Quote Originally Posted by swerve1 View Post
In the future, I wish the Army would reduce the number of BCTs in favor of making the existing ones much more robust and capable - real self-sufficient fighting forces, capable of throwing the kitchen sink at the threat. Add a 3rd CAB, make the ARS into an organization able to fight for information, field additional FS assets - both howitzers and mortars, include more dismounted scouts, and make the MP PLT an MP CO.
Sounds like our Brigade Groups - because of our dispersed (small) Army and the need to do without a Division HQ (for now), our Army is formed around a Mechanized Brigade Group having:
2 Mech Inf Bns
1 Light Inf Bn
1 Armoured Bn (mix of MBTs and LAV Armoured Recce)
1 Combat Engineer Bn
1 Artillery Bn (M-777 - but I think its going to 2 batteries as we don't have enough to replace the old 105mm)
1 Support Bn (Tn, Log, Maint, etc, etc)
1 HQ Bn (HQ, Sigs Coy, MP Pl)

The Brigades also have light helicopter squadrons that are affiliated and based alongside them.

Potent organizations, although we've yet to deploy one complete. We usually send mixed Battlegroups formed around an Inf Bn with a Company from each of the other Bns.