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Artillery callsigns vs other trades

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Was wondering if anyone knew the reasoning why the DCO (2IC) of an artillery regiment's callsign was 98 instead of 9A like the infantry or armoured? Same question for the Ops O actual being 95 seagull instead of 9B.

Tried looking it up in B-GL 371-004 but no joy.

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I was a junior lieutenant when it happened circa 1966, so don't blame me. It may have been because of our tight integration with the RA in BAOR, but I don't know., especially for Sunray Minor.

The Ops Officer was a new appointment for us at the time, and the use of 95 may have been to distinguish between the CO and out of his tac.

Short answer - probably because the Brits did it.

 
An interesting observation.  There does not seem to be any obvious reason other than its the way the RCA fixed call sign table is set up.  Other differences are RSM - 97 rather than 9C and the BSM position is 17 rather than 19C. Any information on why they are different would be appreciated.
 
The better question for me is why does the rest of the Army use the wrong call signs? :)
 
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