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Originally Posted by chris vickery
I am now at the point of having finished up the mechanicals on my jeep to turning to the details and do-dads.
I will not even open the paint debate, as that has been decided already.
I will be doing the 3 colour camoflage.
My jeep is set up with wire cutter, gpmg moung, 1919gpmg and radio kit and antennae.
My CDN3 was a former 1 Hussars ARMD RECCE veh. Of course this was a militia regiment. I wish to know the correct veh markings for this jeep in service post 1975. I assume the Cdn flag colour decal but were there any tac markings or unit markings?
I am also interested in possibly configuring my jeep as used overseas during this same time period. Would subdued markings be appropriate and what would be correct for armd recce, to which unit(s)?
I know not 100% correct, I did take the liberty of using the militia gpmg mount with a set of 524 radios installed, although I do also have PRC77s available...
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Only one RT524 is required, with a PRC77 manpack on another frequency. According to the militia organizational chart in the manual of the day, a troop of 5 or 7 jeep "callsigns" would have operated forward with squadron HQ which had two Chev 5/4 command post trucks trailing not far behind. One for the main CP and one for step up or alternate. If necessary for rear link, a lucky unit had a ground plane antenna or a 20' mast. The squadron commander should have had his own rover, but if there weren't enough jeeps he would have just had the CP. There were never enough jeeps, or he would have chosen a '74 Pattern jeep.