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	Armored spearhead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An armored spearhead is a formation of armored fighting vehicles, mostly tanks, that form the front of an offensive thrust during a battle.
		The first use of an armored spearhead was during Fall Gelb (Case Yellow), the German invasion of the Low Countries, against the British and French armies.
		The French and British armies were split on either side on the German forces, and at one point attempted to cut the line with an armored attack on either side.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Armored_spearhead (369 words)

	U.S. 3rd Armored Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 3rd Armored Division —nicknamed the Spearhead— was an armored division of the United States Army.
		The Third Armored Division was organized as a "heavy" Armored Division, as was its counterpart, the Second Armored Division aka "Hell on Wheels".
		The 3rd Armored's primary mission during this period was, in the event of War, to defend the Fulda Gap against numerically superior Warsaw Pact forces alongside other NATO elements.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/US_3rd_Armored_Division (3797 words)

	Central Germany
		Armored infantrymen of the 36th, the "Blitz Doughs," rode in personnel half-tracks.
		Armor was still moving ahead stubbornly into the thick of the fight and there was no letup of action.
		His 3rd Armored "Spearhead" Division was accomplishing the greatest one-day advance in the history of mobile warfare, more than 90 miles, cross country from Marburg to the vicinity of Niedermarsburg.
	www.3ad.com /history/news/spearehead.west/chapters/central.germany.htm (9460 words)

	Spearhead
		The CITV in Spearhead is modeled as a full screen view with a wide FOV, rather than the smaller panel in M1 Tank Platoon 2, which adds greatly to the feeling that you are using and viewing the world around you through a high-tech periscope.
		Spearhead was designed as a simulation and it is also intended to produce good gameplay, the designer notes stress.
		I get the feeling that Spearhead was released with planned expansion packs to broaden the environments, but with the recent decline in the popularity of sims and the obvious lack of support by the general tanksim community, the dev team must have been compelled to move on.
	www.tanksim.com /reviews/spearhead.htm (2029 words)

	The Drive To The Rhine Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The same armored division, which has played an anonymous role in the drive from the Moselle River, continued its spectacular race that has turned the German stand in the Saar Palatinate into a disastrous debacle, smashed into the city of Ludwigshafen.
		Unnamed to the press in Patton's pre-operational press conference and referred to only as his "spearhead" armored division, the 12th Armored Division was ordered to remove all shoulder patches and vehicle markings, becoming the "Mystery Division" of the 3rd Army.
		At noon, 24 March, the 12th Armored Division reverted from control of XXI Corps and the 3rd Army to Seventh Army, it's days as Patton's "Mystery Division" were at an end.
	www.12tharmoreddivision.com /MEDIA_03.HTML (414 words)

	3rd Armored Division patch
		The U.S. 3rd Armored division was activated during WW2 in April 1941 combining the forces of tanks, infantry and artillery under the command of a single U.S. Army commanding general.
		The excellent combat record of the division and the fact that the 3rd Armored was often used at the sharp end in battle soon earned the division the name of SpearHead as depicted on the divisions patches and badges.
		The triangle is divided into three segments of different colours, each representing one of the three major constituent forces of the division, these being yellow at the top for the tanks (cavalry), red for the artillery and blue for the divisions infantry.
	www.argoss.co.uk /3rd_armored_division.html (415 words)

	Bibliography
		Rock, William R. 3d Armored Division, (Spearhead), A History of the 3rd Armored Division.
		Spearhead in the West, 1941-45, Third Armored Division.
		Spearheading with the Third Armored Division in the Bulge, Duren-Cologne, the Ruhr Pocket, East to the Elbe.
	www.3ad.org /biblio.htm (553 words)

	HISTORY OF THE
		The 3d Armored Division activated at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana on April 15, 1941.
		The 83d Armored Reconnaissance Battalion is and original "Spearhead" unit, having been activated at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, on April, 15, 1941, as the 3d Reconnaissance Battalion.
		The 32nd Armored Regiment was activated 15 April, 1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana as the 2nd Armored Regiment and assigned to the 3rd Armored Division.
	www.3rdarmored.com /history.htm (745 words)

