Armored Infantry Units, Platoon, Company, and Battalion
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 16,38 MB
Release : 1957
Category : Command and control systems
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 16,38 MB
Release : 1957
Category : Command and control systems
ISBN :
Author : Yves J. Bellanger
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 23,25 MB
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1445738953
The author presents an extremely detailed record of the organization, doctrine, and equipment of the Armored Division of September 1943. He examines each unit of the division. A chapter is dedicated to the Tank Battalion, Armored Infantry Battalion, but also Maintenance and Medical Battalions. The author examines the organization and tactical doctrine of each unit and studies the doctrine of employment of the unit, as well as the duties of key personnel. Each sub-unit is presented by lists of personnel, weapons, vehicles, and equipment. The book includes 146 charts depicting the organization of all units. In each chapter, a special paragraph examines the modifications made in the field by armored division’s units, as found in unit reports, and histories, and veterans recollections. This is an essential reference for re-enactors, modellers, wargamers, researchers, and all those who require a detailed guide to the U.S. Armored Division during WWII.
Author : Harry Yeide
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 36,60 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 0811705951
Tanks, amphibian tanks, and amphibian tractors in action in all theaters, from Africa and Europe to the Pacific How the battalions fought the war, often in the tankers' own words Crystal-clear maps The U.S. Army's separate armored battalions fought in obscurity by comparison with the flashy armored divisions, but they carried the heavier burden in the grim struggle against the Axis in World War II. The battalions participated in every armored amphibious assault that the army conducted. They did most of the bloody work in Italy, made vital contributions in France, and constituted the entire effort in the Pacific.
Author : Don M. Fox
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 46,32 MB
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0786455160
Stirring accounts of the almost legendary campaigns of the United States Fourth Armored Division, universally recognized as "Patton's Best," from its pre-World War II origins up through its famous relief of the 101st Airborne Division during the Battle of the Bulge are presented in this book. The break out of Normandy at Avranches, the isolation of the Brittany peninsula, the armored thrust across France, the tank battles at Arracourt that cemented the reputation of the Fourth Armored, the brutal struggle in Lorraine, and, ultimately, the legendary drive to Bastogne are among the topics. The accounts were assembled through the use of original unit combat diaries and after-action reports, memoirs of key historical figures and abundant supplementary documents and correspondences. But the essence of the book are the first-hand recollections from members of the division gathered by the author. With maps, drawings and photographs.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 43,13 MB
Release : 1954
Category : Armored vehicles, Military
ISBN :
Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 27,43 MB
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1849081204
Little has been published on US armored infantry units and tactics over the years. However, their contribution to the war effort was hugely important. There were a total of 57 armored infantry battalions and two regiments that served throughout the war and in all theaters. Equipped with halftracks, they fought as part of combined arms teams and combat commands alongside tanks, tank destroyers and artillery battalions. Significantly, they were not simply standard infantry battalions provided with halftracks. Their company and platoon organization was very different from the standard infantry unit and these highly mobile, heavily armed battalions fought in an entirely different manner. Using period training manuals and combat reports this book provides an exclusive look at the unique tactics developed by US armored infantry units including movement formations and battle drills.
Author : George Forty
Publisher :
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 45,60 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 1616732644
Author :
Publisher : Merriam Press
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 50,24 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Amphibious warfare
ISBN : 1576380866
Author : United States. Army. 17th Armored Infantry Battalion. Company C.
Publisher :
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 46,28 MB
Release : 1945*
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Lester M. Nichols
Publisher :
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 23,35 MB
Release : 1954
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN :
Kampene på Vestfronten september 1944-1945. Battle og the Bulge, Bastogne, m.m.