Fire-and-manoeuvre team
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A fire-and-manoeuvre team or fire and maneuver team (Finnish: taistelupari, literally battle pair; Swedish: stridspar, literally combat pair; Ukrainian: бойова пара/двійка/трійка, literally
combat pair/deuce/triple) is the smallest unit above the individual soldier, in the modern era chiefly employed by Baltic militaries and special forces like the Special Air Service. It consists of two soldiers with one soldier acting as senior of the two fighters (decided amongst the two or by their superior).
It is allowed that if a soldier does not have a partner, he becomes the third member of the team. In practice, this means that two of the three soldiers act in sync: they maneuver together while the third one covers them with fire, and together they cover the maneuver of the third one with fire.
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Canada
The rifle section is normally organized as two assault groups of four soldiers each, and a vehicle group of two (gunner and driver). Each assault group is further divided into two fire teams of two soldiers each.
Estonia
A fire and maneuver team (Estonian: lahingpaar) is the smallest military formation among the Estonian Ground Force infantry units. The fire and maneuver team is bigger than an individual soldier but smaller than a fireteam (Estonian: Salk).
The fire and maneuver team usually consists of two soldiers. The more experienced soldier leads a fire and maneuver team in the pair.
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