Definition and characteristics of motorized infantry .
Motorized infantry refers to a type of troops that carry out maneuver and conduct on foot on vehicles. Its characteristics are that it moves fast before the battle begins, adapts to various terrain conditions, and is maneuverable and flexible. However, there is no necessary cover when fighting, and the battle develops slowly. This is a transitional arrangement adopted by economically underdeveloped countries.
basic compilation.
Usually the motorized infantry division is composed of tank regiments, motorized infantry regiments (several), artillery regiments, and air defense regiments; the motorized infantry regiments are composed of motorized infantry battalions (several) and artillery battalions; the motorized infantry battalions are composed of motorized infantry companies (several) and artillery companies; the motorized infantry companies are composed of several infantry platoons and automobile squads.
Supplement: The army is divided into infantry, armored soldiers, artillery, engineering soldiers, communication soldiers, chemical defense soldiers, electronic countermeasures, army aviation soldiers, etc. Among them, infantry is divided into hiking infantry, motorized infantry and mechanized infantry. Therefore, motorized infantry and mechanized infantry are different.
is distinguished from the carrier tool. Motorized infantry mainly rides in cars and motorcycles; mechanized infantry mainly rides in armored conveyor and infantry fighting vehicle .
From the battle method. Motorized infantry usually maneuver to the range of the opponent's small-caliber artillery, generally 3 to 5 kilometers away, and enters the offensive starting position after getting off the car. The car is hidden at this time. In the artillery fire support stage (usually 30 to 50 minutes), the subsequent movement is carried out, and the company's combat formation is deployed into a row of combat formations, and finally it is deployed into a group of combat formations, at the edge of the effective range of the enemy machine gun (usually 400 to 600 meters), it is deployed into an impact combat formation, and it is attacking the enemy's defense front at high speed to implement the final breakthrough.
Motorized infantry mainly uses individual weapon ; motorized infantry mainly adopts infantry command methods, such as passwords, flag languages, and infantry radio stations.
But it should be noted that due to translation and historical reasons, the "Motorized Infantry Division" or "Motorized Infantry Division" on the number does not necessarily refer to motorized infantry. For example, the " MoF Division " after the Soviet Union 57 years was the Mechanized Infantry Division . The "Infantry Division" between 46 and 57 years was the Motorized Infantry Division. The Soviet Union's "mechanization" emphasized the coordination between field and tanks, while the motorized infantry was mainly infantry and tanks were supplemented. This "motorization" does not mean a motorcycle or a truck, but a motorized and dynamic meaning.
The following introduces the mechanized armored division.
Definition and characteristics of armored division.
Armored Division refers to a division with armored vehicles as its main combat weapons. The difference from Tank Division is that it increases the proportion of incisors, artillery, craftsmanship and land aviation, with infantry as the main body, so that the division's assault power is more manifested as a synthetic assault of multiple arms, and is no longer limited to tanks.
Armored Division.
Mechanized infantry first appeared in Germany, that is, Armored Grenadier . Armored grenadiers are infantrymen who cooperate with light armored forces to fight in concert and have strong combat capabilities. Their infantry fighting vehicle sd.kfz251 is the predecessor of modern armored transport vehicles. There are roughly two types: one is the armored conveyor vehicle unit, and the other is the infantry combat vehicle unit, such as: the armored conveyor vehicle regiment (abbreviated as the infantry regiment), and the infantry combat vehicle regiment (abbreviated as the infantry combat vehicle regiment).
The difference between the armored division and the infantry division has been basically eliminated.With the birth of the concept of brigade combat teams, the organization of the American armored division has undergone another change, mainly manifested in the decentralization of division-level units to each brigade to form three different forms of 5-battalion brigade combat teams (BCTs): Armored brigade combat teams (ABCTs) (in the past, it was the Heavy Brigade Combat Team (HBCTs), which were adapted into ABCTs since 2012, and the adaptation has been completed), the Strak Brigade Combat Team (SBCTs) and the Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCTs), and the division headquarters are only responsible for the command functions.
Su style compilation.
The standard composition of the Soviet tank division is 3 tank regiments, 1 motorized infantry regiment (BMP), 1 self-propelled artillery regiment (2S3 and BM-21), 1 air defense regiment, division headquarters, and directly under the jurisdiction of engineer battalions, reconnaissance battalions, chemical defense battalions, repair battalions, transportation battalions, etc. The Tank Regiment is organized by the Tank Division, with 3 tank battalions (31 vehicles), a motorized infantry battalion (BMP), a self-propelled artillery battalion (2S1), an air defense battalion (or company), and several direct companies. The motorized infantry regiment is standardized as 3 motorized infantry battalions (BMP), 1 tank battalion (40 vehicles), 1 self-propelled artillery battalion (2S1), 1 air defense battalion or company, and several direct companies. Basically, the armored troops are equipped with tank battalions and motorized infantry battalions as the smallest single units.
In the 1990s, the organization of the tank division in my country was similar to that of the Soviet army, but after the tank division was reorganized into an armored division in 1998, its armored infantry regiment was cancelled, that is, it was changed to the 5th regiment system, and then a large-scale division transformation was started. The standard armored division in our country (only one, that is, the 6th division) is equipped with 279 tanks.
American compilation.
