"How was squad to squad communications handled in Vietnam?" Topic
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| Inconceivable | 11 Jan 2022 11:32 a.m. PST |
Recently played our first game of Charlie Co. A question came up of how a squad at the end of a firing line got word to the platoon commander of the need for a medic or any other kind of assistance. Runners? Extra radios? |
 Saber6   | 11 Jan 2022 11:54 a.m. PST |
Basically the same as WW-II. Some units might have had Squad radios, I suspect few and far between or of limited range. C2 range is usually how far the leader can yell |
| Irish Marine | 11 Jan 2022 12:03 p.m. PST |
Yelling, hand and arm signals, PRC-25, a BFR ( Big freaking Rock) |
| Wolfhag | 11 Jan 2022 12:37 p.m. PST |
Our CO had a flare pistol to fire star shells. Wolfhag |
| Saber6 | 11 Jan 2022 1:06 p.m. PST |
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| 79thPA | 11 Jan 2022 2:43 p.m. PST |
Smoke and flares were used to communicate between squads in the same platoon? |
| Wolfhag | 11 Jan 2022 6:40 p.m. PST |
Only our CO had the flare gun. He used star shells for signalling for FPF, changing formations, movement, lifting suppressive fire, signalling choppers and things like that. Platoons normally operated pretty close together depending on terrain within vocal or visual range. Wolfhag |
| raylev3 | 11 Jan 2022 9:09 p.m. PST |
In a fixed position they might have wire. But the majority of the time it was the platoon leader going from squad to squad. |
| Major Mike | 12 Jan 2022 6:55 a.m. PST |
The squad radio, if it was present and if it worked was available starting in 67. Most of the time it was hand and arm signals, face to face instructions or sent by runner. link |
| troopwo | 12 Jan 2022 7:21 a.m. PST |
Cup your hands over your mouth and holler for amplification. That or wave really hard. |
| Inconceivable | 12 Jan 2022 11:32 a.m. PST |
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