4th US Armored Division "Breakthrough"
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Divisional information
Divisional troops
Attachments
Assignments
Detachments

Divisional information

Specials
[read more] Read more about the structure of an US Armored Division in 1942.
[read more] Read more about the structure of an US Armored Division in 1943.

History
Activated 15.04.1941
Call sign Olimpic

Campaigns
Normany in WWII
Northern France in WWII
Rhineland in WWII
Ardennes-Alsace in WWII
Central Europe in WWII

Commanding General (CG)

00.04.1941 Maj.-Gen. Henry W. Baird
00.05.1942 Maj.-Gen. John S. Wood
00.12.1944 Maj.-Gen. Hugh J. Gaffey
00.03.1945 Maj.-Gen. William M. Hoge
00.06.1945 Brig.-Gen. B.L. Clarke
00.07.1945 Brig.-Gen. W. Lyn Roberts
00.09.1945 Maj.-Gen. Fay B. Prickett


Divisional troops

Armor

8th Tank Battalion 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
35th Tank Battalion 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
37th Tank Battalion 00.00.0000-00.00.0000

Field Artillery (FA)
 
22nd Armored FA Battalion 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
66th Armored FA Battalion 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
94th Armored FA Battalion 00.00.0000-00.00.0000

Infantry
 
10th Armored Infantry Battalion 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
51st Armored Infantry Battalion 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion 00.00.0000-00.00.0000

Other troops
 
Division Hq & Hq Company, Division 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
Hq & Hq Battery, Division Artillery 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
Hq & Hq Company, Division Trains 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
Hq & Hq Company, Combat Command A (CCA) 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
Hq & Hq Company, Combat Command B (CCB) 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
144th Armored Signal Company 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized) 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
24th Armored Engineer Battalion 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
4th Armored Medical Battalion 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
126th Armored Ordnance Battalion 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
Military Police Platoon, 4th Armored Division 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
Band, 4th Armored Division 00.00.0000-00.00.0000


Attachments

Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA)
 
489th AAA AW Battalion (SP) 19.06.1944-19.05.1945

Armor
 
CC A, 9th Armored Division 26.12.1944-30.12.1944

Chemical
 
A Company, 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion 26.09.1944-29.09.1944

Engineers
 
995th Engineers Treadway Br Company 15.08.1944-11.04.1945
C Company, 314th Engineers C Battalion, 89th Infantry Division 03.04.1945-06.04.1945

Field Artillery (FA)

 
28th FA Battalion, 8th Infantry Division (105mm Howitzer) 27.07.1944-03.08.1944
177th FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer) 03.08.1944-04.08.1944 & 22.12.1944-31.12.1944 & 10.04.1945-17.04.1945
696th Armored FA Battalion 03.08.1944-06.10.1944
5th FA Group 07.08.1944-16.08.1944 & 07.04.1945-19.04.1945
695th Armored FA Battalion 07.08.1944-16.08.1944
219th FA Battalion, 35th Infantry Division (105mm Howitzer) 20.08.1944-24.08.1944
177th FA Group 20.08.1944-15.10.1944 & 08.11.1944-07.12.1944 & 25.02.1945-13.03.1945 & 15.03.1945-21.03.1945 & 24.03.1945-26.03.1945 & 28.03.1945-06.04.1945 & 01.05.1945-08.05.1945
191st FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) 20.08.1944-21.10.1944 & 22.10.1944-30.10.1944 & 09.11.1944-21.11.1944 & 13.03.1945-07.04.1945
253rd Armored FA Battalion 22.08.1944-07.10.1944 & 09.11.1944-17.11.1944 & 19.11.1944-07.12.1944 & 20.12.1944-31.12.1944
179th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) 23.08.1944-17.12.1944 & 24.02.1945-06.04.1945 & 01.05.1945-08.05.1945
216th FA Battalion, 35th Infantry Division (105mm Howitzer) 19.09.1944-24.09.1944
255th FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer) 15.10.1944-23.10.1944
945th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) 24.11.1944-05.12.1944
274th Armored FA Battalion 20.12.1944-31.12.1944
776th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) 22.12.1944-31.12.1944
276th Armored FA Battalion 07.02.1945-06.04.1945 & 03.05.1945-08.05.1945
974th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) 24.02.1945-13.03.1945
914th FA Battalion, 89th Infantry Division (105mm Howitzer) 03.04.1945-06.04.1945
943rd FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) 07.04.1945-17.04.1945
158th Armored FA Battalion 09.04.1945-17.04.1945

