Tac No. help

[ARTY-BOY]

Does anyone no the Tac No's for:
5th LAA RCA
8th LAA RCA
I have 73 for both!!!
Cheers
Rob

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally Posted by ARTY-BOY

Does anyone no the Tac No's for:
5th LAA RCA
8th LAA RCA
I have 73 for both!!!
Cheers
Rob

Rob;

If you mean the Arm of Service (AoS) number, yes, both regiments used the number '73'. 8th LAA Regt was with the 4th Cdn Armd Div and the 5th LAA Regt was with the 5th Cdn Armd Div .

Cheers

[ARTY-BOY]

Cheers Mark
Seems strange both Regts using the same No. Trying to help a chap who has aquired a Helmet in Holland with this painted on and wants to know which Regt it came from.
Regards
Rob

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by ARTY-BOY

Cheers Mark
Seems strange both Regts using the same No. Trying to help a chap who has aquired a Helmet in Holland with this painted on and wants to know which Regt it came from.
Regards
Rob

You will find a lot of units using the same "number", but they are located in different formations (Brigade, Division, Corps, Army/Army Group). The confusion is avoided by looking at the formation tac sign that usually accompanies the artillery or AoS number.
Visit http://home.cogeco.ca/~gdavidson1/home.html for examples - look at
1st Cdn Inf Div, AoS 47 and then the same for the 2nd and 3rd Cdn Inf Divs. Three separate units with the same AoS sign.

Modern tac signs are less "flashy" but easier to comprehend - you don't have to remember colours or colour patterns...

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally Posted by ARTY-BOY

Cheers Mark
Seems strange both Regts using the same No. Trying to help a chap who has aquired a Helmet in Holland with this painted on and wants to know which Regt it came from.
Regards
Rob

Hi Rob;

The Arm of Service marking, in this case '73' on a horizontally divided red over blue background, was meant to be read in conjunction with the formation sign carried by the vehicle. In the two Canadian armoured divisions the AoS number ‘73' was used to identify the divisional LAA regiment, while in the three Canadian infantry divisions the AoS number ‘47' was used to identify the divisional LAA regiment. Both ‘Corps Troops’ LAA regiments of I and II Canadian Corps used the AoS number ‘14' with a 2-inch white bar above the Arm of Service marking, denoting Corps Troops.

Cheers

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally Posted by RHClarke

You will find a lot of units using the same "number", but they are located in different formations (Brigade, Division, Corps, Army/Army Group). The confusion is avoided by looking at the formation tac sign that usually accompanies the artillery or AoS number.
Visit http://home.cogeco.ca/~gdavidson1/home.html for examples - look at
1st Cdn Inf Div, AoS 47 and then the same for the 2nd and 3rd Cdn Inf Divs. Three separate units with the same AoS sign.

Modern tac signs are less "flashy" but easier to comprehend - you don't have to remember colours or colour patterns...

... I didn't realize that you had posted this before my reply ... I'm getting slow I guess

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by Mark W. Tonner

... I didn't realize that you had posted this before my reply ... I'm getting slow I guess

Consider it added value, and you also included info on the "white bar".

[ARTY-BOY]

Thank you both Gentlemen.
As you say, Army Eh!
Rob