

The organizational structure of military units (as well as the armed forces as a whole), which provides the optimal combination of their composition and strength, number and types of weapons and military equipment to maintain high combat readiness and the ability to successfully conduct combat operations, is called the organization of troops.

It can consist of one or several echelons, which are located one after another and support each other during hostilities. The echelon began to denote the operational formation of the troops of the front or the army. In Soviet (Russian) military affairs, the “echelon” became an operational term. In different formations, there may be a different number of echelons. Echelon ( French échelon ) in military affairs is part of the tactical, operational or strategic formation ( battle formation, concatenation) of formations ( troops and forces, and so on), designed to perform various tasks in various directions (areas) or in various areas of the theater war. The name "detachment", "platoon", "company" does not depend on the strength, but firstly, on the type of troops, and, secondly, on the tactical tasks that are assigned to the formation of this type.
