Troop

A troop is a military unit, which can have different meanings depending on the country in which it is used.

British Army and Royal Marines

In the British Army the definition of a troop varies by corps.

Household Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps: Three or four armoured fighting vehicles commanded by a subaltern, or the equivalent of a platoon in headquarters elements. The troop commander commands one vehicle himself, the troop sergeant a second, and the others are commanded by corporals.
Special Air Service: Sixteen men, organised into four four-man patrols, and commanded by a captain (who also commands one of the patrols himself, the troop sergeant commanding another).
Royal Engineers, Royal Corps of Signals and Royal Logistic Corps: A unit equivalent in size to a platoon in other corps, divided into sections.

Other corps do not use the term, although in the Royal Horse Artillery a troop used to be the equivalent to a battery in other artillery units.

In the Royal Marines, a troop is the equivalent to an army platoon.

In the British Boy Scouts and Boy Scouts of America, a troop is an organized local group that meets regularly.

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