Editing Platoon (section)

==Russia==
A motorized rifle platoon in the [[Soviet Armed Forces]] was mounted in either [[BTR (vehicle)|BTR]] armored personnel carriers or [[BMP-1|BMP]] [[infantry fighting vehicle]]s, with the former being more numerous into the late 1980s. Both were led by a platoon leader and assistant platoon leader and consisted of three 9-man rifle squads mounted in three vehicles. In both BMP and BTR squads, the driver and vehicle gunner stayed with the vehicle when the rest of the squad dismounted, and one squad in the platoon would have one of their rifleman armed with an [[Dragunov sniper rifle|SVD sniper rifle]]. There was either one empty seat in each BTR or two empty seats in each BMP to accommodate the platoon leader and assistant platoon leader.<ref>US Army, ''FM 100-2-3 The Soviet Army: Troops, Organization and Equipment'', 4-3</ref>

Tank platoons prior to the late 1980s consisted of a platoon headquarters squad and three tank squads, each consisting of one [[T-64]], [[T-72]] or [[T-80]] tank for 12 personnel and 4 tanks total; platoons that used the older [[T-54/T-55|T-54]], T-55 or [[T-62]]s added another crewmember for a total of 16. However, tank units operating in Eastern Europe began to standardize their platoons to just two tank squads, for a total of 3 tanks and 9 personnel.<ref>US Army, ''FM 100-2-3 The Soviet Army: Troops, Organization and Equipment'', Paragraph 4-15</ref><ref>US Army, ''FM 100-2-3 The Soviet Army: Troops, Organization and Equipment'', Paragraph 4-108</ref>