While equipment formations can be tailored as required by section and platoon commanders, infantry sections are usually issued with the following: ġ× Section Commander, Corporal (OR-4), armed with 1 L85A3 rifle and 1 Glock 17 pistolġ× Rifleman, Private (OR-1), armed with 1 L85A3 rifleġ× Grenadier, Private (OR-1), armed with 1 L85A3 rifle and 1 L123A2 under-barrel grenade launcherġ× Sharpshooter, Private (OR-1), armed with 1 L129A1 Sharpshooter rifleġ× Second-in-Command, Lance Corporal (OR-3), armed with 1 L85A3 rifle and 1 Glock 17 pistolġ× Machine Gunner, Private (OR-1), armed with 1 L7A2 general-purpose machine gun The section commander typically commands the Charlie Fire Team, while the 2IC commands the Delta Fire Team. The section is further subdivided into 2 fireteams. They are each commanded by a corporal assisted by a lance corporal acting as section second-in-command (2IC). Infantry section equipment Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, during a training exercise in 2014 A soldier from the Royal Anglian Regiment firing his L85A2 in AfghanistanĮach rifle section is consisted of 8 soldiers. Programs exist to ensure the Army is suitably equipped for both current conflicts and expected future conflicts, with any shortcomings in equipment addressed as Urgent Operational Requirements (UOR), which supplements planned equipment programmes. To meet its commitments, the equipment of the Army is periodically updated and modified. Since the end of the Cold War, the British Army has been deployed to a number of conflict zones, often as part of an expeditionary force, a coalition force or part of a United Nations peacekeeping operation. The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces. It includes current equipment such as small arms, combat vehicles, explosives, missile systems, engineering vehicles, logistical vehicles, vision systems, communication systems, aircraft, watercraft, artillery, air defence, transport vehicles, as well as future equipment and equipment being trialled.
This is a list of equipment of the British Army currently in use.
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