Re: [GZG] Small thought re: Orbital Assault

[John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/28/05, Warbeads@xxxxxxx <Warbeads@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> > You were talking about ARMOURED support above. Generally speaking,
> > trucks and helos aren't considered to be "armoured support" - although
> > I've noticed that the US Army now calls a platoon of 4xM1114 armoured
> > HumVees a "motorized tank platoon", so maybe the requirements to count
> > as "armoured" are being softened nowadays <g>
>
> <snip>
> I would like to see your source for this comment.  Not that I doubt you as
> to it be said I just...doubt the source's IQ.

My Source:

Mission Readiness Exercise conducted Sep-Oct '05, at the Joint
Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfehls, Germany.  My company was
attached to TF Bandit, built around 1-37 AR +/-

We even got a 'dual purpose' platoon (M-1114s and M-1s) cross-attached to us.

John
--
"Thousands of Sarmatians, Thousands of Franks, we've slain them again
and again.  We're looking for thousands of Persians."
--Vita Aureliani

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