	20th Armored Division Dachau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Armored Division acknowledge the contributions and participation of all three Divisions, and have risen above the controversy.
		It was the nature of an armored force to take ground and neutralize opposition - it would not have been appropriate for them to actually 'enter' the camp, although some personal accounts by Veterans of the 20
		Armored Division, and his driver, were to meet a party from the 42
	www.20tharmoreddivision.com /page7.html (545 words)

	Death Traps: The Survival of an American Armored Division in World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A maintenance officer who served in the legendary Third Armored Division ("Spearhead"), Cooper was charged with the critical task of locating damaged Shermans, directing their recovery, and ensuring the flow of new or repaired tanks to frontline units.
		With their heavier armor, the Panther and Tiger were almost impervious to rounds fired from the Sherman’s 75 or 76 mm main gun; conversely, the 88 mm gun on the German tanks usually made short work of their American opponents.
		Realizing that the Sherman’s main gun couldn’t penetrate the frontal armor of a Panther or Tiger, US crews gamely tried to outmaneuver their foes, attempting to disable the German tanks with a shot against their sides or rear, where the armor was thinner.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/bookrev/cooper.html (1115 words)

	Spearhead Rhine
		Over the "Spearhead" positions there was a constant hum of aircraft, each individual machine sounding as though it was missing on two cylinders.
		His armor destroyed the enemy, took the town of Rheidt and used Thunderbolt fighter-bombers to clear more Kraut tanks from the routes of advance before pushing on to Stommeln.
		The 4th Cavalry was engaged in clearing a wooded area north-west of Hackhausen, and the bulk of the "Spearhead" was ready to direct its forces at the defences of Cologne.
	www.geocities.com /ResearchTriangle/Facility/3991/ww2spear4.htm (2069 words)

	Brigade History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In 1947, the 3rd Armored Division (Spearhead) assumed the armor training mission and organized training into Combat Commands A, B, and C. The Spearhead Division was shipped to Germany in 1955 as a combat unit.
		Armor training was reorganized into the 1st and 2nd Training Regiments.
		Today the 1st Armor Training Brigade is composed of three Armor Battalions, one Cavalry Squadron, two Infantry Battalions, and one Adjutant General (Reception) Battalion with the mission to train over 20,000 soldiers, marines and cadets annually in BCT, OSUT, AIT, and ROTC Basic Camp.
	www.knox.army.mil /school/1atb/hist.htm (275 words)

	Chapter XXI: Artillery And Armored Units In the ETO
		An armored unit had already brought one of the 771st's tractors and one gun out to the battalion; the 771st's other three tractors and guns were found still mired in their positions.
		On 28 January, the 999th Battalion was attached to the 40th Group in the newly arrived XXI Corps; the 969th, on 25 January, was attached to the 5th French Armored Division upon commitment of that unit and, later, to the 75th Division and the 2d French Arglored Division.
		Armored units, by virtue of their use in task forces and the attachment of their companies and platoons to infantry, had closer continuing contacts with the main stream of battle than most other small supporting Negro units.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/11-4/chapter21.htm (17741 words)

	The U.S. Armored Forces Center
		Armored Alumni Registry Database : Sign in here at the World Wide Armored Registry Database, a place to connect with old service buddies, that were in any armored unit.
		Armored Alumni Registry: View list with service prior to 1948 and list of those who served after 1948.
		Armored Reunions: All units listed armored and infantry, all inclusive, all eras.
	www.2ndarmoredhellonwheels.com /armoredforces (424 words)

	3ADSSIpage1
		The combination of the insignia of the old tank battalions and the cavalry brigade is symbolic merging of those arms as the progenitors, or parent organizations of the Armored Force.
		This patch, even without the "Spearhead" tab is not authentic for wear with WWII uniforms, and should not be worn with them.
		The patch on the left is a plain armored force patch that has had the numeral 3 applied, clumsily, in fl ink.
	36thair3ad.homestead.com /3ADSSIpage1.html (765 words)

