Under the Old Republic, squads of ten or twelve soldiers were common among the army forces, but in the Grand Army of the Republic created during the Clone Wars, a standard clone trooper squad consisted of nine soldiers, led by a commanding sergeant, with four squads forming a platoon. Although the GAR squads, and later stormtroopers squads, were smaller in amount than the Old Republic squads, they made up for the comparative lack of manpower by utilizing superior training as well as a more thorough usage of coordinated small-unit tactics. Republic Peace Officer squads were made of five men.