![]() ![]() These divisions were then referred to as “Heavy Armored Divisions”. The 2 nd and 3 rd Armored Divisions were not reorganized. This new TO&E incorporated some of the lessons learned in the first campaigns of WW2. ![]() In September 1943 the 4 th AD was reorganized according to a new TO&E. The fourth headquarters, Division Trains (TNS), directed all the non-combat units (the medical battalion, maintenance battalion, etc.) of the division. Reserve Command directed the combat units not engaged in combat and held in reserve. They would plan and direct the combat units during combat operations. Two of these were combat commands called Combat Command A (CCA) and Combat Command B (CCB). To direct all the units in a division during operations the divisions had four tactical headquarters in its organization. This made for a relatively inflexible organization.īesides these combat units, an armored division had several combat support units: engineers, reconnaissance, maintenance, supply and medical, etc. For their orders and supplies, all companies and battalions were dependent on their regiment. In an armored division, two of these were armored regiments and one was an armored infantry regiment.Įach regiment consisted of three battalions. In an infantry division, all three were infantry regiments. It followed the “rule of three”: it’s main building blocks were three regiments. ![]() ![]() The TO&E of an armored division in 1941 was based on that of an infantry division. The 4 th AD was activated April 15 th, 1941 at Pine Camp, New York.Īt its activation, it was organized according to the Table of Organization & Equipment (TO&E, this is a list of all the subunits, all the equipment, and all the personnel that made up a unit) of an armored division. We can understand the story of the medics better when we understand the “bigger picture” of the division they worked in. As this research focusses on the medical service within the 4 th Armored Division (4 th AD), let us talk a bit about the organization of the 4 th AD. ![]()
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