The Armor Branch of the United States Army

United States Army

The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...

 is an active combat arms branch created in 1776.

History

Even though the armor branch traces its linage back to the original cavalry units, its first beginnings date from the First World War. The Tank Service of the National Army was formed on 5 March 1918. and disbanded after the war in 1920. The Armored Force was formed on 10 July 1940, And became a permanent branch of the Army in 1950. The United States Army Armor School

United States Army Armor School

The United States Army Armor School is a training school located at Fort Benning. Its primary focus is the training of United States Army soldiers, NCOs, and commissioned officers in the operation, tactics, and maintenance of Armor forces and equipment, including the M1 Abrams main battle tank, the...

 is now located at Fort Benning

Fort Benning

Fort Benning is a United States Army post located southeast of the city of Columbus in Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties in Georgia and Russell County, Alabama...

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Publications

ARMOR is the professional journal of the U.S. Army’s Armor Branch, published by the Chief of Armor at Fort Knox, Ky., training center for the Army’s tank and cavalry forces. 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.

Weapons

M1A1A2

M1 Abrams

The M1 Abrams is a third-generation main battle tank produced in the United States. It is named after General Creighton Abrams, former Army Chief of Staff and Commander of US military forces in Vietnam from 1968 to 1972. The M1 is a well armed, heavily armored, and highly mobile tank designed for...

 – Main Battle Tank

Stryker

Stryker

The IAV Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled, 4-wheel-drive , armored fighting vehicles derived from the Canadian LAV III and produced by General Dynamics Land Systems, in use by the United States Army. The vehicle is named for two American servicemen who posthumously received the Medal of Honor:...

 – Armored Combat Vehicle

M2 Bradley

M2 Bradley

The Bradley Fighting Vehicle is an American fighting vehicle platform manufactured by BAE Systems Land and Armaments, formerly United Defense.As with other infantry fighting vehicles, the Bradley is designed to transport infantry with armor protection while providing covering fire to suppress enemy...

 – Infantry Fighting Vehicle

Current units

• 1st Armored Division (United States)
  1st Armored Division (United States)
  The 1st Armored Division—nicknamed "Old Ironsides"—is a standing armored division of the United States Army with base of operations in Fort Bliss, Texas. It was the first armored division of the U.S...
  
  
• 33rd Armor Regiment (United States)
  33rd Armor Regiment (United States)
  The 33d Armor Regiment is an armored regiment in the United States Army first formed in 1941.-Lineage:Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as the 3d Armored Regiment and assigned to the 3d Armored Division...
  
  
• 34th Armor Regiment (United States)
  34th Armor Regiment (United States)
  The 34th Armor Regiment is an armored regiment of the United States Army formed in 1941.-Lineage:Constituted 28 August 1941 in the Regular Army as the 34th Armored Regiment and assigned to the 5th Armored Division...
  
  
• 37th Armor Regiment (United States)
• 63rd Armor Regiment (United States)
  63rd Armor Regiment (United States)
  The 63rd Armor Regiment is an armored regiment of the United States Army formed in 1942.-Lineage:Constituted 3 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 745th Tank BattalionActivated 15 August 1942 at Camp Bowie, Texas...
  
  
• 66th Armor Regiment (United States)
• 67th Armor Regiment (United States)
  67th Armor Regiment (United States)
  The 67th Armor Regiment is a armored regiment in the United States Army first formed in 1929. The unit participated in World War I, World War II and in Desert Storm/Desert Shield.-Lineage:...
  
  
• 68th Armor Regiment (United States)
• 70th Armor Regiment (United States)
  70th Armor Regiment (United States)
  The 70th Armor is an armored regiment of the United States Army. The regiment exists only as separate battalions with no regimental headquarters. 2nd Battalion is part of the 1st Armored Division out of Fort Riley, Kansas...
  
  
• 77th Armor Regiment (United States)
  77th Armor Regiment (United States)
  The 77th Armor is an armored regiment of the United States Army. The 77th Armor Regiment is part of the U.S. Army Regimental System with only a single battalion, the 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, and is therefore classified as both a single battalion, and the remainder of the Regiment itself...
  
  
• 103rd Armor Regiment (United States)
  103rd Armor Regiment (United States)
  The 103rd Armor Regiment is an armored regiment in the Pennsylvania National Guard first formed in 1941.-Lineage:Constituted 3 December 1941 in the Army of the United States as the 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion...
  
  

See also

• United States Army branch insignia
  United States Army branch insignia
  Branch insignia of the United States Army refers to military emblems that may be worn on the uniform of the United States Army to denote membership in a particular area of expertise and series of functional areas...
  
  
• Coats of arms of U.S. Armor and Cavalry Regiments
  Coats of arms of U.S. Armor and Cavalry Regiments
  This page has been split as follows:* Coats of arms of U.S. Armor Regiments* Coats of arms of U.S. Cavalry Regiments-See also:* commons:Field Army insignia of the United States Army* Corps insignia of the United States Army...
  
  
• United States Tank Corps
  United States Tank Corps
  The Tank Corps of the American Expeditionary Force was the mechanized unit that conducted American tank combat in World War I. An initial plan for 2,000 light Renault FT-17 tanks and 200 heavy British Mark VI tanks was changed to 20 battalions of 77 light tanks each and 10 battalions of 45 heavy...
  
  
• Tanks in the United States
  Tanks in the United States
  This article deals with the history of American Tanks.-World War I:The United States entered World War I unprepared and unequipped for tank warfare. In 1917 the French produced the Renault FT, which was one of the types operated by the US Army in France...
  
  
• Armoured warfare
  Armoured warfare
  Armoured warfare or tank warfare is the use of armoured fighting vehicles in modern warfare. It is a major component of modern methods of war....
  
  
• I Armored Corps (United States)
• General George Patton Museum of Leadership
• United States Armor Association
  United States Armor Association
  The United States Armor Association is a non-profit organization with over 6,000 members dedicated to disseminating knowledge of the military art and sciences, with special attention to mobility in ground warfare.-History:...
  
  

External links

• http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Heraldry/ArmyDUISSICOA/ArmyHeraldryBranch.aspx?b=207
• http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/UniformedServices/Branches/armor.aspx
• http://www.armorcavalrymuseum.org/