Talk:Armoured cavalry

Move to Armored Cavalry
As this article speaks mostly in terms of American military operations should this article be written in American English?

Mgirardi (talk) 09:17, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Seems to have been written during the Vietnam War. Should at least mention the 3rd ACR and structure/operations since Vietnam. Would also be good to give more mention to non-U.S. armored cavalry, and how they compare/contrast to other units, such as airmobile/desant/air assault or lighter cavalry units. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.24.52.93 (talk) 02:44, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

I agree with Mgirardi but admit it isn't the end of the world if the change isn't made. Chessofnerd (talk) 03:13, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
 * A move would be inappropriate: see WP:ENGVAR (WP:RETAIN). The article Armoured cavalry neither is about an American-only topic nor does it only have American content, so WP:TIES does not apply. (Of course, List of US Army armored cavalry regiments does use American English.) Some standardized rigour (talk) 07:02, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Organizational Confusion
The article basically describes the US Army "Armored Cavalry" primarily of the Viet Nam Era. It mixes two significantly different organizations and in doing so it would leave most readers with many false impressions. Throughout the timeframe of this article and later the US Army had two very different kinds of units called "Armored Cavalry." There was the Regimental Cavalry (organized as a Regiment consisting of three Squadrons plus one Air Cav Troop) and the Divisional Cavalry (with a separate Squadron assigned to each Mechanized and Armored Division). The squadrons of a Regiment were organized differently from the divisional squadrons. In terms of the Viet Nam era as described in the article, a Regimental Armored Cavalry Squadron included a Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, three Cavalry Troops, one Tank Company, and one self-propelled Howitzer Battery. There were never any M48-series tanks in the cavalry troops of a Regimental Armored Cavalry Squadron in View Nam, but in late 1968 or early 1969 the M551 Sheridan Armored Reconnaissance Airborne Assault Vehicle (AR/AAV) replaced three M113 Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicles (ACAC) in each platoon of the cavalry troops of the ACR. Divisional Cavalry Squadrons had the Headquarters & Headquarters Troop; three Cavalry Troops; and one Air Cavalry Troop. The Divisional Cavalry Squadron did not have a Tank Company or a Howitzer Battery. Within the three ground Cavalry Troops of the Divisional Squadron, each platoon had three tanks (these tanks were replaced by Sheridan AR/AAV's in late 68/early 69.