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The Air Defense Artillery is the branch that specializes in anti-aircraft weapons (such as surface-to-air missiles). In the US Army , these groups are composed of mainly air defense systems such as the PATRIOT Missile System , Terminal High Altitude Air Defense , and the Avenger Air Defense system which fires the FIM-92 Stinger missile.
The 452nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery battalion was an all-African-American mobile anti-aircraft artillery unit of the US Army during the Second World War. Comprising fewer than 1,000 soldiers, including support staff, it is credited with having destroyed 88 German warplanes, 68 of which were fully confirmed kills and 19 partially confirmed kills. [1]
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The 184th AAA Gun Battalion was an American antiaircraft artillery battalion of World War II. The 184th was activated in 1943 as part of the reorganization of the 61st Coast Artillery Regiment . After training in England, it took part in the air defense of London in 1944.
The M42 40 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, or "Duster," is an American armored light air-defense gun built for the United States Army from 1952 until December 1960, in service until 1988. Production of this vehicle was performed by the tank division of the General Motors Corporation.
Creating 602nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion was an Anti-aircraft artillery battalion of the United States Army during World War II. [1]The unit began in 1942 as 1st Battalion of the 602d CA (AA) in Fort Bliss, briefly in New York City as Antiaircraft Artillery Command of the Eastern Defense Command and shipped over to Britain, then onto France and Germany (1944).
789th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion was an anti-aircraft artillery battalion of the United States Army during World War II. [ 1 ] The 789th AAA-AW BN was created on April 30, 1943 at Camp Stewart.
Each tank destroyer battalion was assigned 36 self-propelled or towed anti-tank guns. They also included reconnaissance and anti-aircraft elements. [ 10 ] From a high of 220 battalions, the number was reduced in April 1943 to 106 because of concerns over the value of the tank destroyer concept and competing demands for manpower.