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List of tank destroyer units of the United States Army

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A M10 Wolverine tank destroyer of the 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion, in Dreux, Normandy during August 1944

The United States Army raised a large number of tank destroyer units during World War II.

For most of the war US Army doctrine called for tank destroyers to primarily operate as concentrated tank destroyer battalions during combat. These battalions were to be concentrated in regiment-sized groups and brigades when needed to combat large forces of enemy tanks.[1] However, combat experience in North Africa and Europe demonstrated that units larger than battalions were not needed. Tank destroyers were usually parcelled out to other units, and were rarely concentrated in battalions. The thirteen tank destroyer group headquarters dispatched to Europe never led massed units of tank destroyers, and nor did the 1st Tank Destroyer Brigade.[2]

Brigades

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Two tank destroyer brigades were formed in November 1942.[3] The initial role of these units was to oversee the training of the large number of tank destroyer battalions that had been previously formed.[4] The 1st Tank Destroyer Brigade was dispatched to Europe in January 1944 and the 2nd Tank Destroyer Brigade was disbanded in the United States during March that year.[3] In August and September 1944 the 1st Tank Destroyer Brigade commanded the ad-hoc Task Force A which was tasked with seizing ports in Brittany. Its staff subsequently served as advisers in the headquarters of the Third Army.[5]

Groups

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A 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion 3-inch gun M5 towed anti-tank gun at Le Bourg St-Leonard, France during August 1944

Twenty four tank destroyer groups were formed.[6] US Army doctrine called for at least one tank destroyer group to be attached to each corps and army.[7] In practice, tank destroyer battalions were usually attached directly to infantry divisions and there was no need for the group headquarters to command them. The tank destroyer group headquarters which were dispatched overseas were often used as advisers to corps headquarters to provide advice on anti-tank issues, or for other purposes, such as traffic management and controlling units in rear areas. Group headquarters only occasionally undertook combat missions.[8][9]

Tank Destroyer Groups[8]
Unit Activated Inactivated Notes
1st Tank Destroyer Group 30 March 1942, Camp Bowie, Texas 5 November 1945, Germany Served as VII Corps traffic control section
2nd Tank Destroyer Group 15 March 1942, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 5 November 1945, Germany Served as XIX Corps antitank section
3rd Tank Destroyer Group 30 March 1942, Camp Bowie, Texas 22 November 1946, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey Served as V Corps antitank section
4th Tank Destroyer Group 1 September 1942, Camp Hood, Texas 26 October 1945, Fort Jackson, South Carolina Served as XX Corps antitank section
5th Tank Destroyer Group 1 September 1942, Camp Hood, Texas 5 December 1945, Camp Shanks, New York Served as XV Corps antitank section
6th Tank Destroyer Group 1 September 1942, Camp Hood, Texas 1 May 1946, Germany (redesignated 5th Constabulary Regiment) Served as XIII Corps antitank section
7th Tank Destroyer Group 1 September 1942, Camp Hood, Texas 25 March 1946, Germany Served as VIII Corps antitank section
8th Tank Destroyer Group 13 October 1942, Camp Hood, Texas 20 October 1945, Camp Bowie, Texas Served as III Corps antitank section
9th Tank Destroyer Group 13 October 1942, Camp Hood, Texas 1 November 1945, Camp Hood, Texas Served as XII Corps Advanced Information Center
10th Tank Destroyer Group 13 February 1943, Camp Bowie, Texas 25 May 1944, Camp Howze, Texas
11th Tank Destroyer Group 20 February 1943, Camp Bowie, Texas 25 May 1944, Camp Howze, Texas
12th Tank Destroyer Group 27 February 1943, Camp Bowie, Texas 1 November 1945, Camp Hood, Texas Served as XVI Corps antitank section
13th Tank Destroyer Group 6 March 1943, Camp Bowie, Texas 12 November 1945, Philippines
14th Tank Destroyer Group 13 March 1943, Camp Bowie, Texas 20 May 1944, Camp Campbell, Kentucky
15th Tank Destroyer Group 20 March 1943, Camp Bowie, Texas 25 August 1944, Camp Gruber, Oklahoma
16th Tank Destroyer Group 3 April 1943, Camp Bowie, Texas 10 November 1945, Camp Swift, Texas Served as XXI Corps antitank section
17th Tank Destroyer Group 10 April 1943, Camp Bowie, Texas 30 August 1944, Camp Swift, Texas
18th Tank Destroyer Group 17 April 1943, Camp Bowie, Texas 20 February 1945, Fort Knox, Kentucky
19th Tank Destroyer Group 1 May 1943, Camp Hood, Texas 20 May 1944 Camp Rucker, Alabama
20th Tank Destroyer Group 8 May 1943, Camp Hood, Texas 23 November 1945, Camp Gruber, Oklahoma Served as United States Ninth Army Rear Detachment
21st Tank Destroyer Group 15 May 1943, Camp Hood, Texas 22 November 1945, Camp Shelby, Mississippi
22nd Tank Destroyer Group 5 June 1943, Camp Hood, Texas 20 February 1945, Fort Knox, Kentucky
23rd Tank Destroyer Group 12 June 1943, Camp Hood, Texas 26 October 1945, Fort Liberty, North Carolina
24th Tank Destroyer Group 19 June 1943, Camp Hood, Texas 23 December 1944, Camp Hood, Texas

