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All tank destroyer battalions used the same patch representing a Panther crushing an armored tracked vehicle. The tank destroyer battalion was a type of military unit used by the United States Army during World War II.
List of tank destroyer units of the United States Army. 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 ...
Approved on September 22, 1942, the authorized shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI) for the Tank Destroyer Force was created by the staff of General Andrew Bruce, its first commanding officer. The colors of the force were black and orange.
The M18 Hellcat (officially designated the 76 mm Gun Motor Carriage M18 or M18 GMC) is a tank destroyer used by the United States Army in World War II and the Korean War.
During training in the United States, soldiers serving in tank destroyer units were authorized to wear the Tank Destroyer Forces shoulder sleeve insignia. (Courtesy of David A. Kaufman)
A collection of links, articles and photos relating to the Tank Destroyer Battalions numbered 701 through 795 that served in WWII.
The 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion was a highly decorated unit that participated in six World War II campaigns. The unit was originally formed at Fort Lewis, Washington, in July 1940 as the 99th Antitank Battalion and was redesignated the 99th Infantry Antitank Battalion on July 24, 1941.
