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Old 02-27-2011, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Abbott Shaull View Post
Which leads to another idea, would Echo companies be stripped out of the Mechanized Battalion and then consolidated into a Battalion or 2 of their own under the Divisional Command control where they can used as need. Or they could be used to make 4th Combat Brigade with 3 Brigades with 1 Armor, 1 Mechanized, and 1 AT Battalion.
I would expect to see the Echo Companies, either disbanded and their personnel reassigned to the rifle companies. If there was any consolidation at all, it would most likely be along the lines of a Brigade level AT Company. If there was a divisional level AT Battalion, it would spend most of its time broken up into attachments, defeating the purpose of such a consolidation.
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