The United States Armored Division, 1942 to 1943
Divisional Troops
Divisional Headquarters
Headquarters Company
Service Company
Signal Company
Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
Two Armored Regiments, each comprised of;
Regimental Headquarters
Headquarters Company
Service Company
Reconnaissance Company
Light Armored Battalion
Two Medium Armored Battalions
Armored Infantry Regiment
Regimental Headquarters
Headquarters Company
Service Company
Three Armored Infantry Battalions – click on The United States Armored Infantry Battalion 1943 to 1943 link for more detail.
Divisional Artillery
Three Armored Artillery Battalions – each with eighteen 105-mm self-propelled howitzers, divided into three Batteries of six guns each.
Engineer Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
Three Companies
Supply
Divisional Train
Points of note
As with the Infantry Division, the Armored Division lacked organic Antitank and Anti-aircraft Battalions, which were to be attached from higher Headquarters. It also shared the characteristic of many early war armoured formations, which emphasised tanks over infantry. Experience and expediency would see a major change in the organisation of the Armored Division following its first taste of combat in North Africa in 1942.
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