Depending on the part of speech, when using platoon as a noun it would be defined as a subdivision of a company of soldiers. When using platoon in it's verb form it would be defined as athelets on the same team rotating through the same position. Hope this helps :)
Platoon means a group of people or things that work together under a leader.
Examples can be:
A platoon of soldiers, which has ~16 - 50 soldiers
A platoon of tanks, which has ~4 - 9 tanks
etc.
hope this helps
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