40,41,42 and 46

• specfore

  1 Mar 05, 19:29

  I don't know.
  
  I heard that there are some reserve units that are meant for "war attrition" replacements, they only report nominally to a higher command , but may be deployed to replace a depleted unit under another command. Could be the higher numbers are a kind of reserve- reservists unit... I'm really guessing here.
• LazerLordz

  1 Mar 05, 20:15

  MINDEF Reserve List.
• Gordonator

  1 Mar 05, 20:53

  Originally posted by gnoik:

  Why reservists got 3 digits? Jus curious!

  to easily differentiate themselves between active units and reservist unit prehaps.
• bcoy

  1 Mar 05, 22:21

  Originally posted by iveco:

  Why do artillery units all start with 2xx, eg 275 SA, while armour units start with 4xx, eg 465 SAR? On the other hand, infantry unit numbers are jumbled up, eg 188 SIR, 556 SIR, 692 SIR. Same story with guards, eg, 90 GDS, 581 GDS, 636 GDS.

  Its just a number - for infantry and guards reservist units, it started with 2 digit numbers, then the 5xx series in the earlier part of the 90s' - and now its the 6xx series. As each battalion finishes full time NS - it is assigned a new number in the reserves. The numbers may not be in running order and the number increases for each batch that move into the reserves. Its up to the planners at the top to come up with the new series after 6xx. (7xx??) Numbers are not reused after the units have ROD. 90 Gds has just ROD.
  
• Rachmaninoff

  4 Mar 05, 19:23

  Originally posted by ditzy:

  Reservist lar.

  Reservist units are not usually assigned 2 figure but 3 figure codes instead. For instance, if a certain reservist unit was derived from the 5th mono intake of 42 SAR, then it would be named 425 SAR.
• Gordonator

  4 Mar 05, 20:48

  all these different theories of reverist units on how they got their numbering is driving me nuts.
• deathscythe99

  4 Mar 05, 22:16

  Originally posted by Gordonator:

  all these different theories of reverist units on how they got their numbering is driving me nuts.

  Think it was meant to be
• specfore

  5 Mar 05, 03:09

  Originally posted by deathscythe99:

  Think it was meant to be

  .... exactly... as I said in an earlier post, if it confuses us, it will confuse others !!!
• Gordonator

  5 Mar 05, 13:12

  Originally posted by deathscythe99:

  Think it was meant to be

  Originally posted by specfore:

  .... exactly... as I said in an earlier post, if it confuses us, it will confuse others !!!