	C.R.I.B.A. - Centre de Recherches et d'Informations sur la Bataille des Ardennes - The capture of Poteau
		Central to its formation was the arrival of 7th Armored Division, which was being fed into the general area as it arrived.
		Rosebaum now ordered the two remaining platoons of C Company, 48th Armored Infantry Battalion to dismount from their vehicles and move to the left through the woods and approach the southern edge of Poteau from the west.
		Although Company A, 48th Armored Infantry Battalion had initially moved into the village it was quickly ordered to sweep the woods east of Poteau and move in a northerly direction.
	www.criba.be /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67&Itemid=4 (4370 words)

	Omniseek: /Lifestyle /Military /Armoured Regiments /
		The 69th Armored Regiment was constituted on 15 July, 1940 in the Regular Army and initially assigned to the lst Armored Division.
		Organized in 1776 as the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, Troop B is a separate armored cavalry troop organic to the 218th Heavy Separate Infantry Brigade (Mechanized), South Carolina Army National Guard.
		The 7th Armored Division fought from August 1944 until V-E Day, coming ashore on the Normandy beaches and reaching all the way to the Baltic Sea.
	www.omniseek.com /srch/{8213} (506 words)

	Norman Winters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The 4th Armored spearheaded this drive and "except for an occasional sniper or artillery attack" rolled almost unopposed, at one time covering 153 miles in two days.
		The 4th Armored had landed at Omaha Beach six days after the initial landings in Normandy and found the beachhead littered with all sorts of junk, equipment, and demolished vehicles.
		Usually a stint as the observer lasted no more than two hours -"by that time we were so exhausted that someone else had to crawl up and take over." On the road their armored jeep followed the lead tanks and preceded the infantrymen riding on the light tanks to the rear until they were attacked.
	home.comcast.net /~pa_veterans/winters.html (1357 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| World War II \| World War II: Battle of the Bulge - 4th Armored Division Help End the Siege of Bastogne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A veteran of the Battle of the Bulge tells the story of the 4th Armored Division's Combat Command B and the relief of the encircled city.
		It took the 4th Armored Division five days of bitter, costly fighting to break the ring of German units encircling the 101st, but only six days before the linkup, elements of that same division had actually been in Bastogne on the day it was being encircled.
		To understand this enigma, we must go back to December 8, 1944, the day the 4th Armored Division was pulled back from heavy fighting after reaching the Maginot Line, at a point a little more than nine miles from the German border.
	www.historynet.com /magazines/world_war_2/3031921.html (1037 words)

	Letters Home
		Borrowed from the Seventh Army to augment Patton's thrust into Germany, the 12th Armored led the Third Army drive to the Rhine cities of Ludwigshafen, Speyer and Germersheim.
		Roderick R. Allen, the 12th was termed the "mystery division" since it was one of the few units taking part in the gigantic push which could not be mentioned by name in the press for security reasons.
		The 12th Armored Division was activated September 15, 1942, at Camp Campbell, Ky., and later trained at Camp Barkely, Texas.
	members.cox.net /gregwest982/letters.html (2121 words)

	The 314th Infantry Regiment - The Vosges Mountains and Alsace
		On 21 November, 2nd BN relieved the 3rd in the lead off position, and had delays crossing its tanks and armor across the river; a problem they had faced quite often along this advance.
		The French Armored Division was already at the approach to Phalsbourg - the gateway to the Saverne Gap.
		The 2nd French Armored moved in north behind the Vosges to attack the Saverne defenses from the rear, and it forced the Germans to flee Phalsbourg.
	www.lorwings.net /314/outline9.shtml (1158 words)

	History for 122d Support Battalion
		The figure of Atlas supporting the globe is symbolic of the maintenance functions of the organization in that the globe is an allusion to the extreme weight of armored vehicles which the battalion services and repairs.
		The crest commemorates through the spearhead and fleur-de-lis the battalion's World War II service in France and Europe as an element of the 3d Armored (Spearhead) Division.
		The two wrenches are symbolic of the maintenance mission and the colors scarlet and green refer to the Meritorious Unit Commendation and the Belgian Fourragere received during that period.
	military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,107640\|100146,00.html (352 words)

