit of infantry
modern
section or half company
century the battalion, irrespective of its organization into companies, was told off on parade into six, eight or ten platoons of equal strength. " Platoon fire " was the systematic and regulated fire of platoon volleys, the platoons firing one after the other. Hence a " platoon " sometimes means a volley.The fire of a long line of infantry
rolling
rolling
France
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