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Originally Posted by Webstral
Army Sgt, thanks for posting these. I read the ARTEP earlier, but it doesn't address TO&E. FM 55-30 covers operations but doesn't actually say how many trucks there are per squad. I saw Table 5-6 in the Global Security link for authorized end items for the truck squad. Ten trucks and trailers are authorized per squad. There appear to be twenty personnel authorized. I just had trouble believing that a single squad, led by a staff sergeant, includes 20 soldiers driving 10 vehicles. A platoon of three squads would have 30 trucks. That's a lot of trucks for a butterbar to manage, considering that a tank platoon has four tracks.
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Well the Lieutenant isn't running it by himself. That is why he has a Platoon Sergeant and Squad Leaders.
I think the smallest bit operating Normally will be an entire squad with all ten trucks. They don't operate independently. The Lieutenant is getting his marching Orders from his Company Commander. The Company Commander is getting his Orders from Movement Control as directed by the Assistant Division Commander for Support ADC (S) (S4 Staff).
*Edit* Read that as Section Leader. In some of the Non Combat MOS's units are Sections and Detachments.