Battalions

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The structure of a US Army tank destroyer battalion equipped with M18 Hellcats as of March 1944

Each tank destroyer battalion was assigned 36 self-propelled or towed anti-tank guns. They also included reconnaissance and anti-aircraft elements.[10] From a high of 220 battalions, the number was reduced in April 1943 to 106 because of concerns over the value of the tank destroyer concept and competing demands for manpower. In late 1943, the War Department received permission to inactivate twenty-five tank destroyer battalions.[11]

The personnel from inactivating battalions were either assigned to existing tank destroyer battalions still in training, or to other types of units. Beginning in 1944, they were also assigned to nine non-divisional infantry regiments or the Replacement and School Command for retraining as infantry replacements. whereupon they were assigned to understrength infantry divisions still stateside, or were sent overseas as individual replacements.

Eleven tank destroyer battalions, one of which was overseas, were converted en bloc to other types of units that were more in demand, such as chemical, tank, armored field artillery or amphibian tractor units.

Campaign credit key

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Campaign Credit Key[12]
Number Campaign
3 Bismarck Archipelago
13 Leyte
14 Luzon
15 New Guinea
17 Papua
21 Western Pacific
23 Algeria-French Morocco
24 Anzio
25 Ardennes-Alsace
26 Central Europe
29 Naples-Foggia
30 Normandy
31 North Apennines
32 Northern France
33 Po Valley
34 Rhineland
35 Rome-Arno
36 Sicily
37 Southern France
38 Tunisia

