Kingtiger Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Okey can some of you brits explain and give a overview of how Sqn callsigns works?ZeroAlpha: OCZeroBravo: who?ZeroCharlie: 2nd In command if I havent goten it wrong?11-13: 1st platoon21-23: 2nd Platoon31-33: 3rd platoonand why is the REME No 24 and ARRV 24B ? doenst that make them belong to 2nd platoon?next is the numberplates... they are like 11AA22, what does it stands for? in sweden a plate Number is 122001 where 12 stand for 120cm gun, 2 for 2nd version (strv122) and last 3 is vehicle ID starting on 001. how does 11AA22 work? I thought it was something similar but all Challengers ive seen so far have different numbers and letters...?a nice overview wouldnt be wrong to sort out my question/KT 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Okay, here we go, pen and paper ready?RHQ tank is 11B (well for RSDG, Carabiners and Greys, Murray walkers old regt)Command c/s are right, Zero Bravo is Squadron leaders tankTroop leaders are X 0 Troop Sgt is X 1Troop Corp is X 2Troop Attach is X 3 (this is used for extra tanks in unusual circumstances)X is troop No, 1 2 3 etc, Though this can skip numbers in different regimentsSquadron (Coy) designations are: A troop = triangleB troop = squareC troop = circleD troop = rectangle, dunno which way round it goes66KK82 is VRN (Veh Reg No, of 11B)66 is year number (or what passes for year number)KK Is vehicle classification, this changes semi frequently82 is individual vehicle numberOn a tank's front the VRN is placed in the centre of the lower plateon the rear its placed top right of rear hull.They've changed the reg pattern now to two letters two numbers two letters DS35AA, dunno how this works thoughCRARRV C squadron RSDG C/S 24C reg is 46KJ89 (this is an attached veh from the REME, so prob adopts RSDG C/S scheme)I'm not sure how CRARRV C/S work as theres a 2nd battalion REME ARV which uses C/S 33Banother reg for skinning:66KK80 C/S 11 B squadron RSDG hope this helps 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingtiger Posted December 27, 2007 Author Share Posted December 27, 2007 As Paladin says: "jessuss chrriiiiist" :eek2:well the platoon callsigns was logic atleast, thank you for that!1.why on earth is RHQ (Regimental HeadQuarter right?) 11B? (11B is the 2nd tank in first platoon!) and does it have any ring or square around it or so?2. and isnt ZB the commanding officer? (right now I see 2 OCs, ZA and ZB??)And about 24C and 33B, the B and C seems to mean something special? (like the swedish RL2,RL3, RL4 are parts of the HQ platoon and RL31 is part of RL3)And still, what is the logic with having 24C and 33B who looks like platoon callsigns? would be more logic if they had just "1A,1B" in Sqn marking (box, square whatever)this is confusing :heu:/KT 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 I'm just a civvie, just looked up the C/S in an Ospery book, I have a feeling some RHQs are just 9I think different Regments Have Different methods of C/S the vehicles.As to Engineer and command tanks its the Bravo, Charlie etc That sets them out from Platoon TanksOh yeah Warriors have KG lettersSo a Typical Warrior's reg would be 66KGXX 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotsgrey Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 RSDG now known as Scots DG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotsgrey Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 If Iremember correctlyB SQNSqn leader= 2Troop Leader 1st troop=21sgt=21acpl=21b 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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