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Subject:
New Canadian Medium Brigade Group
Maple Leaf
3/22/2005 9:20:09 PM
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| I think Canada should refurbish its three brigade groups into full-scale medium-weight forces completely equipped with the LAV-III/Stryker combat vehicles and organized similar to the future US Army FCS-based Brigade Combat Teams. What does anyone else think?
Brigade Headquarters
Command Support Squadron:
-2 x Signal Troop
-Military Intelligence Troop
-Service Support Troop
3 x Combined Arms Battalion (based on current infantry battalions)
-Battalion Headquarters (command, ops, intel & RMP sections)
-Headquarters Company
- Signal Platoon
- Orderly Room
- Supply Platoon (HQ, Stores Section & Food Service Section)
- Transport Platoon (HQ, Cargo Section & Fuel Section)
- Medical Platoon (HQ, Unit Medical Station & 4 x LAV-III Amb.)
-Combat Support Company
- Recce Platoon (8 x LUVW Command & Reconnaissance)
- Mortar Platoon (6 x 120mm mortars in LAV-III MFSVs)
- Anti-Armour Platoon (6 x LAV-III TOW Under Armour systems)
- Direct Fire Support Platoon (6 x LAV-III Mobile Gun Systems)
- Assault Pioneer Platoon (4 x LAV-III Pioneer & 2 x LAV-III ABL)
- 3 x Medium Rifle Company
- Company Headquarters
- Sniper Team
- 3 x Infantry Platoon (4 x LAV-III MICV)
- Headquarters & Wpns Det (2 x C6 7.62mm machine-gun teams)
- 3 x Section (Section Leader & 2 x 4-man fire teams)
Cavalry Regiment (Reconnaissance & Surveillance)
- Regimental Headquarters
- Headquarters Squadron (same as combined arms battalion)
- Reconnaissance Suppport Squadron
- NBC Reconnaissance Troop (3 x LAV-III NBC Recce Vehicle)
- Electronic Warefare Troop (3 x LAV-III EW Vehicle)
- Tactical UAV Troop (4 x TUAVs)
-3 x Cavalry Squadron
- Squadron Headquarters (3 x Fennek Armoured Cars
- 3 x Recce Troop (8 x Fennek Armoured Cars)
Combined Artillery Regiment
-Regimental Headquarters (including Brigade FSCC attached to Brigade HQ)
-Headquarters & Services Battery
- Signal Troop
- Orderly Room
- Support Troop (supply, transport, maintenance & medical)
- Target Acquisition Troop
-General Support Battery (supporting cavalry regiment & brigade deep strike operations)
- Battery Headquarters
- 3 x Fire Effects Detachment (a Fennek Fire Effects Vehice each)
- Support Troop (same as HQ & Svc Battery)
- Artillery Troop (4 x truck-mounted HIMARS)
-3 x Close Support Battery (supporting combined arms battalions)
- Battery Headquarters
- 3 x Fire Effects Detachment (a Fennek Armoured Car each)
- Support Troop
- Artillery Troop (4 x LAV-III Denel 105mm SPHs)
Combat Engineer Squadron
-Squadron Headquarters (including ESCC at Brigade HQ)
-Service Troop
-Equipment Troop (dozers, dump trucks, cranes, graders, etc)
-Resource Troop (engineer stores, water purification & combat divers)
-2 x Field Engineer Troop
Brigade Service Battalion
-Battalion Headquarters
-Administrative Company (signal platoon, support platoon, UMS & orderly room)
-Logistics Company (supply platoon & 2-3 transport platoons)
-Maintenance Company
-Field Services Company (NBC Decontamination, Laundry & Bath, Postal & Finance platoons manned by Militia personnel)
-Military Police Platoon
Field Ambulance Unit
-Unit Headquarters
-Services Platoon
-2 x Medical Platoon/Advanced Surgical Centre - 40 bed short-term capacity (treatment section, surgical team, patient holding section, clinical support section, dental team)
-2 x Evacuation Platoon (12 x LSVW Ambulances) |
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