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The 104 Recce battalion was as followed organised: The main task of the batallion was to recce, bring out surveillance and to guard areas, military sites and routes for the commander of the 1st Netherlands Armycorps.
The recce task was to inform the commander on intelligence information on the enemy, their movements, locations and their strength (how many men, what kind of weapons and in which state of battle?)
The commander also wanted to know everything about the natural and non-natural parts of the battlefield, its usability (mainly to see if tanks could use this part of the battlezone).
Rivers, swamps, railways and so on will force the enemy (and our own troops) to use certain routes.
Guarding and surveillance duties to protect our troops in advance of the battle, after retreat, and to give higher commanders more time to prepare for counterstrikes. |
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The batallion is simular to the 103 recce batallion.
The batallion was formed out of:
1 staffgroup
1 staff and aid-squadron
3 recce sqadrons (of which one mobilisabel)
The staf & aide-squadron is formed of:
The Batallion staff platoon
The Signals platoon
The Supply platoon
The Maintnance platoon
The Medical platoon
The Squadronstaff platoon Leopard 1A4 The fightingsquadrons before 1990 were formed of:
The squadron staff
One Staff platoon
Three simular fighting platoons
The fightingsquadrons after 1992 were formed of:
The squadron staff
One staff platoon
One recce platoon
One tank platoon
One infantry platoon
The fightingplatoons before 1990 were formed of:
5 M113 C&R recce APC
2 Leopard 1 tanks
1 M113A1 Infantry APC
1 M106 mortar APC
The fightingplatoons after 1992 were formed of:
one recce platoon: 7 M113C&R recce APC's
one tankplatoon: 4 Leopard 2A tanks
one infantryplatoon: 4 YPR 765 PRI APC's
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M106 mortar carrier The fightingplatoons before 1990 were formed of:
1 platooncommander, 1st Lt (recce)
1 platoonsgt, sgt 1st class (tank)
7 groupcdr, sgt 1st class (M113/M106)
5 gunners, 25mm Oerlikon M113C&R APC
5 drivers, M113C&R APC
2 gunners, 105mm leopard 1 tank
2 loaders, leopard 1 tank
2 drivers, leopard 1 tank
1 gunners, .50 HB machinegun M113A1
1 driver, M113A1
2 recce scouts
1 signals scout,
1 gunner machinegun MAG 7.62mm
1 reserve gunner, MG MAG 7,62mm
1 gunner Carl Gustav Anti tank 84mm
1 reserve gunner CG Anti tank 84mm
1 commander
1 gunner, .50 HB machinegun M106
1 driver, M106 APC
3 gunners, mortar 120mm
The fightingplatoons after 1992 were formed of:
every M113C&R APC:
1 commander
1 gunner
1 driver
every Leopard 2A tank:
1 commander
1 gunner
1 loader / gunner MAG 7.62
1 driver
every YPR 765PRI APC:
1 commander
1 corporal
1 gunner 25mm Oerlikon
2 scouts
2 gunners Dragon Anti Tank 84mm
1 signals scout
1 driver
1 gunner machine gun 7.62mm MAG
1 reserve gunner 7.62mm MAG |
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