"Which Recon units get the Recon/self order capability?" Topic
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| Apache 6 | 27 Jul 2026 8:28 p.m. PST |
Gentlemen: How do you (we?) determine which units are self ordering in a units OOB? If they are called scout and or recon do they get it? For my specific I'm working on a "cold war gone hot 1985 scenario.
Does a Scout Plt in a Soviet Motor Rifle Bn get to self order? Does a Recon Company at the Motor Rifle Regt have a Command Std for the Company or is each Plt (BMP-2) self order? For a US Army Mech Inf Battalion, I'd think the Battalion Scout Platoon is self ordering. Concur? For a USMC Battalion Landing Team, I have the Light Armored Recon PLt and the Force Recon PLt as self ordering but not the Scout Sniper Platoon. |
| Martin Rapier | 27 Jul 2026 11:02 p.m. PST |
For WW2 units it is listed in the various published OBs, no idea about modern stuff but if it's job is reconnaissance it is probably self ordering. In the WW2 lists eg a US Cavalry Troop is listed as command stand, 3 x recon jeep, 3 x recon M8, 1 x weapons stand. The labelled recon units are self ordering. A soviet rifle division cavalry company has 2 x recon cavalry stands but no command stand. The recon company in a 1943 motor rifle brigade has four self ordering stands, so I'd suggest that is the model to use for a 1985 one. |
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