A Troop 4th Squadron, 12th US Cavalry, 1st Brigade 5th Infantry Division

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A Troop 4th Squadron, 12th US Cavalry, 1st Brigade 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) The TO&E of a Cavalry Troop in the 1960's called for three platoons.  Each platoon had a platoon leader's vehicle, a scout section of two scout squads with each squad having two vehicles (4 vehicles in the section) a tank section of three tanks, an infantry squad and a mortar squad. Many Cavalry units reorganized the platoons to have 9 M-113s when they deployed to RVN - 11th Cav is the best example.  However A/4-12 kept its original organization when it deployed to RVN with one small…

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