Here is the breakdown of a motorcade.

usually 8 motorcycle officers lead the pack

then you have 2 Cadillac identical limos both draped with flags and presidential seals,

behind that you have three SUV’s containing the USSS Presidential Protection Forces and one that usually carries advisors and other Whitehouse aids one of these also is a solo bus for the nuclear football…

Then there are two vehicles, sometimes vans, sometimes SUV’s that are a counter assault teams. Only one having anything close to heavy machine guns.

Then there is a van consisting of press and journalists

Then there is a HAZMAT van. (only in certain cases)

Then there is a Black van with a round antenna that is a communications and special operations vehicle you will sometimes see a camera man filming out of the top of the van. This is so that everything is caught on tape in case there is an incident.

Finally, There is always an ambulance that follows. NO…this wasn’t just for Dick Cheney and his week heart. It is so that if there is something that goes wrong, they can get to him ASAP.

Out of all of those pieces, there can be less and more, depending on the travel and where they are going.

HOW DO I KNOW? Trust me…..I DO

Of course this Samuel L. Jackson quote is fairly relevant too:

The very best there is. When you absolutely, positively, have to kill every single motherf#@ker in the room; accept no substitute. ~ Ordell Robbie—Jackie Brown