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In the British Army, an infantry Battalion is about 700 soldiers and is commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel as Commanding Officer (CO) with a Major as Second-in-Command (2i/c). The Battalion is made up into 5 Companies (a Headquarters Company, 3 Rifle Companies, and a Support Company). The most senior soldiers in the Battalion are the Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) and the Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant (RQMS), holding the ranks of Warrant Officer Class 1 (WO1) and Class 2 (WO2), respectively. Battalions are numbered.

A rifle Company is then about 100 soldiers and is commanded by a Major as Officer Commanding (OC) with a Captain or Lieutenant as 2i/c. It's made up into 3 Platoons and a Company Headquarters. The most senior soldiers in the Company are the Company Sergeant Major (CSM) and the Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS), holding the ranks of WO2 and Colour Sergeant (Staff Sergeant in other than the infantry) respectively. Companies are usually lettered, but sometimes they're given names instead.

A Platoon is then about 30 soldiers and is commanded by a Lieutenant or a Second Lieutenant, with the Platoon Sergeant holding the rank of Sergeant as 2i/c. It's made up into 3 Sections of 8 soldiers each, plus a Signaller, a Mortar Man, the Platoon Commander and the Platoon Sergeant.

Each Section is commanded by a Corporal, with a Lance Corporal as 2i/c. The other 6 soldiers are usually Privates or the regimental equivalent. A Section is usually again divided into two Fireteams (Charlie and Delta), Charlie being commanded by the Corporal and Delta by the Lance Corporal.

The fireteam leader will usually carry an SA80. The 3 Privates divide between themselves an LSW (a longer-barrelled version of the SA80), an SA80 with UGL (Under-slung Grenade Launcher) attached, and an FN Minimi LMG (light machine gun). In addition to that, soldiers often carry with them a LAW (light anti-armour weapon), and smoke and HE grenades.

I believe that the RBLF is modelled on the British Army: it has 3 Battalions and a Support Battalion although there's not much info on the net as of yet.