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Gulf War - NBC unit markings question
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Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2004 - 12:33 AM UTC
I want to build my Revell's NBC Fuchs model as M93 Fox during the Desert Storm. I want to paint it as the vehicle on the photo below (USS ENTERPRISE), but I cannot guess what are the unit and vehicle markings on the photo... Can anyone help me? I know that unit number ends with "...CML" and vehicle number is "...CV615" (maybe RCV615?...).

It is photo from Gulf War 1991 (Desert Storm), not OIF.



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Pawel
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Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2004 - 07:14 AM UTC
Pavel,
Basically it is standard US Division unit markings. I can't tell what division it is, but here is an example from 1st Cavalry Division, their Chem company is 68th Chemical. Bumper Numbers read as follows:
Left / Right
1CAV 68CML / RCV615

The RCV615 stands for recon vehicle 615, just as you suspected.

Looks like the vehicle is from an Armored division in the photo below due to what looks like a triangle on the division side.
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Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2004 - 10:50 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Looks like the vehicle is from an Armored division in the photo below due to what looks like a triangle on the division side.



You are absolutely right. I just found a web site of 3rd Armored Division and there is a page of 22nd Chemical Company (http://www.3ad.org/ds_div_troops/22cml_co/22cml_home.htm) and... BINGO!:




So markings are 3 ^ 22 CML / RCV615

Rgds,
Pawel
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Posted: Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 04:06 AM UTC
Hello
I have been assigned to Fox units for over 7 years.
Your example was from a Chemical Company
The Recon platoon was the sixth platoon in this unit, hence the six in 615
Normally the first five were HQ,plt and then Decon Plts, 5th is Smoke and 6th in Fox Recon.
615 also means that it was in the first squad (2per squad) hence the one in 615. Secon squad for example would be 625, etc
The letter in front on 615 are RCN for Recon
Smoke tracks wouls have, SMK 515, etc
Hope this helps.
Those Fox vehicle were on loan from German in 1991.
Ryszard
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Posted: Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 06:07 AM UTC
After looking closer it seems to be: RCV
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