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Principal WMR/WRS Equipments/Natures Army as at 1 June 1990 M109 155mm Howitzer = NATO SPG- 5, National-81, shortfall of 72 National MBT = NATO SPG- 252, National-277, NATO shortfall 80/National 105 RAPIER towed/tracked = NATO SPG- 41, National-84, shortfall of 43 National DN181 Tracker = NATO SPG-...

Principal WMR/WRS Equipments/Natures Royal Air Force as at 1 June 1990 SRAAM = 4,413 (NATO SPG 4,438, shortfall 1 %) MRAAM = 2,242 SKYFLASH, 383 SPARROW (NATO SPG 2,241) 27mm HEI/APHE = Full stock of 30+ days (NATO SPG 574,320) JP233 = Full stock of 30+ days (NATO SPG 1,370) Sonobuoys = JEZEBEL- 36,...

Principal WMR/WRS Equipments/Natures Royal Navy as at 1 June 1990 VLSW = T23 -59 (each ship) AOR -38 (each ship) shortfall of 15% 4.5in Gun NGS Pool = 15,600 (100%) AMRAAM = 12.75 per aircraft (30% shortfall) GOALKEEPER = T22 each ship 12,000, CVS each ship 13,500 (21 days of combat, 5% shortfall) P...

Equipment, Ammunition, and Fuel: Operational Stocks of Ammunition on hand end of 1989 TOW = 5,139 (100% for 30 + days) MILAN = 34,853 (100% for 30 + days) SWINFIRE = 6,224 (100% for 30 + days) LAW 80 35,539 (49 % for 14.6 days) 84mm CARL GUSTAV = 17,767 (7% for 2 days) 30mm RARDEN = 302,729 (100% fo...

I know Bernard has been working on expanding the number of Territorial and Home Service Force battalions. He's aware of the errors in the posted version, and I'll add that I've seen a version of the British Army ORBAT that corrects many of the errors mentioned and has added battalions. It's a work ...

Simon, I am working on the updated British Army ORBAT now. Suffice it to say TLW Army concentrated on things the IRL Army had as aspirations/priorities. Other than 5 RTR and some other additions to the RA/RE/RLC, the RAC and Inf sought to fully man the units they had. Additionally the AI & MW so...

Just a Warning Order… Bernard and I are currently trying to get a grip on updating the ORBAT. A ton of documents have been released since TLW started, so things that were guessed at/like to have turned out somewhat differently from what was planned prior to IRL Wall Fall. So we are trying to reconci...

Bernard,

Please shoot me an email, I am trying to update the ORBAT and have some questions.

Simon, I will post the RN and Army stocks too I left out the Sonobuoys for RAF, they had different stocks from the RN in different categories. I will post them also. RN & RAF seem to have followed the NATO Stockpile Planning Guidance (SPG) which was for 30 days of war. As I previously said, the ...

RAF As ofMay 1990 SRAAM (ie SIDEWINDER) NATO SPG = 4438 RAF Stock =4413 MRAAM NATO SPG = 2241 RAF Stock = 2242 (SKYFLASH) 383 (SPARROW) 27mm Ammo HEI/APHE NATO SPG = 574320 RAF Stock = Full stock of 30+ days JP233 NATO SPG = 1370 RAF Stock = Full stock of 30+ days to be continued......

Give me a few, I’ll post it by this weekend

Bernard Woolley wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2024 12:48 am The CAT competitions were totally unrealistic and a lot of countries cheated.

Yes, in Richard Kent’s Challenger 1 book he delves into that. U.S. Army team was caught taking pictures and videos of the range, etc.

Bernard Woolley wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 6:30 pm And despite CAT 87 its Tank gunnery was also probably amongst the best in NATO too. Something later proved on the battlefield. Just not a European one.

Yes Sir, you are certainly correct on that account. Made more so by the advent of Chally2.

Just a brief note on how 1 BR Corps planned to fight in 1989 The FEBA was supposed to be from the IGB to the Leine, with 3 Armd Div in hides between the Weser and Leine. However by 1989, in practice the Rear Boundaries for 1 & 4 Armd Divs extended to the Weser. This was because 3 Armd Div might ...

Question does the regular Mechanized Wheeled Battalion that served in Communications Zone and Rear Combat Zone which was 2nd Bn, The Royal Green Jackets in Lousid BOAR orbat still exist? There were two regular Type A/Mechanized Wheeled (aka Saxon) Bns that would set up the LOCs on TTW, Joint Theatr...

I will post the page regarding U.S. formations… II MEF would stage through the UK coming in via Liverpool (port) and Manchester (airfield). UK was also set to stage 9 IND but by 1989 they were informed that the 9th would go direct to a BALTAP. The PA ARNG’s 28IND was due to stage thru the UK but the...

I was thinking, if this ever came to fruition (CETB), would not the best deployment for Canada be back in NORTHAG, perhaps to cover the Belgian sector?

Canadian European Theatre Base

Forgot to mention that Canada was in discussion with the UK to set up a supply depot in the UK also, again never materialized due to Wall fall.