Mechanized Infantry

Arena SG

hiyo, may I know what’s Mechanized Infantry as compared to Infantry?

Yunhaier SG

According to Civilization 3 - Mechanized Infantry cannot be transported by Helicopter and cannot be drafted. It has a statistic of 12/18/2, needs oil and rubber resource. Infantry can be drafted, transported by helicopter and has a statistic of 6/10/1. It requires rubber resource. Twisted Evil

Master -_- SG

Rolling Eyes

YourFather SG

The term “Mechanised Infantry” is used to describe the main composition of a unit. In this case, it just indicates that that division is more heavily composed of IFVs and IFV-mounted troops, the way “Armoured” refers to a division being more tank based, or “Motorised” being more on troops being truck-mounted.

|-|05| SG

IIRC mechanised=Motorised......both have at least 1 armour regiment(or group) while the rest of the troops are vehicle mounted
IE the 3rd infantry division(Mechanised) fighting in Iraq
An Armoured Division is a divsion made up completely of armoured vehicles and usually consists of less troops then an Mechanised infantry.

spencer99 SG

Tank units have lower manning requirements compared with Infantry.

For eg a tank platoon of four tanks will have 4 x 4 = 16 men

For Mech Infantry platon four Bradleys 4 x 8 = 32 men

Therefore, tank heavy units (armoured divisions) will typically have less men then mech infantry units.

jammed SG

US TOE has the following types of divisional units
- Heavy Div (Armoured)
- Armoured Div
- Heavy Div (Mech)
- Mech Infantry Div
- Light Infantry Div
- Airborne Div
- Air Assault Div

Except for Light and Air divisions, the other divisions all have IFV-borne infantry units. Earlier discussions have also listed different emphasis on tanks/IFVs. For details, including no. of IFVs vs tanks, see http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/army/unit/toe/