CLOSE SUPPORT COMPANY
The Close Support Company will normally deploy a number of FRGs (Forward Repair Groups) and MRGs (Medium Repair Groups) in support of brigades. The company is mobile, with armoured repair and recovery vehicles, able to operate in the forward areas, carrying out forward repair of key nominated equipment, often by the exchange of major assemblies. It is also capable of carrying out field repairs on priority equipment, including telecommunications equipment and the repair of damage sustained by critical battle winning equipment. GENERAL SUPPORT COMPANY The role of the General Support Company is to support the Close Support Companies and Divisional Troops. Tasks include the regeneration of fit power packs for use in forward repair and the repair of equipment backloaded from Close Support Companies. The General Support Company will normally be located to the rear of the divisional area in order to maximise productivity and minimise vulnerability. In manpower terms, the REME support available to 1(UK) Armoured Division in the ARRC will be somewhere in the area of the following: |