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The United States Army is currently reorganizing around the Brigade as the largest permanent flexible unit of combat force, and the division is much less fixed. Indeed, the idea is that divisions will be amalgamations of standing Brigades (usually 2-4) plus additional support services. In the interim, US Divisions are being redesigned to be able to deploy independent brigades.
A rough estimate of a current full armored division is the composition of the US 1st Armored Division, which is comprised of 4 Brigade Combat Teams, totaling 4 tank battalions and 3 armored cavalry battalions. A tank battalion has 3 companies, each of roughly 14 tanks. Armored Cavalry battalions generally have half as many tanks. So, a good estimate would be that the 1st Armored Division has about 250 tanks.
Historically, it is very hard to answer this question, as it depends heavily on which period of time you are talking about - the size and composition of US armored divisions has varied considerably over the past 70 years.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoDepends on the era and nation. Example: During the Vietnam War an Australian tank regiment consisted of about 26 Centurion tanks. Same war, same time, a US Army armored cavalry regiment might over 70 Sheridan & Patton tanks.
Note 1: In the Vietnam era the US Army only used regiments in the armored cavalry. Conventional armor battalions (tank bns) expanded from battalion (bn) to brigade (bde) then to division level (div). The armored cav outfits were squadrons (equal to bns) then expanded to regiment level (like the 11th ACR-Armored Cav Regiment).
Note 2: Australians in Vietnam used the regiment instead of the battalion (for their Centurion tanks at least), they used Squadrons instead of "companies", and they used troops instead of "platoons." And their "regiment" of Centurions was only half the size of a US Patton tank battalion (26 Centurions vs 57 Pattons).
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Fifth army divisions?
Example (Vietnam War era US Army Armor unit): Light Section (2 Patton Tanks) (or Heavy Section 3 Patton Tanks), 1st Platoon (5 Patton Tanks), Company "C" (17 Patton Tanks), 1st Battalion (57 Tanks), 69th Armor (69th Regiment), 1st Brigade (consists of two or more battalions), 4th Infantry Division (consists of two or more brigades), US Army. Two or more Divisions make a Corps. Two or more Corps make an ARMY. Such as the 5th Army. Example: The 10th Army (of the US Army), Commanded by General Simon B. Buckner fought the Battle of Okinawa during WW2 in 1945. Reference the first paragraph; for the Vietnam War: what the tank crewman's address would look like if written on a letter's envelope: SGT John Doe, Serial Number 555-55-555 1st Plt, Co. C, 1-69 AR US Army APO San Francisco 55555
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Types of tanks?
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What u.s. army division in World War 2 included the 1259th combat engineers?
8th Infantry Division
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What is armoured division spearhead?
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How did the German travel to Poland?
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When was Norwegian Army Armoured Battalion created?
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When was Pakistan Army Armoured Corps created?
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When was Indian Army Armoured Corps created?
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What is Norwegian Army Armoured Battalion's motto?
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What are the names of Normandys beaches?
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Was wood used in the construction of army tanks?
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Which country has the most army tanks?
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How many tanks are in Bangladesh's army?
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Asbestos in Army Tanks M60A1 1965-67 How much asbestos is in the Army Tanks M60A1 in the 1960's?
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