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Modern USArmy Vehicle Identification
drewgimpy
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Posted: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 01:11 PM UTC
I wanted to thank the 2 guys that put this article together (Epi and Sabot), it is a great help and I will get a lot of use from it. I had a question that ties into this a little bit. I believe it has been answered but I could not find it again. I am looking for a chart or something that shows how the Army is organized top down and which units placed under each other, if that makes sense. In particular I am looking to see how I would make the markings in this article for a track in the 2/2ACR gost troop. I appologize if some of this has been answered before.
Sabot
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Posted: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 03:14 PM UTC
Their bumper markings would look something similar to this from left to right:

XVIIIABN * G-XX
2/2ACR


I think the 2ACR now is the property of the XVIII Airborne Corps, so the bumper number is configured as such. For a Ghost troop vehicle, their numbers would be (replace the "XX" with):
66 Troop Commander's track (unsure if he rides a Brad or Abrams)
65 Executive Officer (XO)
6 Troop Commander's HMMWV
7 First Sergeant
4 Supply Sergeant's truck (2½ ton FMTV)
4T Water Buffalo water trailer
11 1st Platoon Leader
12 Wingman
13 Wingman
14 Platoon Sergeant
15 Wingman
16 Wingman
(Repeat 21, 22, etc. for 2nd Platoon and 31, 32, etc. for 3rd Platoon)

My brain's fuzzy on the ACR setup, I believe that 1st Sqdn has troops A-D, 2nd Sqdn E-H, 3rd Sqdn I-L and that the first three troops in the squadron are Bradley equipped units and the 4th troop is a tank company. Man, I used to know this stuff off the top of my head.

Here is their website: http://www.jrtc-polk.army.mil/2ACR/index.html
HunterCottage
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Posted: Sunday, March 23, 2003 - 09:20 AM UTC
The article spoken of here, where is that?? I've looked for it but haven't been able to locate it. Am I just blind???
blaster76
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Posted: Sunday, March 23, 2003 - 09:28 AM UTC
Rob, I think he is also looking for the order of battle of the whole US army. I'm sure you've got a website for that. As a mater of fact, I would be interested in seeing that. Things have changed immensely since my days in the early 80's
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