speagle Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Can anyone tell me where I might find a TOTAL listing of all WW II Armored Divisions? I have seen patches with numbers in the high 700s. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 The highest numbered armored division in World War II was the 20th. The ones in the 600s and 700s are separate tank battalions, typically attached to an infantry division. I have a hardcover reference (by Shelby L. Stanton), but I do not know of an online resource that has them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GRA Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 (edited) Can anyone tell me where I might find a TOTAL listing of all WW II Armored Divisions? I have seen patches with numbers in the high 700s. Thanks Hello Ed! I'm sure Dave has a better reference library than me, however, a quick look into "US Armor-Cavalry - A Short History 1917-1967" (Duncan Crow) yield the following: Armoured divisions; 1st-14th, 16th, 20th Separate tank battalions (non-divisional); 44th, 46th, 70th, 191st-194th, 701st, 702nd, 707th-714th, 716th, 717th, 735th-741st, 743rd-763rd, 766th, 767th, 771st-778th, 780th-782nd, 784th, 786th, 787th, 798th Tank destroyer battalions were numbered in the 600, 700 and 800 series with the exception of the 85th Bn. Expect renumbering from original numbers in some cases... Do you want to know to which armoured division the divisional tank battalions belonged? /Jonas Edited August 5, 2013 by GRA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arb Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 (edited) I have a table of the WWII armored divisions, but it will not copy well into this posting. If you send me a PM with an e-mail address, I'll be happy to send it to you as a WORD document. ndu Edited August 5, 2013 by arb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 There is an order of battle for the European Theater of Operations (ETO) here: http://www.history.army.mil/documents/ETO-OB/ETOOB-TOC.htm For each division, it lists the attached units and when they were attached. Note that this is only for the ETO, not the Pacific or Mediterranean theaters. Also, for units such as the 1st and 3rd Infantry Divisions, it only covers when they were in the ETO. So nothing on the 1st in North Africa or the 3rd in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Anzio. At one time I hoped to create a database with the information here so you could pick any date and get a detailed order of battle for that date. I made one for divisions on up, but I lacked the technical knowhow to make it easy to use or to add in the sub-divisional attachments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speagle Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 Thanks to all who responded. Gives a real "challenge" now to do more research REF #5: arb I sent you a message with my email. Thanks again Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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