[American Partisan] Antifa tactical units are organized into 'standard company sturctrure' of up to 20 individual soldiers under the immediate control of a comany commander. While there are 'special units', most notable the 'reconnaissance & coordination' teams of bicyclists, the base of the C&C structure for Antifa is the company.
Company commanders are first lieutenants' and may be idenfied in the field by their actions within the group, and frequently by possession of DX SDR units of some form. These 'duplex (send/receive) software defined radio' units will be small, and most probably attached to a smart phone. It is through the SDR's that the encrypted commands are passed to operational units. On arrest, 1st Lieutenants have been observed disarding their identifying equipment as well as destroying their phones.First Lieutenants can also be identified as being the local hub for bicycle traffic. In observations of rioting/looting activity, particularly with long distance videos of qualtity, bicyclists can cleary be seen reporting to 1st Lieutenants & even seeking them out in the mob. For this activity, bicyclists have been noted to employ 'proximate apps' to locate their units & commanders.
The Anitfa field orgnaization has up to 4 companies reporting to a 'captain (coordinator)'. Antifa Captians may be identified by common actions & equipment. Captains are 'free floating' within the mob movement, but will always be associated with increased bicycle traffic as well as 'emblems' of authority/command. These emblems include sepcific types & shapes of video camera gear. Antifa soldiers are trained to center on the emblems of both 1st Lieutentant as well as Captains. Some of the Captains have been observed pulling their command together by holding up the long lens video camera overhead while running a pattern of flashes from the light bars. These are swept around the mob & new organization results.
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I'm no expert on these things, but they're clearly not all flailing amateurs with "poor trigger discipline" (a favorite trope of right wing blowhards) |