US Army Air Cavalry Troop, Infantry or Armored Division, TOE 17-108E (6 May 1963)

Source: Rottman, Gordon. The US Army in the Vietnam War 1965-73. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2008; United States Government. Headquarters, Department of the Army. FM 17-36, Armored Cavalry Platoon and Troop, Air Cavalry Troop, and Divisional Armored Cavalry Squadron. Washington, DC: Headquarters, Department of the Army, 1963.

OFF: EM:

HQ

OFF: 4 EM: 4

Ops

OFF: 2 EM: 6

Aero Scout

OFF: 14 EM: 13

Aero Wep

OFF: 4 EM: 4

HQ

OFF: 2 EM: 1

AS (Lt)

OFF: 4 EM: 4

AS (Hv)

OFF: 4 EM: 4

Aero Rifle

OFF: 6 EM: 33

HQ

OFF: 6 EM: 6

OFF: 0 EM: 9

# 39 7 45 10 15

Weapons M14 Rifle M79 Grenade Launcher M1911A1 Pistol XM1 Armament Subsystem M153 Armament Subsystem

# 25 25 3 9 1

Equipment AN/ARC-44 Radio AN/ARR-46 Radio AN/VRC-16 Radio or AN/VRC-18 Radio AN/PRC-8 Radio or AN/PRC-10 Radio AN/GRR-5 Radio

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4 4

XM22 Armament Subsystem XM3 Armament Subsystem or XM4 Armament Subsystem Vehicles Truck, Ton Truck, Ton

1 1 1

AN/GRC-19 Radio AN/VRC-24 Radio AN/ARC-59 Radio Aircraft UH-1B Helicopter OH-13K Helicopter

# 2 1

# 15 10

Troop HQ Section

Troop Commander, Captain Army Aviator, Warrant Officer (x2) Crew Chief/ Armorer, E5 (x2) Executive Officer, Lieutenant First Sergeant, E8 Clerk/Typist, E4 Operations Section

OH-13K w/ AN/ARC-44 and AN/ARR-46 Radios and XM1 Armament Kit, UH-1B w/ AN/ARC-44 and AN/ARR-46 Radios and M153 Armament Kit, Truck, Ton w/ AN/VRC-16 or -18 Radio M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol M14 Rifle M1911A1 Pistol M14 Rifle M79 Grenade Launcher, M1911A1 Pistol Truck, Ton w/ AN/VRC-16 or -18 Radio, Truck, Ton w/ AN/GRR-5, AN/GRC-19, AN/VRC-16 or -18, and AN/VRC-24 Radios, UH-1B w/ AN/ARC44, AN/ARR-46, and AN/ARC-59 Radios M1911A1 Pistol M14 Rifle M14 Rifle M14 Rifle M14 Rifle M1911A1 Pistol M14 Rifle M14 Rifle OH-13K w/ AN/ARC-44, AN/ARR-46, and AN/PRC-8 or -10 Radios and XM1 Armament Kit M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol OH-13K w/ AN/ARC-44, AN/ARR-46, and AN/PRC-8 or -10 Radios and XM1

Operations Officer, Lieutenant Radio Operator/Driver, E4 Operations Sergeant, E5 Communications Chief, E5 Radio Operator/Driver, E4 Army Aviator, Warrant Officer Operations Sergeant, E7 Crew Chief/Armorer, E5 Aero-Scout Platoon HQ Platoon Leader, Lieutenant Army Aviator, Warrant Officer Crew Chief/Armorer/Driver, E5 Aero-Scout Section (Light) (x2)

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Section Leader, Lieutenant Crew Chief/Recon Sergeant, E5 (x4) Team Leader, Lieutenant Army Aviator, Warrant Officer (x2) Aero-Scout Section (Heavy)

Armament Kit, 3 OH-13K w/ AN/ARC-44 and AN/ARR-46 Radios and XM1 Armament Kit M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol UH-1B w/ AN/ARC-44, AN/ARR-46, and AN/PRC-8 or -10 Radios and M153 or XM22 Armament Kit, 3 UH-1B w/ AN/ARC-44 and AN/ARR-46 Radios and M153 or M22 Armament Kit M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol 5 UH-1B w/ AN/ARC-44, AN/ARR-46, and AN/PRC-8 or -10 Radios and M153 Armament Kit M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol M14 Rifle M1911A1 Pistol M14 Rifle M14 Rifle M79 Grenade Launcher, M1911A1 Pistol M14 Rifle UH-1B w/ AN/ARC-44, AN/ARR-46, and AN/PRC-8 or -10 Radios and M153 or XM3 or XM4 Armament Kit, 3 UH-1B w/ AN/ARC-44 and AN/ARR-46 Radios and M153 or XM3 or XM4 Armament Kit M1911A1 Pistol M14 Rifle M1911A1 Pistol

Section Leader, Lieutenant Crew Chief/Recon Sergeant, E5 (x4) Team Leader, Lieutenant Army Aviator, Warrant Officer (x2) Aero-Rifle Platoon HQ Platoon Leader, Lieutenant Army Aviator, Warrant Officer (x5) Platoon Sergeant, E7 Crew Chief/Armorer, E5 (x5) Aero-Rifle Squad (x3) Squad Leader, E6 Team Leader, E5 (x2) Grenadier, E4 (x2) Rifleman, E3 (x4) Aero-Weapons Section

Section Leader, Lieutenant Crew Chief/Armorer/Observer, E5 (x4) Army Aviator, Warrant Officer (x3)

NOTES: Personnel and equipment allotments for this formation from this source are very much based on what was clearly allocated. Each Troop also has a Service Platoon, with its own Platoon HQ, Maintenance Section, and Supply Section. In this instance the decision was made not to provide details for those units The fighting elements of the Copyright Joseph Trevithick (2012)

Troop are complete. While troop carrying helicopters in the Aero-Rifle Platoon were authorized fixed forward weapons kits, these were found to be seriously detrimental to the aircrafts performance while loaded and were seldom used. What is interesting is that the 1965 edition of FM 17-36 featured a slightly modified version of the TOE, but the Gseries TOE was not approved until 1966.

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