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Originally Posted by Legbreaker

I think we had the discussion about the 8th a few months back and it was agreed that the number of M2 Bradley's as listed (42 from memory) had to be a typo.

I am not sure it was a typo. I still think they took the total number of vehicles in a division and divided them by 6-13 (to match the tank ratio).
72 M109 -> 9
408 M2/M3 -> 43
232 Tanks -> 18
24 M691 -> 2
24 MLRS -> 4
132 Helicopters -> 4 (ok it breaks down here but not as much as you think if you double the 13)

If you apply the tank ratio to the M2/M3 you get 31 yet if you add the M920 and M18s assigned to a division (as they are also M2 chassis) and divide by the tank ratio (~13) you get 43. The fact that they say that a battalion had 70 IFVs make me think they did include at least the M920s.

I think their ratios were:
Rear area (ADA, artillery) 1:~6
Front line (M2/M1) 1:~13
Helicopters 1:33.