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Organization of Canadian Army rifle sections during World War II information


During the Second World War, the Canadian Army used the rifle section as its smallest organized formation of combat infantry soldiers. The organization was substantially similar to that of the Australian Army[1] and the British Army[2] with three sections to the platoon and three platoons to the rifle company.

  1. ^ "Military Organisation and Structure | Australian War Memorial". Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  2. ^ "Rifle Company". Archived from the original on 2015-11-05. Retrieved 2015-05-04.

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