How many soldiers constitute a army company?

Answer 1

The answer to your question depends on the mission of the company. Artillery units have batteries and Cavalry units have troops, both of which are basically the same as a company. Companies generally have between 70 and 200 soldiers. Combat Arms companies (such as infantry) have approximately 133 soldiers, but again, this is dependent on the type of company. Airborne units, Light Infantry units and Mechanized units differ based on their mission and method of employment. Military Police companies (Combat Support) have approximately 150 soldiers, normally divided into 5 platoons (4 MP platoons and a Headquarters platoon). This is also not a hard and fast rule because of different missions and support roles.

Answer 2

an army unit goes from the following levels: squad, company, battalion, brigade, corp. the average is as follows:

squad: 5-10 troops

company: 30-60 troops

battalion: 3-7 companies

brigade: 3-4 battalions

corp: 5-10 brigades

a unit usually means 1 battalion, a typical battalion is 400 troops

Answer 3

The stock answer is "200 to 250." It's possible to go all the way down to 40-50 people and still have a company, depending on what kind of unit you're in.

And then there's the biggest company of them all--Headquarters and Headquarters Company, United States Army. It's so big because every soldier must belong to a company, so when a soldier moves from one base to another he is administratively assigned to HHC, US Army. This is a company I would not want to command--its commander is a captain, but all the generals assigned to the Pentagon belong to it. That poor guy...his whole company outranks him, and he's in charge of it!

Answer 4

In South Vietnam a US Army tank company would have about 86 men, a mech inf co about 187 men.

Answer 5

I can't speak as to the army but in Marines it's 2 platoons about 30 troops ea.