Editing British Army (section)

=== Levels of Command ===
The structure of the British Army beneath the level of Divisions and Brigades is also hierarchical and command is based on rank. The table below details how many units within the British Army are structured, although there can be considerable variation between individual units:<ref name=":4" />
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Type of unit
![[Division (military)|Division]]
![[Brigade]]
![[Battlegroup (army)|Battlegroup]]
![[Battalion]], [[Regiment]]
![[Company (military unit)|Company]], [[Squadron (army)|Squadron]], [[Artillery battery|Battery]]
![[Platoon]] or [[Troop]]
![[Section (military unit)|Section]]
![[Fireteam|Fire team]]
|-
!Contains
|3 brigades
|3–5 battalions (battlegroups)
|Combined arms unit
|4–6 companies
|3 platoons
|3 sections
|2 fire teams
|4 individuals
|-
!Personnel
|10,000
|5,000
|700–1,000
|720
|120
|30
|8–10
|4
|-
!Commanded by
|[[Major-General (United Kingdom)|Maj-Gen]]
|[[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brig]]
|[[Lieutenant Colonel (United Kingdom)|Lt Col]]
|[[Lieutenant colonel|Lt Col]]
|[[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]]
|[[Lieutenant|Lt]] or [[2nd Lieutenant#United Kingdom and Commonwealth|2nd Lt]]
|[[Corporal#United Kingdom|Cpl]]
|[[Lance corporal#United Kingdom|LCpl]]
|}

Whilst many units are organised as Battalions or Regiments administratively, the most common fighting unit is the combined arms unit known as a Battlegroup. This is formed around a combat unit and supported by units (or sub-units) from other capabilities. An example of a battlegroup would be two companies of armoured infantry (e.g. from the 1st Battalion of the [[Mercian Regiment]]), one squadron of heavy armour (e.g. A Squadron of the [[Royal Tank Regiment]]), a company of engineers (e.g. B Company of the 22nd Engineer Regiment), a Battery of artillery (e.g. D Battery of the 1st Regiment of the [[Royal Horse Artillery]]) and smaller attachments from medical, logistic and intelligence units. Typically organised and commanded by a battlegroup headquarters and named after the unit which provided the most combat units, in this example, it would be the 1 Mercian Battlegroup. This creates a self-sustaining mixed formation of armour, infantry, artillery, engineers and support units, commanded by a lieutenant colonel.<ref name="SAS">
{{cite web|year=2011|title=British Army Formation & Structure|url=http://www.whodareswins.com/british-army-formation-structure-setup.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429010016/http://www.whodareswins.com/british-army-formation-structure-setup.html|archive-date=29 April 2011|access-date=15 April 2011|publisher=WhoDaresWins.com}}
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