Cavalry Deployment Overseas

[Slaphead]

Latest Ive heard is that late Feb early March will be Chad deployment with 4 CRVs one being manned by each Sqn.

[Tadpole]

Interesting,
6 Mowags should just about fit into an AN124. Cant see any other way of getting them there.

[Slaphead]

Just wondering if anyone here would have information regarding this, i know cav personnel can serve in an infantry capacity or as drivers overseas but how much cav actually get deployed in the purely cavalry role as in in afvs, is it 1 troop per company or how does it generally work.

Regards,
Lefty

If Chad goes ahead its proposed for a Cav troop with the new Mowags, probably four .5s and two 30mm.

[ias]

GF,

have to say I agree with you completely, it may have been "acceptable" when we were poor little Ireland but not so today.

IAS

[Goldie fish]

I was looking at the deployment list for Liberia, and at the names and appointments, a great number seemed to be Cavalry with a Recce Platoon with every 2 platoons. Thats a fairly substantial Cavalry deployment

Chad is the size of france, Mobility will be a huge factor. As will recce, which is the role of Cav.

Did anybody else see Willie O Dea bemoaning our european brothers for not Providing enough Helis and Transport Aircraft for Chad? Hint willie: BUY YOUR OWN!
We can't expect the others to do it for us all th etime. It was a bit rich coming from him I thought. Surprised it isn't mentioned elsewhere here.

[hedgehog]

Al Yatun. A place to be avoided like a plague pit.

The geratest Irish Military poem ever

I am tired of all this piss and cock

get me of this ****king rock



dedicated to al ya glum

[Groundhog]

Beds Mean Rest

they also had a fair amount of artillery in them

I had the dubious pleasure to share Al Ya Gloom with them

talk about a whinging moaning lazy shower of bed wetters :wink: :wink:

Al Yatun. A place to be avoided like a plague pit.

[lefty]

I was looking at the deployment list for Liberia, and at the names and appointments, a great number seemed to be Cavalry with a Recce Platoon with every 2 platoons. Thats a fairly substantial Cavalry deployment

[hedgehog]

In lebanon they used to be a Battalion Mobile Reserve of a troops strength, I think. They were mostly Cav because they had Panhard 90s.

Beds Mean Rest

they also had a fair amount of artillery in them

I had the dubious pleasure to share Al Ya Gloom with them

talk about a whinging moaning lazy shower of bed wetters :wink: :wink:

[Goldie fish]

Lebanon and Liberia had a large selection of Cav assets and pers, the latter operating as a recce troop within the "mechanised" infantry group.

[X-RayOne]

depends on the make up of the trip. as the lads said Leb trips had the BMR which was mostly cav, other trips haven't had as many components, just re-enforced companies, etc.

[Snacker]

KFOR: none!!

[Groundhog]

In lebanon they used to be a Battalion Mobile Reserve of a troops strength, I think. They were mostly Cav because they had Panhard 90s.

[lefty]

Just wondering if anyone here would have information regarding this, i know cav personnel can serve in an infantry capacity or as drivers overseas but how much cav actually get deployed in the purely cavalry role as in in afvs, is it 1 troop per company or how does it generally work.

Regards,
Lefty