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The 2nd 90mm Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion was a United States Marine Corps antiaircraft unit that was active during the 1940s & 1950s. Originally formed during World War II as the 9th Defense Battalion , the battalion took part in combat operations on Guadalcanal , Rendova , Munda Point , and Guam .
It was capable of firing a 3.5 in × 23.6 in (90 mm × 600 mm) shell 62,474 ft (19,042 m) horizontally, or a maximum altitude of 43,500 ft (13,300 m). The 90 mm gun was the US Army's primary heavy anti-aircraft gun from just prior to the opening of World War II into 1946, complemented by small numbers of the much larger 120 mm M1 gun.
86th Light Anti-Aircraft Battalion (attached from Luftwaffe) 7th Panzer Division; 12th Infantry Division; 32nd Infantry Division; 263rd Infantry Division; 525th Heavy Anti-Tank Battalion; 2nd Artillery Command 501st Artillery Headquarters; 32nd Artillery Survey Battalion; 2nd Battalion, 38th Heavy Artillery Regiment; 2nd Battalion, 39th Heavy ...
M3 90 mm Gun: American 90 mm antiaircraft/antitank gun; M5 3-inch gun: American 76.2 mm antitank gun; M7 3-inch gun: American 76.2 mm antitank gun used in the M10 tank destroyer; M8 4.5-inch rocket: American artillery rocket; M1 75 mm pack howitzer: American 75 mm mountain gun; M18 recoilless rifle: Late-war American 57 mm recoilless rifle
752nd Tank Battalion; 754th Tank Battalion; 756th Tank Battalion (United States) 758th Tank Battalion (United States) 759th Tank Battalion (United States) 761st Tank Battalion (United States) 763rd Tank Battalion (United States) 778th Tank Battalion; 784th Tank Battalion (United States) 787th Tank Battalion; 789th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
A field army theoretically consisted of three corps, an anti-aircraft artillery brigade, engineers with three general regiments, six separate battalions, two heavy pontoon battalions and a battalion for topography, water supply and camouflage, three tank destroyer battalions, two signal battalions and a large number of companies and service ...
Distinctive unit insignia for U.S. Army armored groups during World War II. The group's numerical designation would be superimposed on the flag in the middle of the insignia. An Armored group was a command and control headquarters in the United States Army equivalent to the headquarters of an armored division combat command during World War II. [1]
The 2d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (Composite) (2d AAA Bn [Composite]) was a United States Marine Corps antiaircraft unit that served during World War II. Formed in 1943 as the 3d Airdrome Battalion, its original mission was strictly providing air defense. On 1 October 1943 the battalion was redesignated the 18th Defense Battalion.