platoon

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In combat the platoon is the _fire unit_.

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  1. noun A subdivision of a company of troops consisting of two or more squads or sections and usually commanded by a lieutenant.
  2. noun A group of people working, traveling, or assembled together: a platoon of firefighters; buses carrying platoons of tourists.
  3. noun Sports A group of players within a team, especially a football team, that is trained and sent into or withdrawn from play as a unit: the defensive platoon.
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  • Leisteinschneider as commander of this detachment, of which my platoon was a part We left Madona to make our way to Finale. —  The Memoirs of General the Baron de Marbot
  • Leutnant Ernst took his place and heard that Feldwebel Neigl and his platoon were already under way. —  Panzer Aces
  • A guy that got assigned to my platoon was a little crazy. —  Drudge Retort
  • In the future, his platoon should be able to automatically transition from an independent operation to one that requires Iraqi forces. —  The Two Malcontents
  • Those were the words of Lance Cpl. Brady A. Gustafson to the Marines in his vehicle as he was pulled away from his smoking machine gun minutes after his platoon was ambushed July 21,
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  1. French peloton, from Old French, diminutive of pelote, ball; see pellet.

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  1. from French peloton (pron. plọ̄-tôṅ′), a platoon, literally a ball,' i. e. cluster, a particular use of peloton, a ball, tennis-ball, diminutive of pelote, a ball, pellet: see pellet.
 

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