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Originally Posted by Panther Al
You know, I've been thinking about all the talk about light, medium, and heavy cav units, and how they should be equipped and all. Pros and Cons of tracks vs. wheels, heavy and light versions of the same, and so on and so forth. Even have talk of other forms of "cavalry" missions by different sorts of troops on a number of other threads (be it horse, bike, or even helibourne fireforces). What sort of makeup would you pick as the ideal cavalry force (Given a set sort of mission), with whatever equipment and organization existing or not?
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Ouch! Ask a tough one why don't you!!
The equipment needed would be based on the mission and terrain expected. Sooooooo
For the heavy division recon squadron....two troops of air cavalry, I have no arguement with. Two ground troops equiped with armored cars (4 or 6 wheels, armed with at least a 90mm) and a third ground troop with tracked vehicles (M-3/M-1A1). This would give you sufficient ground troops to cover a division front, two lightly armed and fairly mobile to get in and sneak-n-peek and a third heavy troop with the firepower to support. I can also see three heavy ground troops at the division level...and then a independent troop of wheeled at the brigade level.
For the ACR.....heavy is the only configuration that allows it to perform its missions.
For the LCR...this is for the XVIII Airborne Corps, so I think wheeled vehicles would be the best choice.