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The US Armored Cavalry's mission was to find the enemy and/or provide security for the Army, while having the means to destroy the enemy if becoming decisively engaged. In Vietnam, the US Army deployed 1 Armored Cavalry Regiment (containing 3 squadrons and an aviation squadron), 7 Armored Cavalry Squadrons, and 2 Armored Cavalry Troops:
M113 armored medical evacuation vehicle (AMEV) M548A3 cargo carrier; M577A3 medical vehicle; M901A3 improved TOW vehicle (ITV) M1059A3 Lynx smoke generator carrier (SGC) M1064A3 mortar carrier; M1068A3 standard integrated command post system (SICPS) Carrier (AMPV) Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle 130; LAV-25 – (light armored vehicle) 870 [4] LAV ...
[citation needed] 2nd and 3rd Recce Squadrons consolidated 15 February 1968 with 1st Squadron, 108th Armored Cavalry Regiment. [6] In the late 1990s the squadron was organized as a separate regimental armored cavalry squadron and was equipped with M1A1 tanks and M3A2 cavalry fighting vehicles. 1st Squadron, 108th Armored Cavalry inactivated ...
The mighty ABV is an armored, tracked engineering vehicle based on the M1A1 Abrams tank chassis. Designed to clear paths by breaching minefields and wrecking complex obstacles, its toolbox ...
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[citation needed] 2nd and 3rd Recce Squadrons consolidated 15 February 1968 with 1st Squadron, 108th Armored Cavalry Regiment. In the late 1990s the squadron was organized as a separate regimental armored cavalry squadron and was equipped with M1A1 tanks and M3A2 cavalry fighting vehicles. 1st Squadron, 108th Armored Cavalry inactivated 2007.
The "armored cavalry assault vehicle" or "ACAV", was a concept and field modification pioneered by the ARVN in 1963 during the Vietnam War. [62] The ARVN troops utilized the M113 armored personnel carrier as an infantry fighting vehicle and, more often than not, as a light tank [ 63 ] by fighting mounted rather than as a "battle taxi" as ...
M3A1 Vehicle, Cavalry Fighting, full-track, armored, 25 mm chain-gun, 21 1 ⁄ 2-ton; M3A2 Vehicle, Cavalry Fighting, full-track, armored, 25 mm chain-gun, 21 1 ⁄ 2-ton; M3 CROP palletized load system; M4 C2V battlefield command post; M5 ground-based common sensor carrier; M6 Linebacker anti-aircraft vehicle; M7 Bradley fire support vehicle ...