Armor Branch

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Armor
St. George
is the patron saint of the U.S. Army's Armor Branch.
Motto(s)The Combat Arm of Decision
Branch colorYellow

The Armor Branch of the United States Army is an active armored warfare combat arms branch.

It was created provisionally in 1940 as Armored Force under the Chief of the Armored Force, Brigadier General

Adna R. Chaffee, Jr. and took control of all tank units in infantry and cavalry units.[3]

History

Even though the armor branch traces its lineage back to the original

United States Tank Corps
was established in 1918 but then split back into the Infantry and Cavalry in 1921.

The Armored Command was headquartered at Ft. Knox, Kentucky, became effective on 2 July 1943, the Armored Center on 20 February 1944, and was discontinued on 30 October 1945. The Armor Center at Fort Knox Kentucky transferred to Fort Benning Georgia in 2010.

Fort Benning
. Now referred to as Fort Moore as of 2022.

United States Seventh Army on 10 July 1943.[4]

Branch insignia

U.S. Army Service Regulation 42, change 1, dated 29 December 1917 authorized "the first insignia for the new tank service."

dragons breathing fire over a wreath."[6] In 1921 U.S. Army Circular 72 deactivated the U.S. Army Tank Corps, returning all armored vehicles to the Cavalry and Infantry units, which also removed the new "Tank Corps" collar insignia from the service.[7]

On 10 July 1940 the U.S. Army Armored Force was created and on 25 February 1942 Army Circular 56 created a new collar insignia, consisting of the left side view of a Mark VIII tank. This simple tank design had no decorations or other objects surrounding it, and was the insignia worn by U.S. Army personnel throughout WWII.[8] Presently, the current U.S. Army "Armor" branch collar insignia, which consists of the front view of a U.S. M26 Pershing tank superimposed over two crossed sabers, replaces the WWII collar insignia with the "Army Reorganization Act of 1950, Section 404, Army Bulletin 9", in which the current Armor insignia became authorized to wear in February 1951.[9]

Publications

ARMOR is the professional journal, originally published as the

Armor in 1940 after the transition from Horse Cavalry to Armor for the U.S. Army's Armor Branch, published by the Chief of Armor at Fort Moore, GA., training center for the Army's tank and cavalry forces.[citation needed] It is also one of the oldest publications in the U.S., founded in 1888 by cavalry officers on the American frontier as a forum for discussing doctrine, tactics, and equipment among soldiers geographically separated by the great distances of the American West.[citation needed
]

Weapons

Current units

Main article: List of armored and cavalry regiments of the United States Army

See also

References

  1. ^ "Title 10 USC, Sections 3063 and 3064" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Department of the Army General Order 19, 1978" (PDF).
  3. ^ Army Ground Forces, Study No. 1, Chapter III: GHQ and the Armored Force
  4. ISBN 0-02-861994-3
    .
  5. ^ Laframboise p 105, 106
  6. ^ Laframboise p. 108
  7. ^ Laframboise p. 110
  8. ^ Laframboise p. 121
  9. ^ Laframboise p. 125

External links

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