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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
Over a long period of history, units have merged and some even seperated years, even decades later. 5/7 RAR (Australian mechanised battalion) is a prime example having previously been two seperate battalions (5 & 7 obviously) but merging due to military cutbacks and personnel shortages. There are many more examples of similar mergings.
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That was exactly the case with the Army Reserve unit I served in, 11/28 RWAR, an infantry battalion which had been created from the merging of two World War One era regular army battalions.
07-21-2009, 10:36 PM
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