text: Chapter 1
  Figure 1-2. Infantry battalion
  1-8. Infantry rifle companies have three Infantry rifle platoons,a mortar section,a Raven unmanned aircraft
  system (UAS) team, and a headquarters section. Each rifle platoon has three Infantry rifle squads and a
  weapons squad. The mortar section has two squads,each with a 60-mm mortar. Habitual attachments to the
  Infantry rifle company include a fire support team at the company level and forward observer teams at the
  platoon level, medics assigned to the rifle platoons, and a senior medic at the company level. (See
  ATP3-21.10 and ATP 3-21.8 for additional information.)
  1-9. The Infantry weapons company has a company headquarters and four assault platoons. Each assault
  platoon hastwo sections of two squads and a leader’s vehicle. Each squad contains four Soldiers and a vehicle
  mounting the heavy weapons. The heavy weapons can be tailored to a mission based on the commander’s
  mission analysis. Infantry weapons companies are equipped with the following weapons: the tube launched,
  optically tracked,wire guided/wireless guided Improved Target Acquisition System,the MK19,the M2,and
  the M240 series machine gun. While all of the weapons vehicles can mount the MK19 and the M2,only two
  vehicles per platoon are equipped to mount the Improved Target Acquisition System. Habitual attachments
  for the weapons company include a fire support team at the company level and medics. (SeeATP3-21.20,
  appendix D for additional information.)
  Note.The Infantry battalion scout platoon and IBCT Cavalry squadron organize, train, and equip
  to conduct reconnaissance, security operations, and surveillance. However, reconnaissance,
  security operations, and surveillance remain a core competency of the Infantry rifle company,
  platoon, and squad.
  1-10. The IBCT Cavalry squadron’s mission focuses on information requirements—in intelligence usage,
  those items of information regarding the adversary and other relevant aspects of the operationalenvironment