Originally posted by kotay:
JC wept ... how old are you dude? 
When I enrolled in '88 My [b]formation had already
transitioned to 7MS. My reserves stint from 95-07 was also in a
7MS. Did they sneak in a phase of 9MS in between?
A few years before my enrolment, "D" coy was also no more and the
whole "D" coy block was left vacant.
I guess 65 must be your year of birth then? 
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I elistied in 83. But my reservist was in a PDF unit where most
things are different
For a start, we used only 20-rd mags. Our brand new SBO had pouches
meant only for 20-rd mags. My unit and other units in our brigade
were the same. I don't know if this was for the entire 2PDF or just
some brigades etc.
We have uneven number of men in the sections. Some had 9, some 8,
some 7.
I was the platoon runner/radio man so I don't know the sections as
intimately, to be honest.
Our platoon's size including Offrs & NCOs never exceeded 35 men
so it is probably NOT 9-men sections. I must be wrong. Unless we
had only 3 sections per platoon? Damn, cobwebs...
The distribution of firepower was also uneven.
Some sections had 2 SAWs.
Some had 2 M203.
So I don't even know what is standard.
