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AA |
Anti Aircraft |
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AD |
Armored Division |
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Approx 10,937 men Divided into 3 sections: |
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Combat Command A (CCA) |
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Combat Command B (CCB) |
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Combat Command R (CCR) |
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(Reserve) |
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AIB |
Armored Infantry Battalion |
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(Fully mechanized infantry |
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usually carried in half tracks) |
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AT |
Anti-Tank |
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BATT |
Battalion (Approx 871 men) |
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BAZOOKA |
American hand held anti-tank rocket. |
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CAV |
Cavalry (A small highly mechanized group used for reconnaissance and screening. Organized into ‘Troops’, containing M5 light Stuart tanks, M8 Armoured Cars and Jeeps.
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CP |
Command Post or Headquarters |
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CO |
Company (Approx 193 men) |
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ENG |
Combat Engineer Battalion (Approx 647 men). Attached to a Division. |
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DIV |
Division (Approx 14,253 men with 2,012 vehicles) |
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FAB |
Field Artillery Battalion (Approx 500 men). Split into three Batteries. |
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GI |
Government Issue (Anything issued by the American Government, including men! |
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HETZER |
German tank destroyer, mounting a 75mm PaK 39 (L/48) gun. Designed to defend infantry against enemy armour. Crew of four. Speed 26 mph. |
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INF |
Infantry |
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MED |
Medical as in Medical Battalion (Approx 465 men) |
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M8 |
American Armoured Car. 6 wheels, mounting a 37mm gun. 4 crew, max speed 56 mph. |
In the hands of new masters an armoured car – M8.
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PANZER |
German for Armour (Eg Tank). Panzergrenadier being mechanized infantry. |
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PURPLE HEART |
American medal (Award) for being wounded in action.
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REGT |
Regiment United States (Approx 3118 men) |
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SHERMAN |
M4 standard American tank used by every Allied nation. Crew of 5, with a speed of 24 – 29 mph. There were many different variants, but most were armed with either a 75mm or 76mm gun. |
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STURMGESCHÜTZ |
German self-propelled 75mm/105mm assault gun. Crew of 4, Usually arranged in assault gun battalions, each with 3 batteries containing 6 vehicles. But these were later enlarged into army assault artillery brigades, with anything up to 45 assault guns and a small infantry component. |
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TD |
Tank destroyer. (Either the self-propelled type, as in the M10 tank destroyer, this mounted a 3 inch gun, had a max speed of 30 mph with a crew of 5. Or the towed type, which was a 3 inch field gun, drawn by a vehicle.
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VGD |
Volksgrenadier Division. Came into being late in the war. Made up of Naval/Airforce fillers mixed with regular army. (A match for any Allied division). |
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6X6 |
GMC cargo truck. A general utility truck that was the workhorse of the American army. |
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88 |
German 88mm gun, much feared by the Allies. It was mounted on Tiger tanks, or as a field piece in either the ground or anti-aircraft role. |
