How BRITISH Infantry Squads Evolved in 100 Years

Go to and use code BATTLEORDER to save 25% off today, that’s only $ a year. Thanks to Curiosity Stream for sponsoring today’s video. ------------------- Join the Brigade to support us and get access to exclusive perks: Check out our merch shop for new prints, apparel and other stuff!: Check out our website for more articles, videos, and graphics on military history: Social Media: • Twitter: • Instagram: • Facebook: Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:24 - World War 1 3:14 - Interwar 3:27 - World War 2 6:05 - Malayan Emergency 8:08 - Ad 9:07 - Cold War 16:27 - Modern Main Sources: [1] Field Service Manual, 1914. Infantry Battalion. (Expeditionary Force.) W.O. 2061. Dated 1st October 1914. [2] Instructions for the Training of Platoons for Offensive Action. SS143. Dated February 1917. [3] Frederickson, Lewis (2015) “The Development of Australian Infantry on the Western Front 1916-1918: An Imperial model of training, tactics and technology“ [4] Rankin, Adam (2014). “Montbrehain, 5 October 1918: A case study in tactical operations and battlefield integration“ [5] Section Leading 1923 [6] Section Leading 1928 [7] Infantry Section Leading 1938 As reported by : [8] WE II/1931/12B/3, Dated 6 April 1938 [9] WE II/1931/12F/1. Dated 10 April 1940. [10] 26 Nov 1940 amendment [11] WE II/1931/12F/2. Dated 4 June 1941. [12] The Infantry Training, 1937, Supplement (Tactical Notes for Platoon Commanders), dated February 1941 [13] WE II/233/2. Dated 30 April 1943. [14] Infantry Training, Part VII, Section and Platoon Tactics. Dated 1944. [15] Infantry Training Volume IV—Tactics—Infantry Section Leading and Platoon Tactics. Dated 22 December 1950. [16] Lt. T.A. Gibson, The Wiltshire Regiment. “The Malayan War: 1948-?” in Australian Army Journal No. 27, August 1951. [17] Infantry Training Volume IV—Tactics—The Infantry Platoon in Battle (Provisional). Dated March 1960. [18] Provisional Pamphlet for The General Purpose Machine Gun, Dated 1962 [19] Film: SECTION FIRE AND MANOEUVRE (1971) [20] Pamphlet No. 6B, The General Purpose Machine Gun (Sustained Fire) (All Arms). Dated 1968. [21] Pamphlet No. 45, Part 2. The Infantry Platoon. Dated 1980. [22] Ford, Matthew (2008). “The British Army and the politics of rifle development, 1880 to 1986“ [23] Pamphlet No. 45, Part 2. The Infantry Platoon. Dated 1975. [24] Infantry Training Volume IX, Pamphlet No. 45 Part 2 The Infantry Platoon (Basic Tactics). Dated 1986. [25] Pamphlet No. 1, The Infantry Company Group (The Fundamentals). Dated 1998. [26] Conversations with Servicemembers