Editing Heavy weapons platoon (section)

==Example: US Army Weapons Platoon in WW2==

A February 1944 [[Table of organization and equipment]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.militaryresearch.org/7-17%2026Feb44.pdf|title=T/O&E 7-17 Infantry Rifle Company (26 February 1944)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803133717/http://www.militaryresearch.org/7-17%2026Feb44.pdf|archive-date=2020-08-03}}</ref> show the following details about a US Army WW2 weapons platoon:

* A Rifle Company was made up of 3 Rifle Platoons and 1 Weapons Platoon.
* A Weapons Platoon was made up of a six-man Headquarters, a Mortar Section and a Light Machine Gun Section.
* The Platoon Headquarters was armed with a single .50 caliber [[M2 Browning]] heavy machine gun
* The Mortar Section was made up of a two-man HQ and three five-man squads, each squad armed with a single 60mm [[M2 mortar]] -  a total of 17 men and 3 Mortars.
* The Light Machine Gun Section was made up of a two-man HQ and two five-man squads, each squad armed with a single .30 caliber [[M1919 Browning machine gun]] - a total of 12 men and 2 machine guns.
* A full-strength Weapons platoon had 35 men in total with one officer. Apart from the special weapons, 16 of these men were issued with the light [[M1 carbine]] and 9 being issued the heavier [[M1 Garand]] rifle. 5 of those armed with the M1 rifle were also issued with the [[M7 grenade launcher]]. The remaining 10 men were armed with the [[M1911 pistol]] as their sidearm.