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After World War II, the U.S. War Department transferred the operations and development of chemical mortars to the Ordnance Department, in this way making the mortar an official infantry weapon. The 2nd Chemical Mortar Battalion was the last of the chemical mortar battalions, and the only one to see combat after World War II.
The 3rd Chemical Brigade was first constituted on 1 January 1942 as the 3rd Chemical Battalion. [2] It was activated at Fort Benning, Georgia. The unit was reorganized and redesignated as the 3rd Chemical Mortar Battalion on 11 March 1945. It was inactivated on 2 January 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.
The Battle of Cisterna took place during World War II, on 30 January–2 February 1944, near Cisterna, Italy, as part of the Battle of Anzio, part of the Italian Campaign. The battle was a clear German victory which also had repercussions on the employment of U.S. Army Rangers that went beyond the immediate tactical and strategic results of the ...
Pages in category "Chemical battalions of the United States Army" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The 536th was deployed to Italy, arriving there on 1 March 1945. The 537th did not complete organization until 16 October 1944, and was redesignated on 5 July 1945 as the 537th Chemical Mortar Battalion armed with 4.2-inch mortars, which remained at Camp Gruber until demobilized on 8 September 1945. The 250th Field Artillery Group was deployed ...
V Mortar Battalion (81mm mod. 35 mortars) IX Mortar Battalion (81mm mod. 35 mortars) 9th Anti-tank Company — 8× 47/32 anti-tank guns; 141st Anti-tank Company — 8× 47/32 anti-tank guns; 9th Telegraph and Radio Operators Company; 30th Engineer Company; 95th Searchlight Section; 190th Heavy Auto Unit 813th Heavy Section; 814th Heavy Section
82nd Chemical Battalion; 184th AAA Battalion (United States) 192nd Tank Battalion; 193rd Tank Battalion (United States) 194th Tank Battalion; 267th Field Artillery Battalion; 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion; 291st Engineer Combat Battalion (United States) 313th Military Intelligence Battalion (United States) 320th Barrage Balloon ...
This list catalogues mortars which are issued to infantry units to provide close range, rapid response, indirect fire capability of an infantry unit in tactical combat. [1] In this sense the mortar has been called "infantryman's artillery", and represents a flexible logistic solution [clarification needed] to the problem of satisfying unexpected need for delivery of firepower, particularly for ...