The following has been posted at various other places by me in one or the other form. As it might be worth of a broader interest. I allow me to make an own thread about. Feel free to discuss or to complement.
R e m a r k:
CA uses in ETW a modelling of infantry rgt in a scale 1:10 on ultra.
O v e r v i e w:
Rgt Inf (administrative organization)
(- battalion)
-- company
Rgt Inf (tactical organization)
- battalion
-- full division (company sized body)
(--- half division)
---- peloton/platoon*
Bat Inf (administrative)
- 4 companies of musketeers, 1 company of grenadiers
Bat Inf (tactical)
- 16 small peloton of musketeers (in 4 full divisons) + 1 company/full division of grenadiers
- 8 large peloton of musketeers (in 4 full divisions) + 1 company/full division of grenadiers
Gren bat (ad hoc)
- are formed out of the Gren companies of 2 rgt inf
-- 4 companies of gren
--- gren are distributed among the musketeer pelotons (between 1670 until shortly before 1700), then gren are divided like the musketeers in peloton)
Numbers (including staff and aides):
Rgt Inf 1300-2400 men
Bat Inf 500-900 men
Company Gren 100 to 150 men
Peloton 30-40 men (earlier, smaller type = quarter of a full division)
Peloton 60-80 men (later, larger type = half division)
Cav Rgt (administrative)
Cav Rgt (tactical organization)
- 4 to 6 squadrons
Numbers Cav:
Rgt about 1000 horsemen
Squadron 140-190 horsemen
N o t e:
*The peloton (or platoon) is the basic tactical fire "unit" in the 18th century. The peloton is formed ad hoc on the battlefield by dividing the battalion into 16 later 8 teams of the same size (counting through the ranks). The peloton replaces earlier tactical fire forms such as the enfilade and the counter-march. The early pelotons have about the size of tactical units that fired in the enfilade and the counter-march (20-30 men) normally under the cover of pikemen or adjected to pikemen units.