India Army: Infantry Battalion TOE
v.1.0 June 16, 2002

Source: www.bharat-rakshak.com

Infantry Battalion

909

Bn HQ

74

Admin Company

146

 

Co HQ

7

 

QM Platoon

22

 

Medical Platoon

22

 

Trans Plat

39

 

??

59

Support Company

193

 

Co HQ

7

 

MMG Platoon

42

 

Mortar Platoon

48

 

RL Platoon

21

 

Signals Platoon

38

 

Pioneer Platoon

37

4 X Rifle Co, each

124

 

HQ

13

 

3 X Rfl Platoon

37

 

Notes
  1. There are some unresolved discrepancies in the above, please treat the TO as notational.
  2. We have 59 men unexplained in the Administration Company.  We suspect the HQ may be larger and that this number includes mess personnel.
  3. The Indian infantry battalion has only about 20 officers; Junior Commissioned officers and not officers as in most armies, however, command platoons.
  4. The total includes approximately 40 Non-Combatants (Enrolled), a category unique to the Indian Army.  This includes cooks, barbers, sweepers, some types of clerk, etc. While this economizes on trained personnel, it hinders operations in last ditch situations, where the NC(E)s have to fight, if only to survive.

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