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[[Image:mk19mod3-2.jpg|thumb|left|[[U.S. Marine]] Medium Infantry.]] |
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==Medium infantry== refers to ground troops, less heavily armed and armored than [[heavy infantry]], but more so than [[light infantry]]. In the modern age, medium infantry has largely been replaced by [[mechanized infantry]]. |
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In the [[United States Marine Corps|US Marine Corps]], medium infantry battalions are comprised of three medium infantry companies, which are made up of three medium infantry platoons and an assault gun platoon. They are armed with [[LAV 25]] wheeled armored personnel carriers and [[FGM-148 Javelin|Javelin]] [[Anti-tank guided missile|ATGMs]]. <ref>http://www.strategypage.com/tt/COMPARAT.htm</ref> |
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The US Army's new [[Stryker]] brigades fill a role between light and heavy infantry, and are essentially medium infantry. When equipped with the [[Stryker mobile gun system]], these units have much heavier firepower than traditional light infantry, but lack the [[M2 Bradley]]s and [[M1 Abrams]] that heavy infantry brigades use. |
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