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![]() ![]() The 12th Infantry Regiment is a unit of the United States Army. You will see the abbreviation Plt or plt used to reference platoon.U.S. When a Btry was split it formed Platoons of howitzers and the most common was the 2-howitzer platoon although I have found reference to a 3-howitzer platoon once in my reading of our records. In early 1971 for example C Btry occupied 3 firebases all within 7 miles of each other for mutual support of the Engineers working on the roads, the ARVN's and US Infantry pounding the bush as well as the 3 firebases. Most Btry's were comprised of 6 howitzers, which allowed them to be split and moved to different locations for support and defense of more units and even themselves. Battalions are made up of Battery's and here again you will find flexibility as BN's expanded or contracted along with the need. ![]() Battalion can be abbreviated as BN, Bn or bn depending on the author (I prefer BN). Battalions can be added or subtracted from the unit, as need dictates. ![]() 1/92nd means the 1st Battalion of the 92nd Artillery. T hroughout our Website you will see abbreviations… we will try to put them into parenthesis next to the word it most commonly replaces and for words that require more in-depth explanation we will try to link it to it's expansion in the glossary.Īll artillery units are made of Battalions and that is the first number in a unit's designation i.e. In fact, the only thing "static" in our lives was change. ![]()
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