600s

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Tank Destroyer Battalions - 600s[13]
Unit Activated Inactivated Campaigns Vehicles Notes
601st 15 December 1941, Fort Devens, Massachusetts 18 October 1945, Camp Shanks, New York 23-26, 29, 34-38 M3, M10, M36 Redesignated from 1st Infantry Division Provisional Antitank Battalion
602nd 15 December 1941, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 23 November 1945, Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts 25, 26, 32, 34 M18 Redesignated from 2nd Infantry Division Provisional Antitank Battalion
603rd 15 December 1941, Fort Lewis, Washington 15 December 1945, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 24, 26, 30, 32, 34 M18 Redesignated from 3rd Infantry Division Provisional Antitank Battalion
605th 16 December 1941, Fort Custer, Michigan 4 November 1945, Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts 26, 34 3-inch Gun M5 Redesignated from 5th Infantry Division Provisional Antitank Battalion
606th 16 December 1941, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri 28 February 1945, Camp Hood, Texas Redesignated from 6th Infantry Division Provisional Antitank Battalion
607th 9 December 1941, Fort Ord, California 27 October 1945, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 25, 26, 30, 32, 34 3-inch Gun M5, M36 Redesignated from 7th Infantry Division Provisional Antitank Battalion
608th 15 December 1941, Fort Jackson, South Carolina 20 December 1943, Camp Atterbury, Indiana Redesignated from 8th Infantry Division Provisional Antitank Battalion
Personnel to 607th, 610th, 643rd, and 807th Tank Destroyer Battalions
609th 15 December 1941, Fort Liberty, North Carolina 13 November 1945, Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky 25, 26, 32, 34 M18 Redesignated from 9th Infantry Division Provisional Antitank Battalion
Additional cadre from 178th Field Artillery Regiment
610th 10 April 1942, Camp Barkeley, Texas 7 December 1945, Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts 25, 26, 32, 34 3-inch Gun M5, M36
611th 1 May 1942, Camp Polk, Louisiana 20 February 1945, Fort Knox, Kentucky
612th 25 June 1942, Camp Swift, Texas 27 October 1945, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 25, 26, 30, 32, 34 3-inch Gun M5, M18
614th (segregated) 25 July 1942, Camp Carson, Colorado 31 January 1946, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 25, 26, 32, 34 3-inch Gun M5
626th 15 December 1941, Camp Edwards, Massachusetts 20 December 1943, Camp Gordon, Georgia Redesignated from 26th Division Provisional Antitank Battalion
Personnel to 607th, 630th, 691st, 692nd, 774th, 806th, and 822nd Tank Destroyer Battalions, among others
627th 15 December 1941, Fort McClellan, Alabama 10 April 1945, Hawaii Cadre from personnel of 27th Division
628th 15 December 1941, Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania 14 November 1945, Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts 25, 26, 32, 34 M10, M36 Redesignated from 28th Division Provisional Antitank Battalion
629th 15 December 1941, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland 3 December 1945, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 25, 26, 30, 32, 34 M10, M36 Cadre from personnel of 29th Division
630th 15 December 1941, Fort Jackson, South Carolina 31 March 1946, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 25, 26, 30, 32, 34 3-inch Gun M5, M36 Redesignated from 30th Division Provisional Antitank Battalion
Additional cadre from 128th Field Artillery Regiment
631st 15 December 1941, Camp Blanding, Florida 15 December 1945, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 25, 26, 32, 34 3-inch Gun M5, M36 Cadre from personnel of 31st Division
632nd 15 December 1941, Camp Livingston, Louisiana 1 January 1946, Camp Stoneman, California 13, 14, 15 M10 Redesignated from 32nd Division Provisional Antitank Battalion
633rd 16 December 1941, Camp Forrest, Tennessee 30 October 1945, Fort Liberty, North Carolina 26 M18 Cadre from personnel of 33rd Division
634th 16 December 1941, Camp Claiborne, Louisiana 29 November 1945, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 25, 26, 30, 32, 34 M10 Redesignated from 34th Division Provisional Antitank Battalion
635th 15 December 1941, Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas 27 December 1945, Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts 25, 26, 30, 32, 34 3-inch Gun M5 Redesignated from 35th Division Provisional Antitank Battalion
636th 15 December 1941, Camp Bowie, Texas 7 December 1945, Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts 24-26, 29, 34, 37 M10, M36 Redesignated from 36th Division Provisional Antitank Battalion
637th 19 December 1941, Camp Shelby, Mississippi 25 January 1946, Japan 14 M18 Redesignated from 37th Division Provisional Antitank Battalion
638th 15 December 1941, Camp Shelby, Mississippi 7 November 1945, Fort Benning, Georgia 25, 26, 32, 34 M18 Redesignated from 38th Division Provisional Antitank Battalion
