I guess you didn't notice his statements that caused this? I don't take kindly to having my credibility questioned just because the other guy doesn't have the faintest clue. To best summarise this entire situation:
). But I would think it is quite a difficult evolution to split 1 Mech, 1 Motorised, and a Light infantry Brigades into three homogenous Brigades?
Not sure of the nitty gritty aspects of the plan, from these 2 quick pieces I found seems the restructure of the 1st, 3rd and 7th Brigade with support from 2 Reserve Brigades from the 2nd Division how that effect the Armoured/Calvary Regiment Abe or Aussie Digger might have a better insight than I would.Does anybody have a link to what plan the nuts and bolts of Plan Berseba is?.
Is the 5th and 7 battalion going to loose most of their APC's?. Like wise is 2 Cav and 2/14 LHR going to be disbanded and integrated into the battalions?. Finally I thought we only had 2 SQD of M1's....So how do we fit that into three brigades?.
Sorry if these are simplistic questions (Navy Boy...Grease monkey at that
He was telling you porkies. Under Plan Beersheba the battalions will shrink in size, there is certainly not enough spare resources - either money or people - to raise two extra battalions.
Shrink how? I am not familiar with the current orbat, but just looking at the new infantry platoons alone the battalions still seem pretty impressive in size.
But nine battalions sounds so much cooler, if we had nine we could pretend we had an infantry division.
The main reason for the smaller battalions is the removal of all armoured vehicles. However, even the light battalions are shrinking slightly (mainly due to the brigading of health and some CSS elements).
Everything you ever wanted to know about 1 Armd Regiment (as it currently stands) and more:Does anybody have a link to what plan the nuts and bolts of Plan Berseba is?.
Is the 5th and 7 battalion going to loose most of their APC's?. Like wise is 2 Cav and 2/14 LHR going to be disbanded and integrated into the battalions?. Finally I thought we only had 2 SQD of M1's....So how do we fit that into three brigades?.
Sorry if these are simplistic questions (Navy Boy...Grease monkey at that
) and Armour can do what they do best...
Speaking of which, is there any hint yet as to what will happen to the 4 main Armoured Corps Regiments (2 Cav, 2/14LHR, 1 Armd and B Sqn 3/4 Cav Regt)?
Someone (I believe ADMK2) previously indicated the ADF weren't interested in MLRS or HIMARS as they saw them as area weapons with insufficient accuracy (collateral damage concerns?) for their needs. I wonder if current US use of the system for high accuracy, rapid response will affect a change in attitude.
No idea to be honest. The most sensible thing to do would be to give 2/14 LHR back to the chocs, and move wither 2 Cav or 1 Armd Regt down to Brisbane. However, if I had to guess it would be that 1 Armd Regt gets disbanded, with its squadrons going to 2 Cav, 3/4 Cav and 2/14 LHR. I imagine that this will lead to a lot of debate at next years corps conference. It will be interesting to see if they rename the regiments as well (ie, 2 ACR, 3/4 ACR etc).
There are actually more Bushmasters being bought than the regular army actually needs. I imagine that as Beersheeba takes effect the choc units will get either new or barely used Bushies. Certainly once Afghan winds down and (almost) all the Bushies are returned to Australia (which will also mean there is no requirement for a pre-deployment training fleet or for 3-5 attrition replacements a month), there will be plenty if spare vehicles lying around.
I suspect cost was a bigger driver than inaccuracy. That and the perceived design and platform intent of MLRS.