Mechanized Infantry

• Arena

  13 Apr 03, 10:28

  hiyo, may I know what's Mechanized Infantry as compared to Infantry?
• Yunhaier

  13 Apr 03, 11:06

  Originally posted by Arena:

  hiyo, may I know what's Mechanized Infantry as compared to Infantry?

  According to Civilization 3 - Mechanized Infantry cannot be transported by Helicopter and cannot be drafted. It has a statistic of 12/18/2, needs oil and rubber resource. Infantry can be drafted, transported by helicopter and has a statistic of 6/10/1. It requires rubber resource.
• Master -_-

  13 Apr 03, 11:07

  Originally posted by Yunhaier:

  According to Civilization 3 - Mechanized Infantry cannot be transported by Helicopter and cannot be drafted. It has a statistic of 12/18/2, needs oil and rubber resource. Infantry can be drafted, transported by helicopter and has a statistic of 6/10/1. It requires rubber resource.

  
• YourFather

  13 Apr 03, 11:09

  The term "Mechanised Infantry" is used to describe the main composition of a unit. In this case, it just indicates that that division is more heavily composed of IFVs and IFV-mounted troops, the way "Armoured" refers to a division being more tank based, or "Motorised" being more on troops being truck-mounted.
• |-|05|

  13 Apr 03, 14:08

  Originally posted by YourFather:

  The term "Mechanised Infantry" is used to describe the main composition of a unit. In this case, it just indicates that that division is more heavily composed of IFVs and IFV-mounted troops, the way "Armoured" refers to a division being more tank based, or "Motorised" being more on troops being truck-mounted.

  IIRC mechanised=Motorised......both have at least 1 armour regiment(or group) while the rest of the troops are vehicle mounted
  IE the 3rd infantry division(Mechanised) fighting in Iraq
  An Armoured Division is a divsion made up completely of armoured vehicles and usually consists of less troops then an Mechanised infantry.
• spencer99

  13 Apr 03, 14:20

  
  Tank units have lower manning requirements compared with Infantry.
  
  For eg a tank platoon of four tanks will have 4 x 4 = 16 men
  
  For Mech Infantry platon four Bradleys 4 x 8 = 32 men
  
  Therefore, tank heavy units (armoured divisions) will typically have less men then mech infantry units.
  
• jammed

  14 Apr 03, 12:04

  Originally posted by Arena:

  hiyo, may I know what's Mechanized Infantry as compared to Infantry?

  US TOE has the following types of divisional units
  - Heavy Div (Armoured)
  - Armoured Div
  - Heavy Div (Mech)
  - Mech Infantry Div
  - Light Infantry Div
  - Airborne Div
  - Air Assault Div
  
  Except for Light and Air divisions, the other divisions all have IFV-borne infantry units. Earlier discussions have also listed different emphasis on tanks/IFVs. For details, including no. of IFVs vs tanks, see http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/army/unit/toe/