640th 19 December 1941, Camp San Luis Obispo, California 13 January 1946, Camp Anza, California 3, 14, 20 3-inch Gun M5, M10 Cadre from personnel of 40th Division
641st 18 December 1941, Fort Lewis, Washington 24 June 1944, New Guinea 3, 15, 17 Cadre from personnel of 41st Division
Redesignated 98th Chemical Battalion
643rd 15 December 1941, Camp Blanding, Florida 6 November 1945, Camp Anza, California 25, 26, 34 3-inch Gun M5, M18 Redesignated from 43rd Division Provisional Antitank Battalion
644th 15 December 1941, Fort Dix, New Jersey 3 December 1945, Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia 25, 26, 30, 32, 34 M10 Redesignated from 44th Division Provisional Antitank Battalion
645th 15 December 1941, Camp Barkeley, Texas 30 October 1945, Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts 24-26, 29, 34, 35, 37 M10, M36 Redesignated from 45th Division Provisional Antitank Battalion
646th (segregated) 15 May 1942, Fort Huachuca, Arizona 1 May 1944, Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania
647th 6 March 1943, Camp Bowie, Texas 12 May 1944, Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi Personnel to 125th Infantry Regiment for retraining as infantry replacements
648th 6 March 1943, Camp Bowie, Texas 16 December 1945, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 26, 34 3-inch Gun M5, M18
649th (segregated) 31 March 1943, Camp Bowie, Texas 24 April 1944, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Virginia Personnel to Army Service Forces
650th 13 March 1943, Camp Bowie, Texas 25 March 1944, Camp Bowie, Texas Redesignated 425th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
651st 13 March 1943, Camp Bowie, Texas 29 May 1944, Camp Howze, Texas Personnel to 140th Infantry Regiment for retraining as infantry replacements
652nd 20 March 1943, Camp Bowie, Texas 16 September 1945, Camp Shelby, Mississippi
653rd 20 March 1943, Camp Bowie, Texas 10 May 1944, Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi Personnel to 140th Infantry Regiment for retraining as infantry replacements
654th 15 December 1941, Fort Benning, Georgia 13 November 1945, Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia 25, 26, 30, 32, 34 M10, M36
655th 3 April 1943, Camp Bowie, Texas 10 April 1944, Camp Hood, Texas Personnel to 493rd and 869th Ordnance Heavy Automotive Maintenance Companies
656th 15 December 1941, Fort Benning, Georgia 1 November 1946, Camp Campbell, Kentucky 26, 34 M18, M36
657th 10 April 1943, Camp Bowie, Texas 10 April 1944, Camp Hood, Texas Personnel to 493rd and 869th Ordnance Heavy Automotive Maintenance Companies
658th 10 April 1943, Camp Bowie, Texas 15 April 1944, Fort Ord, California Redesignated 658th Amphibian Tractor Battalion
659th (segregated) 15 May 1943, Camp Hood, Texas 1 December 1944, Camp Livingston, Louisiana Personnel to Replacement and School Command for retraining as infantry replacements
660th 17 April 1943, Camp Bowie, Texas 25 May 1944, Camp Carson, Colorado Personnel to 201st Infantry Regiment for retraining as infantry replacements
661st 17 April 1943, Camp Bowie, Texas 10 February 1946, Camp Hood, Texas 26, 34 M18
662nd 1 May 1943, Camp Hood, Texas 17 December 1944, Fort Knox, Kentucky Redesignated 662nd Tank Battalion
663rd 1 May 1943, Camp Hood, Texas 25 March 1944, Camp Bowie, Texas Redesignated 426th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
664th 8 May 1943, Camp Hood, Texas 12 May 1944, Camp Maxey, Texas Personnel to 125th Infantry Regiment for retraining as infantry replacements
665th 8 May 1943, Camp Hood, Texas 12 May 1944, Camp Maxey, Texas Personnel to 125th Infantry Regiment for retraining as infantry replacements
666th 15 May 1943, Camp Hood, Texas 25 March 1944, Camp Maxey, Texas Redesignated 427th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
667th 5 June 1943, Camp Hood, Texas 3 June 1944, Camp Maxey, Texas Personnel to 125th Infantry Regiment for retraining as infantry replacements
668th 5 June 1943, Camp Hood, Texas 25 March 1944, Camp Maxey, Texas Redesignated 427th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
669th (segregated) 19 June 1943, Camp Hood, Texas 15 November 1944, Fort Huachuca, Arizona Personnel to 372nd Infantry Regiment for retraining as infantry replacements
670th 12 June 1943, Camp Hood, Texas 10 April 1945, Hawaii M18
671st 12 June 1943, Camp Hood, Texas 17 January 1946, Camp Anza, California M18
672nd 19 June 1943, Camp Hood, Texas 15 April 1944, Fort Ord, California Redesignated 672nd Amphibian Tractor Battalion
679th (segregated) 26 June 1943, Camp Hood, Texas 27 October 1945, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 31, 33 3-inch Gun M5
691st 15 December 1941, Fort Bliss, Texas 13 April 1946, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 25, 26, 30, 32, 34 3-inch Gun M5, M36
692nd 10 April 1942, Camp Gordon, Georgia 8 February 1946, Camp Swift, Texas 25, 26, 34 3-inch Gun M5, M36

