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2. Tank destroyer battalion (United States) - Wikipedia

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   The tank destroyer units were formed in response to the German use of massed formations of armored vehicles units early in WWII. The tank destroyer concept envisioned the battalions acting as independent units that would respond at high speed to large enemy tank attacks. In this role, they would be attached in groups or brigades to corps or ...

3. List of tank destroyer units of the United States Army

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   A 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion 3-inch gun M5 towed anti-tank gun at Le Bourg St-Leonard, France during August 1944. Twenty four tank destroyer groups were formed. [6] US Army doctrine called for at least one tank destroyer group to be attached to each corps and army. [7]

4. 103rd Armor Regiment - Wikipedia

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   Constituted 3 December 1941 in the Army of the United States as the 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion. Activated 15 December 1941 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania. Allotted 7 March 1942 to the Pennsylvania National Guard.

5. United States Army branch insignia - Wikipedia

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   Army branch insignia is similar to the line officer and staff corps officer devices of the U.S. Navy as well as to the Navy enlisted rating badges. The Medical, Nurse, Dental, Veterinary, Medical Service, Medical Specialist, Chaplains, and Judge Advocate General's Corps are considered "special branches", while the others are "basic branches". [1]

6. Obsolete badges of the United States military - Wikipedia

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   In 1915, the expert version of the badge was replaced with a new design, which lives on in today's U.S. Marine Corps Expert Pistol Badge. All pistol badges were replaced by the Marksmanship Qualification Badge with Pistol Clasp in 1921 and adopted by the Marine Corps. [8] Team Marksmanship Badges

7. 5th Armored Division (United States) - Wikipedia

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   The 5th passed through Paris 30 August to spearhead V Corps drive through the Compiègne Forest, across the Oise, Aisne, and Somme Rivers, and reached the Belgian border at Condé, 2 September. The division then turned east, advancing 100 miles in 8 hours, and crossed the Meuse at Charleville-Mézières , 4 September.