Marine Corp Tank Platoon

The_Warrior · #1 August 12th, 2005, 12:21 AM

Is the five tank in a platoon correct in the Marine Corp OOB or should there be just four tanks instead? I read that tank platoons now just run with four tanks.(M1A1s)
Thanks.

MajorBrian · #2 August 12th, 2005, 11:32 PM

You are correct. Prior to the adoption of the M-1 series tanks the tank platoon was 5 tanks strong. Upon adoption of the M-1 series, platoon strength shrunk to 4 tanks.

Mobhack · #3 August 13th, 2005, 10:16 AM

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MajorBrian said:
You are correct. Prior to the adoption of the M-1 series tanks the tank platoon was 5 tanks strong. Upon adoption of the M-1 series, platoon strength shrunk to 4 tanks.

With or without an engineer/blade tank in the coy hq?

still at 3 platoons in the coy?

Cheers
Andy

MajorBrian · #4 August 13th, 2005, 01:46 PM

I'd have to ask one of my tanker friends on the distribution of mine plows/blades within the company. I'll get back on that one.

MajorBrian · #5 August 25th, 2005, 10:55 PM

Sorry it's taken a while to respond; USMC tank company has 4 total mine plows. Ususally two are mounted and two are carried in the combat trains for backup/redundancy.