Australian tank squadrons

[DRG]

Originally Posted by DRG

I started looking for info on the Australian Abrams and ended up on a Aussie website where one claim was ......

A / "Our tank Squadrons are equipped with 18 tanks per Sqn, with 4x troops of 4 tanks, 1x for the OC and 1x for the 2IC"

then someone else said.....

B / "We changed from 3 tanks per platoon to 4 and from four platoons per company to three not long ago. Two tanks are for the boss and his XO.......This system steals one manoeuvre element but increases the ability of the platoon to support and cover itself while on the run. "

Consider this a lesson on how things get screwed up

I went back a re-read the original forum these posts were made on and discovered on closer observation that " A/" was an Australian and " B/" was a German. (!! ) The whole "We changed from 3 tanks per platoon to 4 " comment had bugger all to do with Australia

I "assumed" everyone commenting was Australian


Not a total loss though. I did find quite a bit of useful info from all the sources provided .

Don