Re: [GZG] Small thought re: Orbital Assault
From: John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@g...>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 07:14:04 +0100
Subject: Re: [GZG] Small thought re: Orbital Assault
On 11/28/05, Warbeads@aol.com <Warbeads@aol.com> 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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