Allied armored formations included a mechanized infantry element for combined arms teamwork.

According to Vegetius, infantry was the most important element of an army because it was cheap compared to cavalry and could be deployed on any terrain.

In sieges, perhaps the most common element of medieval warfare, infantry units served as garrison troops and archers, among other positions.

A MEB is one of the standard Marine air-ground task forces ( MAGTF ), is commanded by a brigadier general or major general, and consists of command element, a ground combat element ( usually one reinforced Marine infantry regiment ), an aviation combat element ( a reinforced Marine air group ), and a service support element ( a Marine logistics group, which includes naval construction force ( SEABEEs ) and naval medical elements ).

United States Marine Corps infantry battalions are task organized into battalion landing teams ( BLTs ) as the ground combat element ( GCE ) of a Marine expeditionary unit ( MEU ).

In the United States Army, infantry companies are usually made up of three rifle platoons and a heavy weapons platoon ; mechanized infantry companies are usually made up of three rifle platoons and a command element ; tank companies are usually made up of three tank platoons and a command element ; support companies are typically divided into platoons of specialization that may contain additional special sections.

A Marine Expeditionary Unit is normally built around the building blocks of a MAGTF: a reinforced Marine infantry battalion is the ground combat element, the aviation combat element is a composite helicopter squadron, a battalion-sized logistics combat element, and a command element.

* Household Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps: Three or four armoured fighting vehicles commanded by a subaltern, i. e. effectively the same level element as an infantry platoon.

After World War I the infantry element was incorporated in the 12th Frontier Force Regiment and the Guides Cavalry formed a separate regiment-the 10th Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry ( Frontier Force ).

The main element of this was the establishment of the British Expeditionary Force of six infantry divisions and one cavalry division.

In August 1914, upon mobilization, the division ’ s infantry element had comprised 12 battalions in 3 regimentally-named brigades :- The Gordon Highlanders Brigade, The Seaforths and Camerons Brigade and the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Brigade.

Newly developed rifled artillery would no longer be placed in the rear of the order of march for employment behind the infantry ; instead, a significant detachment would travel with the advanced guard of the leading corps or other major element, and the remainder would march with the front of the main body, providing immediate artillery coverage of the advanced guard on contact and of the main body during subsequent deployment on the field.

Prior to 1970, the four regular battalions of the now disbanded Canadian Guards provided the infantry element of the Household Division.

The 1st Battalion embarked for Mesopotamia in late 1915, accompanying the infantry element of the Indian Corps.

It was one of five such regiments raised by Colonel Henry Lawrence, the agent ( and brother ) of the Governor-General of the Punjab frontier region, John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, to form the infantry element of the Trans Frontier Brigade.

A few elite units, on the other hand, might have the tanks plus a battalion of heavy assault guns for their anti-tank element, and armored carriers for some of their infantry battalions as well.

During 2010, the armoured and mechanized infantry battalions were restructured as Combined Arms Battalions ; as from 1 January 2011, each had a Staff Company, a Logistics Company, 2 Tank Companies and 2 Mechanized Infantry Companies equipped with infantry fighting vehicles ..

: Langdon's Company of Light Horse Volunteers ( number unknown, were infantry at the time )

The Catalan Company was an army of light infantry under the leadership of Roger de Flor that was made up of Aragonese and Catalan mercenaries, known as Almogavars ; Roger led the Company to Constantinople to help the Greeks against the Turks.

An example of this was the British South Africa Police ( BSAP ), a paramilitary, mounted infantry force formed by the British South Africa Company of Cecil Rhodes in 1889 / 1890 that evolved and continued until 1980.

Pikes live on today only in traditional roles, being used to carry the colours of an infantry regiment and with the Company of Pikemen and Musketeers of the Honourable Artillery Company.

The military units which dealt with the rioters included the Horse Guards, Foot Guards, the Honourable Artillery Company, line infantry including the Queen's Royal Regiment ( West Surrey ), and militia brought in from neighbouring counties.

As the Scots were intended as a military force those settlers whose travel was paid for by the Trustees of the Colony were organized into two companies, the Highland Independent Company of Foot, an infantry force, and the Highland Rangers, a mounted force.

From the 1960s through the early 1980s, a typical maneuver ( infantry or tank ) battalion had five companies: Headquarters and Headquarters Company ( HHC ) and A, B, and C Companies, plus a Combat Support Company, CSC, with a scout platoon, 4. 2 inch " heavy " mortar platoon, along with other elements that varied between organizations.

Beginning in the early to mid-1980s some elements of the combat support companies ( the mortar and scout platoons ) were merged into the Headquarters Company with the staff and support elements, others were moved to their parent type organization ( ground surveillance radar and air defense ), and in infantry battalions the heavy anti-tank missile platoon was organized as a separate company ( E Company ).

In the late 1980's, there was a fourth " line " company added ( D Company ) in most infantry and tank battalions.

In the U. S. Marine Corps, an infantry or rifle battalion typically consists of a Headquarters and Service Company ( H & S Co .), three rifle, or line, companies ( designated alphabetically A through M depending upon which battalion of the parent regiment to which they are attached ) and a weapons company.

However, a Canadian infantry battalion consists of three or four rifle companies identified by letter ( A Company, B Company, etc.

The Combat Support Company administratively contains the specialized infantry platoons such as Reconnaissance Platoon, Pioneer Platoon, Headquarters and Signals Platoon, Anti-Armour Platoon, and Mortar Platoon.

Units involved in this call-up included: 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment ( Air Assault ); 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment ( Air Assault ); 2d Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment ; 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment ( Mechanized ); 44th Engineer Battalion ; 2nd Forward Support Battalion ; Company A, 102nd Military Intelligence Battalion ; Company B, 122nd Signal Battalion, elements of the 2d Battalion, 72nd Armor Regiment, a team from the 509th Personnel Services Battalion, and B Battery 5th Battalion 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment ( Deployed as a combination of mechanized infantry and light infantry with two platoons of Bradley Fighting Vehicles and 1 platoon of armored HMMWVs ).

