Editing Platoon (section)

== Myanmar ==
In Myanmar, a Platoon is called တပ်စု (Tat Su). A Rifle Platoon has an authorised strength of 1 Officer and 34 Other Ranks. A total of 35 soldiers. The platoon is commanded by either a [[Lieutenant]] (ဗိုလ်) or a [[Captain]] (ဗိုလ်ကြီး) who is assisted by a [[Sergeant]] (တပ်ကြပ်ကြီး) as of the structure. A Platoon has 3 [[Section (military unit)|Sections]] all of which are commanded by a [[Corporal]] (တပ်ကြပ်) with a [[Lance corporal|Lance Corporal]] (ဒုတပ်ကြပ်) as [[Second-in-command|2IC]]. A Section is called တပ်စိတ် (Tat Sate). A Platoon HQ consist of Platoon Commander (Lieutenant/Captain), Platoon Second in Command (Sergeant), Mortar Crew 1 (Private), Mortar Crew 2 (Private) and a Signaller (Private). As of the authorised structure, the mortar is a MA 9 60mm Commando Mortar. The Platoon is structured as below:

Platoon HQ (1 Officer, 4 Other Ranks):

Platoon [[Officer commanding|Officer Commanding]] (Platoon Commander): Lieutenant/Captain: MA 3 Carbine, MA 5 Pistol

Platoon [[Second-in-command|Second in Command]] (Platoon Sergeant): Sergeant: MA 3 Carbine

Mortar Crew 1: Private: MA 9 60mm Commando Mortar

Mortar Crew 2: Private: MA 3 Carbine

Signaller: Private: MA 3 Carbine

No. (1) Rifle Section (10 Other Ranks): Corporal

No. (2) Rifle Section (10 Other Ranks): Corporal

No. (3) Rifle Section (10 Other Ranks): Corporal

Each Section, consisting of 10 Other Ranks, is structured with:

Section HQ and MG Team: 4 Other Ranks

Section Commander: Corporal: MA 3 Carbine

Section Second in Command/MG Team Commander: Lance Corporal: MA 3 Carbine

Gunner: Private: MA 2 Light Machine Gun

Gunner; Private: MA 2 Light Machine Gun

Team 1: 3 Other Ranks

Team Commander: Lance Corporal: MA 1 Assault Rifle

Grenadier: Private: MA 4 Assault Rifle (MA 1 with UBGL)

Rifleman: Private: MA 1 Assault Rifle

Team 2: 3 Other Ranks

Team Commander: Lance Corporal: MA 1 Assault Rifle

Grenadier: Private: MA 4 Assault Rifle (MA 1 with UBGL)

Rifleman: Private: MA 1 Assault Rifle <ref>{{Cite web |title='စစ္ဘက္အုပ္ခ်ဳပ္မွု' |url=https://vk.com/wall-170868894_3883}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=ခြေလျှင်အကြပ်ကြီး လက်စွဲ |publisher=တပ်မတော်လေ့ကျင့်ရေးအရာရှိချုပ်ရုံး (Directorate of Military Training) |year=2013 |trans-title=Manual for the Infantry Platoon Sergeant}}</ref>