American Armored Division, with the division commander as a major general, currently there are two divisions organized like this: the First Armored Division and the First Cavalry Division; the Infantry Division of the US Army (general information is called the Mechanized Division or Mechanized Infantry Division) and the Armored Division are basically the same, the difference is that the Armored Division has 5 tank battalions (equipped with M1 tanks), 4 infantry battalions (equipped with M2 infantry fighting vehicles), and the Infantry Division has 4 tank battalions and 5 infantry battalions. The basic idea of the US military organization is quite different from that of the Soviet Union and Russia, and it emphasizes more on the so-called "modularity", that is, the troops assigned to the armored brigades (armored infantry brigades) under the Armored Division are generally not fixed, and the combat battalions under its jurisdiction are generally not managed by their brigade headquarters in peacetime, but are configured according to needs during wartime.
American style compiled in 1986.
has 2 armored brigades (2 tank battalions and 1 infantry battalion), 1 infantry brigade (1 tank battalion and 2 infantry battalion), 1 artillery brigade (3 M109 self-propelled howitzer battalion, 1 M270 self-propelled rocket launcher company, 1 combat aviation brigade (2 attack helicopter battalion [OH58 and AH64 mixed], 1 medium transport helicopter company, 1 air cavalry battalion), 1 engineering brigade [3 heavy engineering battalion], and an air defense artillery battalion [actually mixed missiles and artillery] , a military intelligence battalion [also organized with helicopters], a communication battalion [with electronic countermeasures], a direct support battalion, 3 front support battalions [each responsible for the logistics support of an armored infantry brigade, which can support up to 2 tank battalions and 2 infantry battalions], an aviation support battalion, a chemical defense company, and a military band, each division is about 17,000 people. Since the division was finalized in 1986, the US military has been gradually weakening the difference between armored divisions and infantry divisions.
brigade-level armored divisions
With the birth of the concept of brigade combat team, the organization of the American armored division has undergone another change, mainly manifested in the decentralization of division-level units to each brigade to form three different forms of 5-battalion brigade combat teams (BCT): Armored brigade combat teams (ABCT) (in the past, it was a heavy brigade combat team (HBCT), and it was adapted into ABCT since 2012, and the adaptation has been completed), Strike brigade combat teams (SBCT) and Infantry brigade combat teams (IBCT), while the division headquarters only Responsible for command functions. The difference between the armored division and the infantry division has been basically eliminated. The two armored divisions retained by the US Army (1st Armored Division and 1st Cavalry Division) are both 5th brigades (4 main brigades + 1 combat aviation brigade). The four main brigades of the 1st Cavalry Division facing South Korea are armored brigade-class combat teams (for this purpose, a full set of ABCT equipment was pre-stored in South Korea), and the four main brigades of the 1st Armored Division facing Europe are composed of 2 armored brigade-class combat teams, 1 infantry brigade-class combat teams and 1 Strek brigade-class combat team.
The main difference between mechanized infantry and motorized infantry.
1, the combat methods are different.
Motorized infantry usually maneuveres to the range of the opponent's small-caliber artillery, generally 3 to 5 kilometers away, and enters the offensive starting position after getting off the car. The car is hidden at this time. In the artillery fire support stage (usually 30 to 50 minutes), the subsequent movement is carried out, and the company's combat formation is expanded into a row of combat formations, and finally it is expanded into a group of combat formations, at the edge of the effective range of the enemy machine gun (usually 400 to 600 meters), it is deployed into an impact combat formation, and it is attacking the enemy's defense front at high speed to implement the final breakthrough.
. Mechanized infantry generally has tank coordination, which usually moves directly to the impact starting position (about 2 to 4 kilometers). According to the terrain, tanks, armored vehicles can be used to cover, infantry trail, infantry trail, infantry trail, tanks, armored vehicles trail, etc. to jointly attack the enemy formation. If necessary, tanks can be used in front and armored vehicles behind, and tanks can be used to mainly cover armored vehicles and impact the enemy formation. Mechanized infantry is slightly rectified during the marching distance. Usually, the coordinated action method of tanks in front and infantry fighting vehicles in back is adopted to achieve the requirement of "storming and fighting". If necessary, the coordinated action method of infantry getting off the vehicle to support tank battles and hiking support tank impacts can be adopted to complete the impact breakthrough mission.
2, the transportation vehicle is different.
Motorized infantry mainly rides in cars, motorcycles and other vehicles; mechanized infantry mainly rides in armored conveyor vehicles and infantry fighting vehicles. Unlike motorized infantry, which basically fight on foot, mechanized infantry usually adopts riding combat methods based on the terrain and enemy situations. When the terrain is not conducive to high-speed impact by mechanized infantry and tanks, hiking combat is adopted. The distance between the US mechanized infantry and the tanks from the vehicle is 100 to 150 meters, which means that when the US mechanized infantry and the tanks are rushing at a high speed to the front edge of the opponent's defense position (it has crossed the front minefield of the opponent's front edge), the mechanized infantry will get off the vehicle, and then the high-speed impact breaks through the opponent's front edge.
3, combat weapons are different.
Motorized infantry mainly uses individual weapons; mechanized infantry mainly uses vehicle-mounted weapons, such as artillery, anti-tank and air defense missiles, vehicle-mounted mortars, grenade launchers, etc., while individual weapons are secondary. Therefore, its firepower is much stronger.
