The 3rd US Armored Division aka Spearhead Division is a armor division of the United States Army that saw extensive combat in the European Theater from 1944 to 1945. The division was created on April 15, 1941 at camp Beauregard, Louisiana.
History[]
List of Units of the 3rd AD[]
- Combat Units:
- 32nd Armor Regiment
- 33rd Armor Regiment
- 36th Armored Infantry Regiment
- 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
- 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
- 391st Armored Field Artillery Battalion
- 143rd Signal Company
- 23rd Armored Engineer Battalion
- 83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
- 533rd Military Intelligence Battalion (CEWI)
- Headquarters Units:
- Headquarters Company, 3rd Armored Division
- Service Company, 3rd Armored Division
- Service Trains
- Supply Battalion
- 45th Armored Medical Battalion
- 503rd Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
- Attached Units: (By timeline)
- 803rd Tank Destroyer Battalion (June 25 to July 2, 1944)
- 703rd Tank Destroyer Battalion (June 25 to December 17, 1944; January 2 to May 9, 1945)
- 643rd Tank Destroyer Battalion (December 22 to December 26, 1944)
- 486th AAA Auto-Weapons Battalion (June 25, 1944 to May 9, 1945)
- 418th AAA Gun Battalion (July 7 to July 16,1944)