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How many main battle tanks are there in a division and in a brigade and in a battalion respectively?
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Prior to the 1960's, the US Army classified their tanks as Light, Medium, and Heavy tanks. The last US light tank was the M-41 Walker Bulldog, used by the ARVN (South Vietnamese Army) during the Vietnam War. The last US medium tanks were the M-46, M-47, M-48, and M-60 Patton tanks...the M-46 saw action in the Korean War, the M-48 saw much action in the Vietnam War, and the M-60 saw limited service with the US Marine Corps in Operation Desert Storm in January and Febuary of 1991. The only true US Army heavy tanks were the M-103's which were retired from the US Army in the early 70's, with the balance of them given to the US Marine Corps; the Marines retired their M-103 heavy tanks in 1974. During the 1960's the US Army adapted the new term "MBT" (Main Battle Tanks) and did away with the old terms of light, medium, and heavy tanks. During the Vietnam War (three USA battalions were in Vietnam 1/69th, 2/34th, and the 1/77th); US Army Armor Battalions (Tank Battalions) consisted of about 57 tanks. Normally, 3 letter companies (A, B, C), and a HHC (Headquarters and Headquarters Company). HHC had 2 or 3 M-48 Patton tanks (for the Battalion Commander and XO), and the letter companies had three platoons of 5 tanks each, with 2 Pattons in Headquarters Platoon (Company Commander's tank and XO's tank). Two or more Tank Battalions made a Brigade; two or more Brigades made a Division. In Vietnam, the new (built in 1966, and fielded in Vietnam in 1969) M-551 Sheridan light tanks (called Airborne Reconnaissance Assault Vehicles, because the term light tank was not supposed to be used anymore) were assigned to US Armored Cavalry Squadrons; approximately 200 Sheridans were destroyed in the Vietnam War. AFTER THE VIETNAM WAR; the US Army went to the metric numbering system: 4 MBT's per platoon.
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Where in France did the 111th regiment 28 Division have a battle on 29 September 1918?
he 28th Division traces its history from the briefly active 7th Division, formed in May 1917. In July 1917 or later, the division was renamed the 28th Division. It was activated in September 1917. Its initial organization included the 55th Infantry Brigade (109th and 110th Infantry Regiments) and the 56th Infantry Brigade (111th and 112th Infantry Regiments). During World War I it was involved in the Meuse-Argonne, Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne, and Ypres-Lys operations. During the war it took a total of 14,139 casualties. An honor battalion of Pennsylvania National Guardsmen of the "Iron Division" (These are not soldiers, these are iron men. Gen. Pershing) dedicated the Pennsylvania World War Memorial in Argonne, France, in 1928.
How many tanks are in a modern tank battalion?
It depends upon what military you are talking about and what type of tank the battalion utilizes or is it diverse? For a light tank battalion the numbers will be greater than a Main Battle Tank battalion.
When was the charge of light brigade?
On the Crimean Peninsular during Crimean War where Britain and France fought Russia
Why was the brigade called the light brigade?
Because the Light Brigade consisted of five "light" cavalry regiments (battalions) including two each of light dragoons and hussars, and one of lancers. There was also a Heavy Brigade at the battle of Balaclava (10/25/1854) consisting of four (heavy) dragoon regiments. Up until after WWI brigades consisted of normally combining two to five regiments of similar arms, viz., weapons, under a senior colonel (known as a brigadier), or a brigadier general (however, the Light and Heavy Brigades at Balaclava were both commanded by Major Generals). Both the Union and Confederate Armies in the American Civil War made extensive use of brigades, with usually three (infantry) brigades to a division and possibly a cavalry and/or an artillery brigade existing at the corps level (usually consisting of three infantry divisions). Modern US Army brigades usually consist of two or three maneuver (i.e., tank or infantry) battalions, an RSTA (Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Target Acquisition) squadron, a "fires" (i.e. field artillery) battalion, a special troops (i.e., combat support units) battalion, and a support (i.e., combat service support units) battalion. USMC Marine Expeditionary Brigades (MEBs) consist of one (or rarely two) Regimental Combat Teams (a heavily reinforced Marine Infantry Regiment consisting of three organic infantry battalions, an artillery battalion, and an armored vehicle battalion equivalent of tanks, armored assault vehicles, and light armored vehicles). Additionally, the MEB