platoon

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A platoon is only about 16-20 men, and the cavalry used to call such a unit a troop.

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Quick take

A subdivision of a fire company, led by a captain or lieutenant.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of platoon gathered in one view.

noun

A subdivision of a fire company, led by a captain or lieutenant.

noun

A group of self-driving vehicles travelling in a close convoy and communicating electronically with each other.

verb

Of self-driving vehicles: to travel in a close convoy, each vehicle communicating electronically with the others.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for platoon.

noun

A subdivision of a fire company, led by a captain or lieutenant.

noun

A group of self-driving vehicles travelling in a close convoy and communicating electronically with each other.

verb

Of self-driving vehicles: to travel in a close convoy, each vehicle communicating electronically with the others.

noun

(military) A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.

Example sentences

A platoon is only about 16-20 men, and the cavalry used to call such a unit a troop.

Oracle compared to the 2 mentioned requires a platoon of DBAs because of the complexities involved.

I was a platoon leader (lieutenant) and the platoon sergeant is the senior enlisted man in the platoon who is the most experienced with the technical side of combat.

Everybody in my platoon was already there so it was just a way to get out of work and screw around.

And you're (were) an E6; a platoon leader with responsibility for personnel and artillery equipment worth millions and now you're flipping burgers?

Autonomous trucks will almost certainly platoon and be much more fuel efficient anyway.

The Modocs were by any measure an amazingly effective fighting force, they fought an entire US cavalry platoon to a standstill at their stronghold.

Thanks, I was thinking as I wrote that, that seems very small for a platoon of Infantry, but it's about right for tanks.

My platoon sergeant would have lost his mind.

I gather printed maps will be around a looong time because tablets just cannot match the usefulness of maps (at least at platoon/company level)?

> have a platoon of operations researchers telling them they need to arrange their offices like this to get them.

The company commander asked for volunteers, a cadre that would lead in training for a month and then deploy with them into combat as fireteam, squad and platoon leaders.

Quote examples

You reach the drooling masses with a graphical action movie like "Platoon".

My platoon sergeant hated when people just tried to "look cool" with the things they put on their kit or gun that made no practical sense.

Mind explaining the "eotech"/platoon sargeant being upset, for us civilians?

Congratulations, your "let's lead with conversation and then if we're dissatisfied with the response, leg shots approach" just killed an entire platoon.

Proper noun examples

I found a book that actually gave me a great baseline for setting up interactive scenarios called Armor Attacks: The Tank Platoon.

Platoon leaders end up getting pretty good at arts and crafts...we'd spend a lot of time cutting and pasting maps and imagery together to get something as useful as possible, but just small enough that it wasn't too terrible to have in your cargo pocket or tucked into your plate carrier.