Infantry

 
13th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division 27.07.1944-03.08.1944
137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division 20.08.1944-24.08.1944
319th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division 11.09.1944-15.09.1944 & 30.01.1945-04.02.1945
1st Battalion, 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division 12.09.1944-15.09.1944
2nd Battalion, 320th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division 12.09.1944-16.09.1944
320th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division 19.09.1944-24.09.1944
1st Battalion, 328th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division 06.12.1944-08.12.1944
1st Battalion, 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division 24.12.1944-28.12.1944
2nd Battalion, 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division 24.12.1944-29.12.1944
3rd Battalion, 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division 28.12.1944-31.12.1944
11th CT, 5th Infantry Division 09.03.1945-11.03.1945
359th CT, 90th Infantry Division 16.03.1945-19.03.1945
104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division 24.03.1945-26.03.1945
328th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division 27.03.1945-28.03.1945
359th CT, 90th Infantry Division (less 3rd Battalion) 29.03.1945-03.04.1945
355th CT, 89th Infantry Division 03.04.1945-06.04.1945

Tank Destroyer (TD)

 
811th TD Battalion (SP) 03.03.1945-11.03.1945
704th TD Battalion (SP) 25.04.1945-20.07.1945


Assignments

18.12.1943   1st Army ETOUSA
22.01.1944 VIII Corps 1st Army  
01.02.1944 VII Corps 3rd Army  
09.03.1944 XX Corps 3rd Army  
20.04.1944 XV Corps 3rd Army  
15.07.1944 VIII Corps 1st Army  
01.08.1944 VIII Corps 3rd Army 12th Army Group
13.08.1944

XII Corps

3rd Army 12th Army Group
19.12.1944 III Corps 3rd Army 12th Army Group
02.01.1945 VIII Corps 3rd Army 12th Army Group
12.01.1945 XII Corps 3rd Army 12th Army Group
04.04.1945 VIII Corps 3rd Army 12th Army Group
09.04.1945 X Corps 3rd Army 12th Army Group
17.04.1945 VIII Corps 3rd Army 12th Army Group
22.04.1945 VIII Corps 1st Army 12th Army Group
30.04.1945 XII Corps 1st Army 12th Army Group


Detachments

Unit Attached to  
CC A 35th Infantry Division 15.08.1944-19.08.1944
37th Tank Battalion 26th Infantry Division 17.10.1944-26.10.1944
51st Armored Infantry Battalion 26th Infantry Division 19.11.1944-29.11.1944
25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mech.) XII Corps 14.12.1944-18.12.1944
37th Tank Battalion 87th Infantry Division 14.12.1944-19.12.1944
CC B VIII Corps 19.12.1944-20.12.1944
CC B 101st Airborne Division 08.01.1945-09.01.1945
94th Armored FA Battalion 2nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron 12.01.1945-18.01.1945
66th Armored FA Battalion 4th Infantry Division 12.01.1945-30.01.1945
22nd Armored FA Battalion 2nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron 18.01.1945-23.02.1945
CC B 80th Infantry Division 29.01.1945-04.02.1945 & 22.02.1945-25.02.1945
94th Armored FA Battalion 2nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron 30.01.1945-21.02.1945
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion 80th Infantry Division 04.02.1945-09.02.1945 & 20.02.1945-21.02.1945
51st Armored Infantry Battalion 80th Infantry Division 04.02.1945-18.02.1945
66th Armored FA Battalion 4th Infantry Division 05.02.1945-23.02.1945


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