After World War II, and during the Vietnam War, a rifle section consisted of ten personnel comprising a "command and scout group" (three people – two sub-machineguns/M16A1 and a L1A1 SLR); a "gun group" (three people – an M60 machine gun and two L1A1 SLRs) and a "rifle group" (four people – L1A1 SLRs). The section was later reduced to nine men, and consisted of the section commander, a two-man scout group, the section 2IC and two other men in the gun group, and a three-man rifle group; the section commander would usually move with the latter.