700s

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Tank Destroyer Battalions - 700s[14]
Unit Activated Inactivated Campaigns Vehicles Notes
701st 15 December 1941, Fort Knox, Kentucky 29 October 1945, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri 23, 29, 31, 33, 35, 38 M3, M10 Cadre from 1st Armored Division
702nd 15 December 1941, Fort Benning, Georgia 3 October 1945, Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts 25, 26, 30, 32, 34 M10, M36 Cadre from 2nd Armored Division
703rd 15 December 1941, Camp Polk, Louisiana 3 January 1946, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 25, 26, 30, 32, 34 M10, M36 Cadre from 3rd Armored Division
704th 15 December 1941, Pine Camp, New York 24 October 1945, Camp Shanks, New York 25, 26, 30, 32, 34 M18 Cadre from 4th Armored Division
705th 15 December 1941, Fort Knox, Kentucky 16 November 1945, Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia 25, 26, 30, 32, 34 M18 Cadre from 58th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
706th 30 March 1942, Camp Chaffee, Arkansas 14 April 1944 Fort Ord, California Personnel to 539th, 540th, and 720th Amphibian Tractor Battalions
771st 15 December 1941, Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont 1 December 1945, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 26, 32, 34 M10, M36 Cadre from 71st Field Artillery Brigade Provisional Antitank Battalion (186th and 187th Field Artillery Regiments)
772nd 16 December 1941, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri 24 December 1945, Camp Shelby, Mississippi 25, 26, 34 3-inch Gun M5, M36 Cadre from 72nd Field Artillery Brigade Provisional Antitank Battalion (119th, 177th, and 182nd Field Artillery Regiments)
773rd 15 December 1941, Camp Shelby, Mississippi 23 October 1945, Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia 25, 26, 32, 34 M10, M36 Cadre from 73rd Field Artillery Brigade Provisional Antitank Battalion (144th, 160th, and 190th Field Artillery Regiments)
774th 15 December 1941, Camp Blanding, Florida 29 October 1945, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 25, 26, 30, 32, 34 3-inch Gun M5, M36 Cadre from 74th Field Artillery Brigade Provisional Antitank Battalion (172nd and 174th Field Artillery Regiments)
775th 16 December 1941, Camp Forrest, Tennessee 15 April 1944, Fort Ord, California Redesignated 728th Amphibian Tractor Battalion. Cadre from 75th Field Artillery Brigade Provisional Antitank Battalion (168th, 181st, and 191st Field Artillery Regiments)
776th 20 December 1941, Fort Lewis, Washington 25 November 1945, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 25, 26, 29, 34, 35, 38 M10, M36 Cadre from 76th Field Artillery Brigade Provisional Antitank Battalion (183rd and 188th Field Artillery Regiments)
795th (segregated) 16 December 1941, Fort Custer, Michigan 24 April 1944, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Virginia Cadre from antitank troops of the 184th Field Artillery Regiment

