2. Mechanized infantry divisions refer to infantry fighting vehicles and divisions that use vehicle-borne weapons.
Three, motorized infantry division refers to the implementation of mobile, foot combat troops.
Fourth, the difference:
1, the composition is different.
The heavy equipment division of the US Army includes the following units: armored brigade and mechanized infantry brigade (mechanized infantry brigade), 1 engineering brigade, 1 combat aviation brigade, 1 divisional artillery command, 1 divisional support command, and divisional command and its direct company, 1 air defense battalion and/kloc.
Mechanized infantry divisions can be divided into heavy mechanized infantry divisions and light mechanized infantry divisions. Mechanized infantry division consists of tank regiment, mechanized infantry regiment (several), artillery regiment (self-propelled artillery) and air defense regiment; The mechanized infantry regiment consists of mechanized infantry battalions (several), tank battalions and artillery battalions; The mechanized infantry battalion has several mechanized infantry companies; The mechanized infantry company has several mechanized infantry platoons.
The motorized infantry division consists of tank regiment, motorized infantry regiment (several), artillery regiment and air defense regiment; The motorized infantry regiment consists of motorized infantry battalions (several) and artillery battalions; The motorized infantry battalion consists of motorized infantry companies (several) and artillery companies; The motorized infantry company has several infantry platoons and automobile classes.
2. The riding tools are different
American heavy equipment division includes mechanized infantry division and motorized infantry division riding tools, because Europe and the United States do not distinguish between motorized infantry division and mechanized infantry division, and these two divisions have the same meaning in the United States, while American heavy equipment division has mechanized infantry brigade, so its combat riding tools are more extensive.
But our army separates mechanized infantry from motorized infantry. Motorized infantry is motorized by the tire car in the establishment, and mechanized infantry is mechanized by the armored crawler car in the establishment. Motorized infantry mainly ride cars and motorcycles; Mechanized infantry mainly rides mechanized infantry fighting vehicles, referred to as infantry fighting vehicles.
3. Different ways of fighting
The operational modes of American heavy equipment divisions are more diverse, and they can carry out air-land cooperative operations through the machine-step brigade, the engineering brigade and the combat aviation brigade.
The motorized infantry maneuvered out of the range of the opponent's small-caliber artillery (3 to 5 kilometers) and got off the bus to enter the starting position of the attack. The car is hidden. In the stage of artillery fire support, it moves and forms a battle formation. At the edge of the effective range of the enemy machine gun (generally 400 to 600 meters), it is deployed into an impact battle formation to impact the enemy defense frontier at high speed and implement the final breakthrough.
Mechanized infantry reorganizes its formation in the process of marching beyond the above distance, and usually adopts the coordinated action mode of tanks in front and chariots in the back to realize the requirement of "fighting while rushing". When necessary, we can also use the coordinated action mode of infantry getting off to support tank battle and supporting tank impact on foot to complete the impact breakthrough task.
4. Different combat weapons
Motorized infantry mainly uses individual weapons, while mechanized infantry mainly uses vehicle-mounted weapons. American heavy equipment departments have both, including attack helicopters, combat engineering vehicles and saber vehicles.
5. Different communication commands
Motorized infantry mainly adopts infantry command means, such as password, semaphore and infantry radio. On this basis, the mechanized infantry mainly adopts vehicle-mounted radio and Butan cooperative radio. American heavy equipment division adopts different communication and command modes according to the operational situation.
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