Lahingpaar

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Lahingpaar


caption= Standard Estonian military map symbol for a fire and maneuver team.
dates= present
country= EST
branch= Estonian Ground Force
type= infantry
size= 2
equipment= small firearms
current_commander= Soldier
current_commander_label=Commander

Lahingpaar, ( _en. fire and maneuver team) is a very small military unit led by a soldier that is subordinate to an infantry fireteam. "Lahingpaar" is bigger than an individual soldier but smaller than a salk ("fireteam"). It is also the smallest military formation among the Estonian Ground Force infantry units. [http://www.mil.ee/kevadtorm/?s=kasulik Estonian Defence Forces formations]

Leadership

It usually consists two soldiers. A "lahingpaar" is composed of one fire and maneuver teams which is led by the most experienced soldier in the team.

Organization

One single "lahingpaar" is ment to operate on a battlefield along with other "lahingpaar´s" on a landscale not creater than 20 x 50 metres. The is no logistical support elements in the structure of a "lahingpaar".

Other military uses

A fire and maneuver team is the smallest unit above the individual soldier. It consists of two soldiers with one soldier acting as senior of the two fighters (decided amongst the two or their superior). A fireteam in turn consists of at least two fire and maneuver teams and a squad of two or more fireteams. The concept is not widely utilized. The United States and most Commonwealth armies rely on the concept of fireteams forming a squad. In the Finnish Defense Forces squad is formed by four fire and maneuver teams.

According to the Swedish Army field manual, a trained fire and maneuver team is as effective as four individual soldiers of same quality. However, the efficiency of the fire and maneuver team has been challenged by many experts as it has been claimed to be insufficient in close-quarter situations where many fighting techniques have been designed for larger units.

ee also

*Military science
*Salk ( _en. fireteam)

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