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Old 08-23-2011, 04:24 AM
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Originally Posted by 95th Rifleman View Post
Not exactly.

The Rifle's TA are light and motorised because that is the Rifle's main battle role.

Every Regiment's TA unit is roughly the same as their parent Regiment. Artillery TA are trained gunners, Cavalry TA are trained tankers etc.
Ah. thanks for the clarification.

when a TA unit is activated into a RA unit, they'd be deployed overseas, but how long would it take for them to be deployed? Would additional units that were being established/mobilized be classed as TA or just a new RA unit as it transititions during training?
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