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The 4th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army that earned distinction while spearheading General Patton's Third Army in the European theater of World War II. The 4th Armored Division, unlike most other U.S. armored divisions during World War II, did not officially adopt a nickname for the division during the war.
The 37th Armored Regiment (37th Armor) was constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as the 7th Armored Regiment (7th Armor) and assigned to the 4th Armored Division (4th Armored) when the Armored Division was activated on 15 April 1941 at Pine Camp (now Fort Drum), New York. The 7th Armor Regiment was redesignated the 37th Armored ...
3rd Armored Division organization 1989 (click to enlarge) American M110A2 203mm self-propelled howitzers during REFORGER '85 near Weitershain. 3rd Armored Division, Frankfurt. Headquarters and Headquarters Company; 3rd Armored Division Band; 1st Brigade, Kirch-Göns. Headquarters and Headquarters Company; 2nd Battalion, 32nd Armor, (M1A1 Abrams)
4th Armoured Division was the Corps' Southern forward deployed division. As the division's area of operation was hilly and woody, 19th Infantry Brigade was added to it. 4th Armoured Division, Herford, FRG HQ 4th Armoured Division & Signal Regiment, Royal Signals, Herford; 11th Armoured Brigade, Minden, FRG
Major General John Shirley Wood (January 11, 1888 – July 2, 1966) was a United States Army officer who served in World War I and World War II.He is most notable for training and commanding the 4th Armored Division, which spearheaded General George S. Patton's Third Army drive across France in 1944 during World War II.
It was redesignated as Battery A, 94th Armored Field Artillery Battalion on 1 January 1942. Five days later it was assigned to the 4th Armored Division at Pine Camp, New York. During the Second World War, the 94th Field Artillery earned six campaign streamers.
4 Armored Divisions (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th)(Most of them had M60A3s and each had about 150 M1 tanks) 6 Mechanized Divisions (Had mainly M1 Abrams Tanks) 4 Infantry Divisions (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th) 1 Airborne Division (incl. 1 Tank Battalion) (Had 50 Sheridan tanks) 1 independent Tank Brigade (194th Armored) (Had mostly M1s.)
In 1989, the 43rd Guards Tank Regiment was replaced by the 14th Guards Tank Regiment. During the Cold War, the division was maintained at 80% strength. [13] The division was one of the two major divisions deployed in Moscow in August 1991 as part of the failed hardline coup against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.