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The 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion was a tank destroyer battalion of the United States Army active during the Second World War. It was redesignated the 628th Tank Battalion after the end of the war, and today exists as the 103rd Armor Regiment .
A M10 Wolverine tank destroyer of the 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion, in Dreux, Normandy during August 1944. The United States Army raised a large number of tank destroyer units during World War II. For most of the war US Army doctrine called for tank destroyers to primarily operate as concentrated tank destroyer battalions during combat.
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.
The 628th Tank Battalion was an armored battalion of the United States Army active during the Cold War, formed in 1946 and merged into the 103rd Armor Regiment in 1959. It was formed in May 1946 in the Pennsylvania National Guard by redesignating the 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion , then organized in May 1949 as part of the 28th Infantry Division .
The new tank destroyer doctrine was formally stated in Field Manual 18–5, Tactical Employment, Tank Destroyer Unit, in June 1942. It laid down a focused doctrine— "There is but one objective of tank destroyer units… the destruction of hostile tanks" [citation needed] —and repeatedly emphasized an offensive, vigorous spirit. Tank ...
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The battalion was activated at Camp Bowie on 6 March 1943, [1] formed around a cadre drawn from the 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion. [2] After early training on self-propelled tank destroyers, it was converted to a towed battalion equipped with towed 3" anti-tank guns in March 1944. It sailed for the United Kingdom later that year, and was ...
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