US Army Air Cavalry Troop, Infantry or Armored Division, TOE 17-108E (8 October 1965)

Source: United States Government. Headquarters, Department of the Army. FM 17-36, Divisional Armored and Air Cavalry Units. Washington, DC: Headquarters, Department of the Army, 1965.

OFF: EM:

HQ

OFF: 2 EM: 3

Ops

OFF: 2 EM: 6

Aero Scout

OFF: 14 EM: 13

Aero Wep

OFF: 4 EM: 4

HQ

OFF: 2 EM: 1

AS (Lt)

OFF: 4 EM: 4

AS (Hv)

OFF: 4 EM: 4

Aero Rifle

OFF: 6 EM: 36

HQ

OFF: 6 EM: 6

OFF: 0 EM: 10

# 23 9 61 9 15

4 4

Weapons M16A1 Rifle M79 Grenade Launcher M1911A1 Pistol XM1 Armament Subsystem M6 Armament Subsystem or M60 LMG XM22 Armament Subsystem XM3 Armament Subsystem

# 24 24 3 8 1

Equipment AN/ARC-54 Radio AN/ARR-49 Radio AN/VRC-47 AN/PRC-25 AN/GRR-5 Radio

1 1 24

AN/GRC-19 Radio AN/VRC-24 Radio AN/URC-10 Radio

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# 2 1

Vehicles Truck, Ton Truck, Ton

# 15 9

Aircraft UH-1B Helicopter OH-13S Helicopter

Troop HQ Section

Army Aviator, Warrant Officer Crew Chief/ Armorer, E5 Troop Commander, Captain First Sergeant, E8 Clerk/Typist, E4 Operations Section

UH-1B w/ AN/ARC-54, AN/ARR-49 and AN/URC-10 Radios and M6 Armament Kit, Truck, Ton w/ AN/VRC-47 Radio M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol M16A1 Rifle M79 Grenade Launcher, M1911A1 Pistol Truck, Ton w/ AN/VRC-47 Radio, Truck, Ton w/ AN/GRR-5, AN/GRC-19, AN/VRC-47, and AN/VRC-24 Radios, UH-1B w/ AN/ARC-44, AN/ARR-46, and AN/ARC-59 Radios, UH-1B w/ AN/ARC54, AN/ARR-49 and AN/URC-10 Radios and M6 Armament Kit M1911A1 Pistol M16A1 Rifle M16A1 Rifle M16A1 Rifle M16A1 Rifle M1911A1 Pistol M16A1 Rifle M1911A1 Pistol OH-13S w/ AN/ARC-54, AN/ARR-49, AN/PRC-25, and AN/URC-10 Radios and XM1 Armament Kit M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol OH-13S w/ AN/ARC-54, AN/ARR-49, AN/PRC-25, and AN/URC-10 Radios and XM1 Armament Kit, 3 OH-13S w/ AN/ARC-54, AN/ARR-49, and AN/URC10 Radios and XM1 Armament Kit M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol

Operations Officer, Lieutenant Radio Operator/Driver, E4 Aviations Operations Sergeant, E5 Communications Chief, E5 Radio Operator/Driver, E4 Army Aviator, Warrant Officer Operations Sergeant, E7 Crew Chief/Armorer, E5 Aero-Scout Platoon HQ

Platoon Leader, Lieutenant Army Aviator, Warrant Officer Crew Chief/Armorer/Driver, E5 Aero-Scout Section (Light) (x2)

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Aero-Scout Section (Heavy)

Section Leader, Lieutenant Crew Chief/Recon Sergeant, E5 (x4) Team Leader, Lieutenant Army Aviator, Warrant Officer (x2) Aero-Rifle Platoon HQ

UH-1B w/ AN/ARC-54, AN/ARR-49, AN/PRC-25, and AN/URC-10 Radios XM22 Armament Kit, 3 UH-1B w/ w/ AN/ARC-54, AN/ARR-49, and AN/URC10 Radios XM22 Armament Kit M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol 5 UH-1B w/ AN/ARC-54, AN/ARR-49, AN/PRC-25, and AN/URC-10 Radios and M6 Armament Kit or free M60 M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol M16A1 Rifle M1911A1 Pistol

Platoon Leader, Lieutenant Army Aviator, Warrant Officer (x5) Platoon Sergeant, E7 Crew Chief/Armorer, E5 (x5) Aero-Rifle Squad (x4) Squad Leader, E6 Team Leader, E5 (x2) Grenadier, E4 (x2) Automatic Rifleman, E3 (x2) Rifleman, E3 (x3) Aero-Weapons Section

M16A1 Rifle M16A1 Rifle M79 Grenade Launcher, M1911A1 Pistol M16A1 Rifle M16A1 Rifle 4 UH-1B w/ AN/ARC-54, AN/ARR-49, and AN/URC-10 Radios and XM3 Armament Kit M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol M1911A1 Pistol

Section Leader, Lieutenant Crew Chief/Armorer/Observer, E5 (x4) Army Aviator, Warrant Officer (x3)

NOTES: Personnel and equipment allotments for this formation from this source are very much based on what was clearly allocated. Each Troop also has a Service Platoon, with its own Platoon HQ, Maintenance Section, and Supply Section. In this instance the decision was made not to provide details for those units The fighting elements of the Troop are complete. While troop carrying helicopters in the Aero-Rifle Platoon were authorized fixed forward weapons kits, these were found to be seriously detrimental to the aircrafts performance while loaded and were by this TO&E replaced by the option of M60 machine guns mounted on bungee cords (free M60). When deployed to Vietnam the Heavy Aero-Scout Section was often combined into the Aero-Weapons Section for a total of 8 helicopters. This became the standard organization by 1969.

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