has one Composite (i.e., fixed-wing, rotary-wing, and aviation support squadrons) Marine Aircraft Group, a Marine Combat Logistics Regiment, and a Command Element (Command Group & MEB staff, communications, electronic intelligence, ground intelligence, deep reconnaissance, and fire support liaison units). The US Army formerly maintained several "separate" brigades, some of which had designations as "light infantry" (e.g., the 197th Light Infantry Brigade) and at least one "heavy" brigade, designated the 194th Armor Brigade. Between the late 1950's and circa 2007 US Army divisions consisted of three brigade headquarters (commanded by colonels) to which the division commander could assign two to five maneuver battalions of the division's nine to eleven (depending on type of division). Additional units available to the brigades could consist of: one or more field artillery battalions from the DIVARTY (Division Artillery) "group" of four or five howitzer battalions, and/or company-sized (or smaller) units (seldom) from the Air Defense Artillery battalion (batteries), Combat Aviation Battalion (companies), Armored Cavalry squadron (troops). Rarely, if ever, the brigades received units from the DISCOM (Division Support Command) consisting of battalions and separate companies (i.e., not organic to a parent battalion) of combat support arms (e.g., Engineers, Military Police, Military Intelligence) or (rarely) combat service support arms units. Therefore, in conclusion, in military terms a "light" unit simply means its primary weapon system/mode of transport is not as "heavy" (in terms of caliber, gross weight, armor or whatever) as another similar unit.
Who won the Battle of Argonne in World War 1?
"See, The Lost Battalion" with Rick Schroder
Who fought in the Battle of Oran?
The 1st Infantry Division, the 1st Armored Division and the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion and the 1st US Ranger Battalion.
What German divisions fought at the battle of the bulge?
The German attack fell mostly on the US First Army. The US Ninth Army was north of the First, and the British were north of the Ninth Army. Because the German breakthrough appeared as though it were going to reach a small Belgian town through which the landlines strung by Signal Corps troops for telephone communications ran, Eisenhower made the decision to place the troops north of the German breakthrough temporarily under the command of the 21st Army Group, commanded by Montgomery, until the troops north and south could cut through the Bulge and reunite - about eight or nine days. This put Montgomery over US troops, and after the battle was stabilized he made some outlandish claims trying to seize credit for having to "rescue" the incompetent Americans. This was par for the course for Montgomery, yet another of his "what a good boy am I" pronouncements, and came very near to causing his relief by Eisenhower. British newspapers took their cue from Montgomery's overstatements and presently Churchill was obliged to remind the House of Commons that "The Americans have engaged thirty or forty men for every one we have engaged, and have lost sixty to eighty men to every one of ours."The primary role of British troops was in guarding the crossings of the Meuse River, the initial German objective, which freed American troops from that duty to join the battle.The British troops involved were from the XXX Corps, which included the 6th Airborne Division, the 51st (Highland) Division, the 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division, the 29th Armoured Brigade and the 33rd Armoured Brigade. The Corps reserve was the Guards Armoured Division, the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, and the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division !
What were the different battle divisions in the World War 1?
American Infantry Divisions of WW1 The typical American Infantry Division was organized into what was referred to as a "square division". In 1939/1940, the US Army reduced the size of the division into what was referred to as a "triangle division". The Division was "square" in that it was built on the base number of 4. There were 4 Infantry Regiments in a Division, that were paired into Brigades. The infantry division had an artillery brigade which consisted of 3 large batteries. Also included in the unit were machine gun battalion and support units. During WW2 the typical infantry division had 3 regiments and each had 12 companies divided into 3 battalion. They had 3 artillery battalions but later a heavy battalion (155mm Howtizer) was added. This may not be the intent of your question but I tried.
What engagement was Company B First Battalion of the Sixth Marine Division engaged in on 20 June 1945?
The battle of Okinawa.
What is the difference between army brigades and regiments?