In 1971 the army's force consisted of the 1st Groupement at Kananga, with one guard battalion, two infantry battalions, and a gendarmerie battalion attached, and the 2nd Groupement ( Kinshasa ), the 3rd Groupement ( Kisangani ), the 4th Groupement ( Lubumbashi ), the 5th Groupement ( Bukavu ), the 6th Groupement ( Mbandaka ), and the 7th Groupement ( Boma ).

The 1st and 2nd Battalion, 48th Infantry were mechanized infantry units assigned to the 3rd Armored Division ( 3AD ) in West Germany during the Cold War.

A unit of French Algerian infantry, the 3rd Regiment of Zouaves, was present at Youk-les-Bains and awarded the American paratroopers their own regimental crest as a gesture of respect.

The importance of Capua increased steadily during the 3rd century BC, and at the beginning of the Second Punic War it was considered to be only slightly behind Rome and Carthage themselves, and was able to furnish 30, 000 infantry and 4, 000 cavalry.

A general TOE is applicable to a type of unit ( for instance, infantry ) rather than a specific unit ( the 3rd Infantry Division ).

During World War II, most infantry regiments consisted of three battalions ( 1st, 2nd, and 3rd ) with each battalion consisting of three companies.

The infantry divisions were Maximilien Sebastien Foy's 1st ( 4, 900 ), Bertrand Clausel's 2nd ( 6, 300 ), Claude François Ferey's 3rd ( 5, 400 ), Jacques Thomas Sarrut's 4th ( 5, 000 ), Antoine Louis Popon de Maucune's 5th ( 5, 000 ), Antoine François Brenier de Montmorand's 6th ( 4, 300 ), Jean Guillaume Barthélemy Thomières's 7th ( 4, 300 ), and Jean Pierre François Bonet's 8th ( 6, 400 ).

The infantry divisions were Henry Campbell's 1st ( 6, 200 ), Edward Pakenham's 3rd ( 5, 800 ), Galbraith Lowry Cole's 4th ( 5, 191 ), James Leith's 5th ( 6, 700 ), Henry Clinton's 6th ( 5, 500 ), John Hope's 7th ( 5, 100 ) and Charles Alten's Light ( 3, 500 ).

The installation sites were known as Ready Kaserne, Smith Kaserne, Graves Kaserne, Fiori Kaserne, and Jaeger Kaserne, housing armour, infantry, engineer, maintenance and artillery elements of the US Army 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division and various VII Corps elements including the 9th Engineer Battalion.

The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland ( 3 SCOTS ) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.

All three armies would soon be reinforced: the British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, the Duke of Newcastle, promised Raglan that the 3rd, 62nd, and 90th Regiments, would be despatched to the Crimea with a third battery train ; Canrobert, meanwhile, was promised an additional three divisions of infantry from France.

Its 3rd Battalion, 21st infantry ( Gimlets ) was the last U. S. maneuver battalion to leave Vietnam, on 23 August 1972.

In the fall of 1778, he was assigned to the 3rd Continental Light Dragoons, severely mauled in a surprise attack on the night of September 27 at Old Tappan, New Jersey, by a force of British light infantry.

The embarked force commanded by Brigadier General Zebulon Pike numbered between 1, 600 and 1, 800, mainly from the 6th, 15th and 16th U. S. Infantry, and the 3rd U. S. Artillery fighting as infantry.

The next day 3rd Parachute Brigade's entire front was subjected to fierce artillery bombardment and assaults by German tanks and infantry, with the Germans particularly focusing on the positions held by 9th Parachute Battalion.

The 3rd Battalion, 34th Regiment, " Livorno " Infantry Division, composed mainly of conscripts, is recorded by its commanding officer as having made a valiant but ultimately equally unsuccessful daylight attack in the Gela beachhead two days later alongside infantry and armour of the Hermann Göring Panzer Division.

Ivanov's 2nd Army was consisted of the 3rd Division minus one brigade with four regiments of four battalions ( total 16 battalions plus the divisional artillery ), the I / X brigade with the 16th and 25th regiments ( total of eight battalions plus artillery ), the Drama Brigade with the 69th, 75th and 7th regiments ( total of 12 battalions ), the Serres Brigade with 67th and 68th regiments ( total of 8 battalions ), the 11th Division with the 55th, 56th and 57th regiments ( total of 12 battalions plus the divisional artillery ), the 5th border battalion, the 10th independent battalion and the 10th Cavalry Regiment of seven mounted and seven infantry companies.

A volunteer rifleman in an infantry platoon, he was helping to carry wounded from 3rd Battalion 5th Marines along the Naha-Shuri line when a burst of machine gun fire tore through his left arm, severing the main nerve and leaving it permanently disabled.

In 1961, the number of reserve units was reduced and the reserve system reorganized, with the M26s equipping the 1st and 3rd Escadron de Tanks / Tank Escadron as a general reserve of the infantry arm.

The 1st Division included the Grenadiers Piedmontais, the 30th Legne ( light infantry ), and portions of the 2nd, 3rd, and 78th Regiments Ligne ( line infantry ), totaling approximately 4, 500 men.

The 2nd and 3rd Battalions are the parachute infantry component of the 16 Air Assault Brigade, the army's rapid response brigade, and are based at Colchester Garrison.

Stationed at Kantara were infantry in the 42nd Division, an infantry brigade of the 53rd ( Welsh ) Division with 36 guns and the 3rd Light Horse Brigade, detached from the Anzac Mounted Division.