The two-platoon system is a tactic in American football enabled by rules allowing unlimited substitution adopted during the 1940s. The "two platoons", offense...

A platoon system in baseball or American football is a method for substituting players in groups (platoons), to keep complementary players together during...

one-platoon system for 1953, gradually liberalizing substitution rules until a full return to two-platoon football was made in 1964. One-platoon football...

A platoon is a military unit typically composed of two to four squads, sections, or patrols. Platoon organization varies depending on the country and the...

is meant to increase the capacity of roads via an automated highway system. Platoons decrease the distances between cars or trucks using electronic, and...

Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon...

professional football from the 1940s and after 1964 in the college game, a two-platoon system of offense and defense became the norm, with most players active on...

played under the NCAA's unlimited substitution rules, which made the two-platoon system practicable. Spring drills for the 1951 college football season opened...

and Lawrence Taylor, were linebackers. Before the advent of the two-platoon system with separate units for offense and defense, the player who was the...

Ghatak Platoons are special operations capable reconnaissance platoons present in every infantry battalion of the Indian Army. Ghatak is a Sanskrit word...

A platoon leader (NATO) or platoon commander (more common in Commonwealth militaries and the US Marine Corps) is the officer in charge of a platoon. This...

mechanized platoon with four M2 Bradley vehicles included 12 crew and two infantry squads of 9 dismounts. Five other dismounts were also in the platoon and needed...

Retrieved June 6, 2010. Chris Gore (July 1999). "Roger Rabbit Two: The Toon Platoon". The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made. New York City: St. Martin's...

surrender their stripes. Sink was not impressed. He demoted to private the two platoon sergeants who were considered to be the ringleaders of the NCOs, Terrence...

Platoon organization within the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps as of 2019 is as follows: A tank platoon includes four Abrams MBTs organized into two...

a platoon." As such, two or more sections usually make up an army platoon or an air force flight. Standard NATO symbol for a section consists of two dots...

included heavy anti-tank TOW missile platoons, ground surveillance radar sections and man-portable air-defense system sections. Beginning in the early 1980s...

their 8 Heavy Equipment Transport Systems. Along with the 8 HET systems the Transportation Platoon has 4 PLS systems, 14 M931 tractors, 5 XM 1098 3000...

Gary, Indiana, won national acclaim for his Gary Plan. It set up a two platoon system so that twice as many students could use the same facilities, which...

Lance Corporal, be selected by their battalion to join the scout-sniper platoon, and complete an approved scout-sniper course in order to receive this...

equipped with three platoons of MGS Strykers and three platoons of ATGM Strykers in its weapons troop. The Army purchased 142 Mobile Gun Systems in total. Three...

commander; a platoon leader; rifle squad; and a weapons squad. All were visually similar to prevent targeting of a specific ICV versions. A platoon would consist...

leaders, in charge of either two tanks and 8 Marines or three AAVs and 9 Marines. Gunnery sergeants serving as platoon sergeants perform essentially...

change eliminates a disadvantage by one IndyCar team that used a "two-platoon" system, with driver based on the circuit. Qualifying groups for qualifying...

headquartered in Mountain View, California. It primarily developed a vehicle "platooning" system to enable pairs of trucks to operate at close following distances...

roughly to a platoon second-in-command. In the United States Army, sergeant is a more junior rank corresponding to a squad- (12 person) or platoon- (36 person)...

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headquarters, mortar platoon (utilizing the M252 81mm mortar), anti-armor platoon (utilizing the FGM-148 Javelin and BGM-71 TOW missile systems), and a heavy...

Command and Control (C2) capabilities. The recon platoons/teams use two variants of the DACT systems, which are made available, the Mounted (M-DACT),...

A play calling system in American football is the specific language and methods used to call offensive plays. It is distinct from the play calling philosophy...