800s

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Tank Destroyer Battalions - 800s[15]
Unit Activated Inactivated Campaigns Vehicles Notes
801st 15 December 1941, Fort Benning, Georgia 29 November 1945, Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts 25, 26, 30, 32, 34 3-inch Gun M5, M18 Cadre from 101st Infantry Antitank Battalion (cadre from Headquarters, Headquarters Company, Medical Detachment, and Troops B and K, 121st Cavalry Regiment, New York National Guard)
802nd 15 December 1941, Camp Shelby, Mississippi 1 December 1945, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 25, 26, 30, 32, 34 3-inch Gun M5, M36 Cadre from 102nd Infantry Antitank Battalion (cadre from Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 3rd Battalion, and Companies I, K, and L, 14th Infantry Regiment, New York National Guard)
803rd 15 December 1941, Fort Lewis, Washington 1 December 1945, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 25, 26, 30, 32, 34 M10, M36 Cadre from 103rd Infantry Antitank Battalion (cadre from new units, Headquarters Troop, 21st Cavalry Division, and 41st Tank Company, Washington National Guard)
804th 15 December 1941, Camp San Luis Obispo, California 10 December 1945, Camp Hood, Texas 31, 33, 35 M10 Cadre from 104th Antitank Battalion (cadre from new units and Battery A, 1st Battalion, 158th Field Artillery Regiment, New Mexico National Guard)
805th 15 December 1941, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland 2 November 1945, Camp Hood, Texas 24, 29, 31, 33, 35, 38 M3, 3-inch Gun M5, M18 Cadre from 105th Infantry Antitank Battalion (cadre from Headquarters Troop and Headquarters Detachment, 22nd Cavalry Division, Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Troop and Troops B and C, 122nd Medical Squadron, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment and Troops B and C, 122nd Quartermaster Squadron, and Antitank Platoon, Headquarters Company, 112th Infantry Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard)
806th 15 March 1942, Camp Gordon, Georgia 12 January 1946, Camp Anza, California 34 M10 Cadre from 638th Tank Destroyer Battalion
807th 11 March 1942, Camp Cooke, California 22 September 1945, Camp Hood, Texas 25, 26, 34 3-inch Gun M5, M18 Cadre from 826th Tank Destroyer Battalion
808th 27 March 1942, Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas 26 September 1945, Camp Rucker, Alabama 26, 34 3-inch Gun M5, M36
809th 14 March 1942, Camp Forrest, Tennessee 8 September 1945, Camp Bowie, Texas 26, 34 M18, M36
810th 18 March 1942, Camp Forrest, Tennessee 20 December 1943, Camp Forrest, Tennessee Personnel to other tank destroyer battalions
811th 10 April 1942, Camp Gordon, Georgia 20 February 1946, Camp Butner, North Carolina 25, 26, 34 M18
812th 10 April 1942, Camp Gordon, Georgia 28 November 1944, Fort Jackson, South Carolina Redesignated 812th Tank Battalion
813th 15 December 1941, Fort Liberty, North Carolina 25 November 1945, Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts 25, 26, 30, 32, 34, 35, 38 M3, M10, M36 Cadre from 112th Field Artillery Regiment
814th 1 May 1942, Camp Polk, Louisiana 20 September 1945, Germany 25, 26, 32, 34 M10, M36
815th 11 May 1942, Camp Cooke, California 27 September 1944, New Guinea 15 3-inch Gun M5 Personnel to 112th Cavalry Regiment
816th 11 May 1942, Camp Cooke, California 20 February 1945, Fort Knox, Kentucky
817th 1 June 1942, Camp Chaffee, Arkansas 4 April 1946, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 26, 32, 34 3-inch Gun M5, M18 Cadre from 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion
