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The US Armored Cavalry's mission was to find the enemy and/or provide security for the Army, while having the means to destroy the enemy if becoming decisively engaged. In Vietnam, the US Army deployed 1 Armored Cavalry Regiment (containing 3 squadrons and an aviation squadron), 7 Armored Cavalry Squadrons, and 2 Armored Cavalry Troops:
The Armoured Cavalry Arm (French: Arme blindée et cavalerie, ABC) (French pronunciation: [aʁm blɛ̃de e kavalʁi]) is a component of the French Army. It was formed after World War II by merging the combat tank and cavalry branches.
The "armored cavalry assault vehicle" or "ACAV", was a concept and field modification pioneered by the ARVN in 1963 during the Vietnam War. [62] The ARVN troops utilized the M113 armored personnel carrier as an infantry fighting vehicle and, more often than not, as a light tank [ 63 ] by fighting mounted rather than as a "battle taxi" as ...
The mighty ABV is an armored, tracked engineering vehicle based on the M1A1 Abrams tank chassis. Designed to clear paths by breaching minefields and wrecking complex obstacles, its toolbox ...
The M114 Command and Reconnaissance Carrier is a Vietnam War-era tracked armored fighting vehicle, used by the United States Army.It was manufactured by the Cadillac Division of General Motors in the early 1960s.
The light armored cavalry regiment was developed in the United States Army in the first years of the Cold War to replace the mechanized cavalry groups used during World War II. The new regiments primarily tasked with providing reconnaissance and security capabilities at the corps level, although also able to attack and defend either mounted or ...
With the move a majority of the collection that was at the Patton Museum moved with the Armor and Cavalry Collection. [2] As of 2024 the museum was not open to the public. The museum began an open house series in 2018 when it had 36 vehicles. [3] As of 2023 it had 190 pieces of armored fighting vehicles and anti-tank weapons. [4]
The 3rd Cavalry Regiment, formerly 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment ("Brave Rifles") [2] is a regiment of the United States Army currently stationed at Fort Cavazos, Texas.. The regiment has a history in the United States Army that dates back to 19 May 1846, when it was constituted in the Regular Army as the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.