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July 11, 2024 at 8:04 pm #1885811

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I am curious on the nation and theater specific differences. One in particular is that the generic recce platoon must be motorized.

My grandfather was an NCO in a radar warning battalion before the war started. He deployed to New Guinea in 1942 but due to manpower shortages his company was pressed into service as a rifle company. His CO and XO were both killed and he ended up leading the platoon for a while. They conducted regular recon patrols on foot through the jungle. There was no motorized recon happening on most of New Guinea or most of the Pacific islands for that matter.