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During the Vietnam War US Army armor companies consisted of 17 M48A3 90mm Gun Tanks (Pattons). 3 platoons of 5 Pattons per platoon; the remaining two Pattons were in Headquarters Platoon (Captain & XO's tank).
The "platoon" consisted to two sections: Heavy section led by the Plt Ldr (Lieutenant) and the Light section led by the Plt Sgt (E-6 or E-7/Staff Sergeant/Sergeant First Class).
Each 5 tank plt was numbered thusly: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 for the 1st plt. Second plt would be 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and the third herd was numbered 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35. Headquarters plt might be a single digit number.
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