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  2. Separate tank battalion - Wikipedia

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    The 70th Tank Battalion was the U.S. Army's first separate tank battalion, activated on 15 June 1940, from Regular Army troops. Four more separate tank battalions (the 191st–194th) were formed soon after from National Guard tank companies from California, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

  3. List of armored and cavalry regiments of the United States Army

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    127th Armor - traces its origins as far back as 1838, to a company also known as the "Buffalo City Guards". 127th Tank Battalion (formed 1950) reorganized and redesignated as 127th Armor, a CARS parent regiment, on 16 March 1959. The regiment then consisted of the 1st Medium Tank Battalion, an element of the 27th Armored Division (United States).

  4. 12th Armored Division (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The 714th Tank Battalion was sent to Fort Jackson, SC and the 779th Tank Battalion went to Fort Knox, KY as separate tank battalions. The 44th Tank Battalion was detached from the 12th AD and sent to the Pacific Theater of Operations, where it distinguished itself as the first tank battalion to enter the city of Manila and liberated American ...

  5. Category:Tank battalions of the United States Army - Wikipedia

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    Separate tank battalion; 0–9. 89th Medium Tank Battalion (United States) ... 787th Tank Battalion This page was last edited on 1 June 2023, at 17:28 (UTC). Text ...

  6. List of current formations of the United States Army - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of current formations of the United States Army, which is constantly changing as the Army changes its structure over time. Due to the nature of those changes, specifically the restructuring of brigades into autonomous modular brigades, debate has arisen as to whether brigades are units or formations; for the purposes of this list, brigades are currently excluded.

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

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    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.

  8. 761st Tank Battalion (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The 761st Tank Battalion was an independent tank battalion of the United States Army during World War II.Its ranks primarily consisted of African American soldiers, who by War Department policy were not permitted to serve in the same units as White troops; the United States Armed Forces did not officially desegregate until after World War II.

  9. Armored group (military unit) - Wikipedia

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    An armored group was intended to supervise independent tank battalions within a corps area. However, these separate tank battalions were normally attached to an infantry division. Therefore, the armored group headquarters did not end up being in the chain of command or administration for the tank battalions which were nominally assigned to it.