New Army TO&Es in the testing phase
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2022 9:05 am
If any of you guys have read the 2 most recent Armor Magazines you may have noticed interesting articles in each, The Winter 2022 edition contains an article on the army's new Armored Assault Company and the Winter/Spring 2022 issue offers us The Cube Division as an alternative to the current
Triangular organization. Thumbnail summaries of both: The Cube Division would have 2 Brigades composed of 2 Regiments each with 2 Maneuver Battalions. The Division is aimed at Armored Divisions over Mech Infantry and rather than simply plugging a 4th battalion into the current organization (and becoming unwieldy for a Bde HQ), the Cube division offers the addition of 2 Regiment HQs to handle the C&C of the Battalions leaving Brigade HQ to COMMAND THE BRIGADE, Interesting in my opinion. It will however reduce the size of an Armored Division by reducing the number of maneuver battalions from 9 to 8. The Armored Assault Company on the other hand sounds like a Nightmare that hasn't happened yet. A Mech Inf Company would be reduced from 3 maneuver platoons to 2 platoons which would actually be 2 Platoons under a single platoon umbrella. Let me explain, the new platoon would include 33 Infantry over the current 28, it would also include 6 Bradleys instead of the current 4. The sticky part is they would be separate platoons which operate jointly, e.g. The Bradley element would all be strictly Cavalry 19D, the dismounts would all be 11M (MOS resurrected after being eliminated in 2001). There would be an 11M Lt and platoon Sgt as well as a 19D Lt and platoon Sgt. The Company Commander would be an 11M while the XO would be 19D. To save my fingers and let you read for yourself I have included the URLs for both editions.
Winter 2022: https://www.benning.army.mil/Armor/eARM ... dition.pdf
and
Winter/Spring 2022: https://www.benning.army.mil/armor/eARM ... dition.pdf
Read it and lets discuss it. Good or bad? I think the Cube Division is good, while the Armored Assault Company gives me bad vibes.
Triangular organization. Thumbnail summaries of both: The Cube Division would have 2 Brigades composed of 2 Regiments each with 2 Maneuver Battalions. The Division is aimed at Armored Divisions over Mech Infantry and rather than simply plugging a 4th battalion into the current organization (and becoming unwieldy for a Bde HQ), the Cube division offers the addition of 2 Regiment HQs to handle the C&C of the Battalions leaving Brigade HQ to COMMAND THE BRIGADE, Interesting in my opinion. It will however reduce the size of an Armored Division by reducing the number of maneuver battalions from 9 to 8. The Armored Assault Company on the other hand sounds like a Nightmare that hasn't happened yet. A Mech Inf Company would be reduced from 3 maneuver platoons to 2 platoons which would actually be 2 Platoons under a single platoon umbrella. Let me explain, the new platoon would include 33 Infantry over the current 28, it would also include 6 Bradleys instead of the current 4. The sticky part is they would be separate platoons which operate jointly, e.g. The Bradley element would all be strictly Cavalry 19D, the dismounts would all be 11M (MOS resurrected after being eliminated in 2001). There would be an 11M Lt and platoon Sgt as well as a 19D Lt and platoon Sgt. The Company Commander would be an 11M while the XO would be 19D. To save my fingers and let you read for yourself I have included the URLs for both editions.
Winter 2022: https://www.benning.army.mil/Armor/eARM ... dition.pdf
and
Winter/Spring 2022: https://www.benning.army.mil/armor/eARM ... dition.pdf
Read it and lets discuss it. Good or bad? I think the Cube Division is good, while the Armored Assault Company gives me bad vibes.