To put some numbers to the Mexican AMX-30, I'm picturing one battalion of AMX-30 per mechanized brigade, plus one for the Presidential Guard. Each of three armored cavalry regiments (equivalent to a battalion, for those who don’t have their Mexican OB handy) also would have a company of tanks. The TO&E would be for three-tank platoons and three-company battalions. Thus each tank company in the armored cavalry regiments would have 11 tanks, and each tank battalion/regiment in the heavy brigades would have 35 tanks. Total strength of AMX-30 would be about 140 tanks.
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