	Chapter 11-THE ARDENNES: BATTLE OF THE BULGE
		It was not until 1930 that the armored advance guard was able to reach Losheim, the village which gave its name to the gap at the northern terminus of the Schnee Eifel.
		Although it was agreed that the armored columns should have considerable leeway in choosing the exact routes they would follow, a general boundary line gave the 1st SS Panzer Division the southern part of the zone assigned the I SS Panzer, while the 12th SS Panzer Division advanced in the northern sector.
		At the western exit the point of the column ran onto the trains belonging to CCB, 9th Armored Division, which was preparing to move east in support of the combat command then engaged in the St. Vith sector.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/7-8/7-8_11.htm (5242 words)

	Leonard L. Lewane Interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		I came over and was assigned to the 3rd Squadron which they called battalions in those days...1950s...3rd Battalion of the 6th Armored Cavalry Regiment and I was posted to the S3 operations office and, of course, I wanted to be assigned as an armored cavalry company commander, patrolling the border.
		Generally speaking, we were put on the full time alert and each of the armored cavalry companies...and there were three of them on the border at any one time, except under emergency conditions as occurred in the fall of 1956 when they were reinforced with another armored cavalry company.
		We went back about 25 miles to the Weiden military kaserne, ready to reinforce that armored cavalry company that was right on the border doing the patrolling as I mentioned to you...static listening post and the two vehicular jeep patrols.
	www.vmi.edu /archives/Adams_Center/LewaneLL/LewaneLL_T008.asp (940 words)

	Northwest Historical Association (NWHA) - WW2 Reenacting Society
		The SPEARHEAD tab mentioned earlier, was first authorized in 1945, and has been produced in a variety of materials and stitching.
		There are any number of other 3rd Armored Division insignia that are made as souvenirs, veteran's organization insignia, or to take advantage of the gullibility of collectors and eager young soldiers.
		Figure 11- Embroidered on felt insignia of the 3rd Armored Division Association, an organization for WWII 3rd Armored Division Veterans.
	www.nwha.org /news_1Q2005/news_page6.html (1398 words)

	tankerslife2
		The following is a photo collection with narrative of various exercises in Germany and the United States, involving the 3rd Armored Division and the 194th Armored Brigade.
		Exercises with the 3rd Armored Division "Spearhead" helping to guard the Fulda Gap, along with the 8th Infantry Division (Mech) and the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, all part of the U.S. V Corps.
		The 194th had a unique dual-assignment: provide training support to the Armor School and deploy with elements of the RDF, especially to the mid-east during the Iran hostage crisis.
	tankerslife2.homestead.com (218 words)

	Vehichels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Gridlocked trench warfare was the hallmark of World War I, where military generals were slow to utilize the new armored vehicles -- when they did use them they either failed to see their potential or were unable to follow-up on their success.
		World War II changed everything; tanks and other armored fighting vehicles (AFVs) were at the forefront of battle, often spearheading offensives and driving fast and deep into enemy territory, paving the way for the infantry to follow (hopefully).
		In World War II Online tanks serve as the armored spearhead, driving enemy tanks from the field of battle while supporting the advance of infantry.
	www.thetrainer.info /vehichels.htm (1853 words)

	Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Germans are able to continue their advance with a little more resistance from the Red Army, and take Smolensk in another three weeks, traveling about another 200 miles.
		However, at this point, Hitler makes one of his characteristic changes of plan, and on August 3, commands General Guderian, the general leading the armored spearhead, to turn south, in order to aid in the capture of Kiev and the Caususes.
		This dramatically slows the advance of Army Group Center, as they have no substantial armored spearhead to puncture the lines and continue the blitzkrieg.
	history.acusd.edu /gen/st/~herrinton/center.html (428 words)

	194504
		The American 5th "Victory" Armored division closes in on Brunswick, 110 miles from Berlin; the 75th Infantry nears Dortmund, a steelmaking center; and the Canadian 1st Army nearly cuts off German forces in the Netherlands.
		The 2nd "Hell on Wheels" Armored division rumbles 57 miles to the Elbe and threatens Magdeburg, 80 miles from Berlin.
		Spearheads of Patton's 3rd Army bridge the Danube near Regensburg and cross the Austrian border north of Linz.
	meltingpot.fortunecity.com /tenison/297/wwii/194504.htm (3676 words)

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