I could understand if the 3 vehicles per troop is as a result of switching over to the ASLAVs or if it was peculiar to the APC squadrons but for the recce squadrons like 3/9 LH and 10 LH were at the time I was in, it was always four vehicles per troop with a possible fifth if the Assault Troopers in their APC was attached. They never worked as a three track unit, it was always four and even if there weren't enough MRVs, it would be 3 x LRV & 1 x MRV or it would be 4 x LRV & no MRV.
From memory, the number of TLCs was never up to the authorized strength for recce regiments as they seemed mostly for use in the APC regiments.
Don't forget that Australia started to manufacture the 105mm L118 Hamel Gun in the early 1990s
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