What 3 companies should I buy If I want to be as accurate as possible?

[narwan]

Maybe these can help. They're postwar battallion TO&E's for the US.

Narwan

[thatguy96]

Narwan, did you compile those? They're very detailed and generally helpful.

I have noticed one nitpick, and also looking through these brings up an interesting set of questions. Firstly the M114A1E1/A2 didn't enter service until 1969 (its listed in the TO&E for 1965 ACAV Squadrons). The 1965 TO&E for units not in Vietnam should be just 4 M114/A1. In Vietnam these were replaced with M113s with the ACAV kit.

Also, the TO&E here notes 2 2-man scout sections (and I believe, though I don't have the game in front of me now) that this is also represented in game with 2-man cavalry scout sections. The issue I'm starting to have here is that the Scout Sections at least in the 1965 TO&E for the ACAV Troop had a grand total of 12 guys, split between two squads, each with two tracks, each with a crew of 3. These crew members were a Scout Observer and Scout Driver, and while they could dismount if necessary, critical functions of the vehicle would be unable to function (movement and/or weapons). To get to the point, though not looking at it right this second, I believe the setup in WinSPMBT allows for tracks with essentially 5 crew instead of 3 (an additional two dismounts).

[narwan]

Originally Posted by thatguy96

Narwan, did you compile those? They're very detailed and generally helpful.

No, I found them on the web somewhere. Didn't write down where and now I have no idea anymore where exactly I found them!
There may well be a few discrepancies, as of yet I have not found two sets of OB's from different sources that actually match 100%.
That's not really a problem as far as I'm concerned though as these are theoretical OB's and TO&E's. In case of actual conflict there were bound to be divergences from these (one vehicle more or less here and there, some additonal hardware, etc, whatever a local commander could 'commandeer').
But they do give a good feel of what was considered to be appropriate for a given formation.

Narwan