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Mar 28
1/ On Army 2030 sustainment, did some explainers of the proposed Division Sustainment Brigade. It's a Div Special Troops Bn & Div Sustainment Spt Bn, but can control up to 5 attached Combat Sustainment Spt Btns as well.

Current proposal makes some additions to current org⬇️
2/ Sustainment seems to be ahead of the curve. 1st Cav Division's CSSB turned into a DSSB aligned to the division in 2021. Unnecessary companies were transferred to III Corps. Supply capacity is already scheduled to increase in DSSB company TOEs by 2025 army.mil/article/246356…
3/ The Composite Supply Company is a general supply unit that also has water purification/storage and fuel storage/issue capabilities. One of the changes already in motion is almost doubling its fuel truck capacity
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Mar 27
1/ Some updates to the 🇺🇸US Army's division proposals. The bones are the same as in late 2021 when I made my initial graphic, but there have been some changes and more info has come out since then

Let's start Armor Division (Reinforced) (rest in peace Penetration Div) ⬇️
2/ Still the heaviest division, it has 3 Armored BCTs. The Armored Cavalry Troop was elaborated on in the early 2022 Maneuver Warfighter Conf. The Brigade Engineer Btn has been taken out but the Signal Company remains
3/ DIVCAV will be made of troops similar to the ACTs, but w/o a CBRN Recon Platoon. They'll also have a Cross Domain Troop which is meant to be a "landing place for new tech" in the division, like drone swarms. It has a TUAS unit with the manning of a current Shadow Plt
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Mar 24
1/ The 🇩🇪East German Motorized Rifle Platoon (Mot-.Schützen) as per a 1969 manual I got. This is shortly after the introduction of the BTR-60 in 1967, as a replacement for the BTR-50, as the main infantry carrier for the NVA. BTR by @tanksenc Image
2/ It says Motor Rifle Divisions because I believe Tank Divisions made the direct transition from SPW-50PK to SPz BMP-1 in the late 1970s. According to this, the 7th Panzer Division's Motor Rifle Regiment did it in the 1976: msr-7.de/chronik-msr-7.… Image
3/ A key difference between BTR-60 and BTR-50 units is that the latter could fit 1.5 to 2 squads in it (seen on the bottom right this 1976 manual page someone posted on TMP). So their platoons only had 2 vehicles ImageImage
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Mar 23
1/ An odd one, the 🇮🇱 Israeli Tank Company (active) mounted on the Merkava Mk4. It's notable for having only 2 tanks per platoon (although reserve units with Merkava Mk 3s have 3-tank platoons, but only 3 platoons) #idf
2/ The numbering scheme:
Battalion CO - ג10
Battalion XO - ג11
Company CO - ג (Charlie)
Company XO - ד (Delta)
Platoon Leaders - 1, 2, 3, 4
Platoon Deputies - ב1, ב2, ב3, ב4 (Bravo)
3/ In platoons with 3 tanks, there is also an "A" tank (א) who is the newest tank commander.
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Mar 21
1/ 🇫🇷 French Infantry Platoon when mounted on the VBCI (VCI) infantry fighting vehicle. It consists of an HQ, 3 infantry squads (groupes de combat) and 1 support squad (groupe d'appui) with 2 teams that serve either 2x Eryx ATGMs (to be replaced), 2x 7.62 MGs or a mix of both Image
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3/ The Deputy Platoon Cmdr (a Sergent-Chef BM2) can take command of the vehicles if they're not under Squad Leader control on the dismount. The VBCIs are named after their embarked squad (11 for 1st Squad, 1st Plt) + Roulette (diminutive of "wheel"). So 14-Roulette for example Image
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Mar 18
🇸🇪 Swedish Armored Infantry Platoon of the 1970s, mounted on Pbv 302 infantry fighting vehicles. They were organic to Armored Inf Coys (3x Plts) and Tank Companies (1x Plt + 4x Tank Plts). Armored Battalions had 2 of each company (1/8)

One of the sources: tanks.mod16.org/pdf/AH1%20PB%2… Image
They were intended to closely cooperate with tanks (an Armored Infantry platoon shown here mixed with an Strv 103 platoon). The Pbv 302 was armed with a m/47D 20mm autocannon in a one-man turret (2/8) Image
This article shows 2 modes of attack:
1. If there is a strong chance of a Pbv being knocked out, infantry dismount a safe distance from preparatory fires & attack on foot
2. If the enemy is suppressed & terrain allows, attack through the obj from the Pbv or dismount closer (3/8) Image
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