Three regiments make a division, thus, a division is three times the size of a regiment. However in the US Army. A Regiment was a sub-unit of a Division. During WW1 the Infantry Division consisted of 4 Infantry Regiments, divided into 2 Brigades. Thus a Division contained two Brigades and each Brigade contained 2 Regiments plus there were 2 Artillery Brigades of 2 artillery Battalions. At the beginning of WW2, the US Army wanted to reduce the size of its Infantry Division so they were more maneuverable on the battle field. The Brigades command level was eliminated and 1 Infantry Regiment was deleted. So an Infantry Division contained 3 Infantry Regiments and 3 Artillery Battalion(later increased back to 4) and an Engineer Battalion and support units of Medical, QuarterMaster, and other units. The size of the Infantry Division was about 15,000 men. However, since the support units that were not part of the Regiments, that means the Regiment was NOT 1/3 the size of the Division. The Regiments contained about 3,000 men. Each Regiment contained 12 Rifle Companies, identified by Letters A thru M(excluding "J"). The Regiments were grouped into 3 Battalions. So 1st Battalion(as it was called) contained Companies A, B, C & D, where the fourth one, Company D, was a heavy weapons company that supported the other three. A company contained 250 men. There were other support units and a Headquarters Company attached to each Battalion of the Regiment. An Airborne Division was organized very similar to the infantry division except it only had 9 companies per Regiment and the total size was 9,000 men. See Link with simple diagrams that explain the Organization of the US Army Division.
Did Marines fight in World War 1?
The 5th and 6th Marine Regiments and the 6th Machine Gun Battalion became the 4th Marine Brigade with a troop strength of 9,444 men. They were combined with the 2nd Engineer Regiment (US Army) and 3rd Brigade, US Army to form the 2nd Division (Army), American Expeditionary Force. The Second Division was under the command of two different Marine Corps Generals at different times during WWI, Brigadier General Charles A. Doyen and Major General John A. Lejeune.
What battles were fought by Canadian troops in the Korean War?
we fough in the battle of kapyong were we had to cover the other allied troops while they were retreating to a safer place because of the Chinese but because we won the battle we advanced In February, 1951 the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, joined as part of the 27th Commonwealth Brigade, and late that month had its first encounter with the communists and suffered its first casualties. The brigade moved into the Kapyong Valley where, on the night of April 22nd, the Chinese and North Koreans attacked in strength and the RoK (Republic of Korea) 6th Division was in danger of being cut off and destroyed. The 27th Commonwealth Brigade was tasked with maintaining a withdrawal route for the RoK 6th Division. During the battle which had the 2nd PPCLI on Hill 677, the unit was surrounded. In a battle that went on for two days the 2nd PPCLI suffered 10 men killed and 23 wounded. The 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry was awarded a US Presidential Citation for their actions on Hill 677. In May of 1951 the remainder of the 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade (which was supposed to have sailed with the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) arrived in Korea and took part in another advance. In support of the US 25th Infantry Division, the Royal Canadian Regiment advanced near the village of Chail Li, but due to the depth of their advance were forced to retreat to avoid being outflanked. There were many other engagements in which the Royal Canadian Brigade played an important role, including the defense of Hill 187 in May, 1953. The brigade repulsed a heavy enemy attack, suffering 26 killed, 27 wounded and 7 taken prisoner.
What was Thomas Jackson unit?
At the Battle of First Manassas he commanded a brigade, which after the battle was called the "Stonewall Brigade" for the duration of the war.
Your father-in-law now deceased served with the 141st field artillery battalion during world war 2 you would like to trace his movements especially his path from Italy to the battle of the bulge?
Answer The 141st Field Artillery Battalion was part of the 36th "Texas" Infantry Division. If you research books and links related to the 36th Infantry Division, this will provide details of the artillery units as well. I do not think the 36th Infantry Division fought at the Battle of the Bulge. It may be possible that the artillery battalion was detached from this division and loaned to another unit. Reference Books:"T-Patch to Victory" (relates to 36th Division in France/Germany)"The Texas Army" (relates to 36th Division in Italy)Link: www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org Forum Link: http://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.yuku.com/
When did Charge of the Light Brigade happen?
Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854. During the battle of battle-of-balaclava(25 October 1854)
Who won the Charge of the Light Brigade?
the light brigade lost the battle because it was a suicide mission
Where in France did the 111th regiment 28 Division have a battle on 29 September 1918?
he 28th Division traces its history from the briefly active 7th Division, formed in May 1917. In July 1917 or later, the division was renamed the 28th Division. It was activated in September 1917. Its initial organization included the 55th Infantry Brigade (109th and 110th Infantry Regiments) and the 56th Infantry Brigade (111th and 112th Infantry Regiments). During World War I it was involved in the Meuse-Argonne, Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne, and Ypres-Lys operations. During the war it took a total of 14,139 casualties. An honor battalion of Pennsylvania National Guardsmen of the "Iron Division" (These are not soldiers, these are iron men. Gen. Pershing) dedicated the Pennsylvania World War Memorial in Argonne, France, in 1928.
