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On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 16:43:40 -0500, Wayne.B
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On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:41:54 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

You probably didn't have a dedicated armorer whose job it was to
inventory and repair weapons. We had an armorer at the company level.

http://fas.org/man/dod-101/army/unit/toe/05427L000.htm

Yup, still one there.


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And *that* is a lot of stuff: road graders, cranes, gen sets, a
gazillion radios, etc, etc.

Were weapons listed in there someplace?


Yup. Pistols, rifles, machine guns. Lotta **** in a Combat Engineer
Company. That was a wheeled battalion. A mechanized company also has
APC's and lots more machine guns. Don't know if the mech company still
has the Combat Engineer Vehicle.

01 P98152 A PISTOL 9MM AUTO M9 2
01 R97175 A RIFLE 5.56MM M164A2E4
I103AA 2 109
02 L91975 A MG CAL.50 HB FLEX 2
3 3 3 0 0
02 M74823 A MT MACH GUN MK64 MOD9
I016AB 2 3 3 3 0 0

02 M92362 A MACH GUN GREN 40MM
I016AA 2 3 3 3 0 0
02 M92841 A MACH GUN 7.62MM M240B
I101AA 2