818th 15 December 1941, Fort Sill, Oklahoma 30 October 1945, Camp Shanks, New York 25, 26, 30, 32, 34 M19, M36 Enlisted cadre from 18th Provisional Antitank Battalion (77th and 142nd Field Artillery Regiments and 71st, 72nd, and 83rd Field Artillery Battalions); officer cadre from 77th, 142nd, and 349th Field Artillery Regiments
819th 1 June 1942, Camp Chaffee, Arkansas 2 November 1945, Palau 21 M10 Cadre from 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion
820th 25 June 1942, Camp Swift, Texas 8 September 1945, Camp Swift, Texas 25, 26, 34 3-inch Gun M5, M18
821st 25 July 1942, Camp Carson, Colorado 17 February 1946, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 26, 30, 32, 34 3-inch Gun M5, M10 Cadre from 630th, 803rd, and 818th Tank Destroyer Battalions
822nd 25 July 1942, Camp Carson, Colorado 8 September 1945, Camp Gruber, Oklahoma 26, 34 3-inch Gun M5, M18
823rd 25 July 1942, Camp Carson, Colorado 24 October 1945, Camp Shanks, New York 25, 26, 30, 32, 34 3-inch Gun M5, M10 Cadre from 638th, 804th, and 846th Tank Destroyer Battalions
824th 10 August 1942, Camp Gruber, Oklahoma 11 September 1945, Fort Jackson, South Carolina 25, 26, 34 3-inch Gun M5, M18
825th 10 August 1942, Camp Gruber, Oklahoma 9 March 1946, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 25, 26, 32, 34 3-inch Gun M5 Cadre from 774th Tank Destroyer Battalion
826th 21 December 1941, Camp Roberts, California 18 April 1944, Fort Ord, California Redesignated 826th Amphibian Tractor Battalion
827th (segregated) 24 April 1942, Camp Forrest, Tennessee 2 December 1945, Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia 25, 26, 34 M18 Cadre from 4th Cavalry Brigade
828th (segregated) 30 May 1942, Fort Knox, Kentucky 7 December 1943, Fort Huachuca, Arizona Personnel to 150th, 373rd, 390th, 393rd and 394th Quartermaster Truck Companies
829th (segregated) 25 July 1942, Camp Gruber, Oklahoma 27 March 1944, Camp Hood, Texas Personnel to Eighth Service Command
846th (segregated) 15 December 1941, Camp Livingston, Louisiana 13 December 1943, Camp Swift, Texas M18 Cadre from 46th Field Artillery Brigade
Personnel to VIII Corps, Third Army
893rd 15 December 1941, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland 13 February 1946, New York Port of Embarkation 25, 26, 30, 32, 34 M10 Cadre from 93rd Infantry Antitank Battalion (cadre from 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment)
894th 15 December 1941, Fort Benning, Georgia 8 September 1945, Italy 29, 31, 33, 35, 38 M3, M10 Cadre from 94th Infantry Antitank Battalion
899th 15 December 1941, Fort Lewis, Washington 27 December 1945, Camp Kilmer, New Jersey 25, 26, 30, 32, 34, 35, 38 M10, M36 Cadre from 99th Infantry Antitank Battalion (cadre from 15th Infantry Regiment)

Training units

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A number of units responsible for tank destroyer doctrine development and training were also established. They included:[16]

See also

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References

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Citations
  1. ^ Gabel 1985, p. 1.
  2. ^ Gabel 1985, pp. 59–60.
  3. ^ a b Stanton 1984, p. 326.
  4. ^ Greenfield, Palmer & Wiley 1987, p. 209.
  5. ^ Zaloga 2005, p. 45.
  6. ^ Stanton 1984, p. 327.
  7. ^ Zaloga 2005, p. 21.
  8. ^ a b Stanton 1984, p. 328-331.
  9. ^ Zaloga 2005, pp. 44–45.
  10. ^ Forty 1998, p. 43.
  11. ^ Greenfield, Palmer & Wiley 1987, p. 428.
  12. ^ Stanton 1984, p. 596.
  13. ^ Stanton 1984, p. 333-336.
  14. ^ Stanton, Shelby L. Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II. Novato, California: Presidio Press. p. 336. ISBN 089141195X.
  15. ^ Stanton, Shelby L. Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II. Novato, California: Presidio Press. pp. 336–338. ISBN 089141195X.
  16. ^ Dunham 1946, p. iii.
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