US TO&E

[marcbellizzi]

A reasonable source for unit histories and MTOE for the NVA (East German Army) is over at the Axis History Project website. They have a section dedicated to the NVA. check axishistory dot com/various/nationale-volksarmee-east-germany

Andy, not sure if you remember me, Marc Bellizzi, we chatted from time to time over on TankNet many many years ago.

I was with 3AD as 'the Wall' came down and I went to the Desert with a BFV equipped mech battalion as an 11A00V (a butterbar). The XO's did not get their BFV's with us (5-5CAV) which actually was an Infantry Bn - it had been the 2-36 IN under the old Army TOE - but in the 3AD some wizard decided BFV units would get titled 'Cav' under Army of Excellence TOE to differentiate us from the Bn's that had not transitioned. I cannot begin to relate the grief and cajoling we grunts got for getting tagged Cav...

The XO's got an M2A3 IIRC. It was the square sided model, I know that for sure, because it was supposed to be able to take the bolt on reactive armor, so it was either an A2 or A3. The XO's BFV's were hastily shipped over just before we left for the Gulf. Prior to that the XO's floated around in an M113.

Marc

[MikeAP]

ORIGINAL: Iron Mike Golf

What about field ambulances for line companies in Inf Bns (not so much for combat capabilities as VPs the Soviet can reap)? Oh, and the 4.2 plt? FISTV?

I agree, a line CO HQ should include the FISTV and ambulance.

[pzgndr]

ORIGINAL: Sabre21

ORIGINAL: 21SEC

Your OOBs are still on my hard drive, and can still be found floating around the internet. In fact someone expanded the NATO one.

I'm glad to hear someone still uses them. When I made them the internet was still in its infancy and sources were pretty limited. About the only OOB's I knew were rock solid were the US Army and National Guard considering I got that data right from the Army historical center and National Guard Bureau.

The rest of the OOB's came from where I could scrap them from, a lot of Jane's and stuff like that. Fortunately as the internet evolved and better sources of info came available, some folks took it upon themselves to fix what I started and really did improve upon it. I still have copies myself.

Andy, I sent you a PM. I used your OOBs extensively back in 2006 to adapt GDW's Third World War to Schwerpunkt's Anglo-German War. Good stuff. Thank you! [&o]

[Ian R]

And mine.

(Although I only have the original version of the Pact OOB file so don't use it so much anymore.)

ORIGINAL: Capn Darwin

You can add my name to the list of people who have multiple versions of both the NATO and WP OOBs in my source info file. Great work.

Sabre21