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United States Army
Tank Battalion (Separate)
6 June 1944
 
Tank Battalion (Separate)
 
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Tank Battalions in ETO
Tank Battalion Date and location
first elements arrived
on the Continent
Remarks
  70 Tank Bn 06.06.44 Normandy Two companies with DD tanks.
191 Tank Bn 15.08.44 S. France  
701 Tank Bn (Special / CDL) ??.08.44 Normandy Reorganized as a standard tank battalion as of 23.10.1944.
702 Tank Bn 06.08.44 Normandy Under TUSA and also under Ground Forces Replacement System engaged in training replacement tank crews.
707 Tank Bn 01.09.44 France  
709 Tank Bn 10.07.44 Normandy Two companies with DD tanks.
712 Tank Bn 29.06.44 Normandy Two companies with DD tanks.
717 Tank Bn ??.02.45 France  
735 Tank Bn 15.07.44 Normandy Two companies with DD tanks.
736 Tank Bn (Special / CDL) ??.08.44 Normandy Reorganized as a standard tank battalion with two companies of DD tanks as of 11.1944.
737 Tank Bn 12.07.44 Normandy Two companies with DD tanks.
738 Tank Bn (Special / CDL) 11.11.44 La Havre, France On 12.10.1944 redesignated 738th Medium Tank Battalion, Special (Mine Exploder)
739 Tank Bn (Special / CDL) 28.11.44 Netherlands On 12.10.1944 redesignated 739th Medium Tank Battalion, Special (Mine Exploder)
740 Tank Bn (Special / CDL) ??.11.44 Belgium Never issued CDL equipment. Converted to standard tank battalion as of 11.1944.
741 Tank Bn 06.06.44 Normandy Two companies with DD tanks.
743 Tank Bn 06.06.44 Normandy Two companies with DD tanks.
744 Light Tank Bn 29.06.44 Normandy Two companies with DD tanks.
745 Tank Bn 06.06.44 Normandy Two companies with DD tanks.
746 Tank Bn 06.06.44 Normandy Two companies with DD tanks.
747 Tank Bn 07.06.44 Normandy Two companies with DD tanks.
748 Tank Bn (Special / CDL) 24.08.44 Normandy Reorganized as a standard tank battalion as of 23.10.1944 with two companies of DD tanks and one company of CDL tanks.
749 Tank Bn 29.06.44 Normandy Two companies with DD tanks.
750 Tank Bn ??.09.44 Normandy  
753 Tank Bn 15.08.44 S. France  
756 Tank Bn 15.08.44 S. France Two companies with DD tanks.
759 Light Tank Bn 16.06.44 Normandy  
761 Tank Bn (Colored) 10.10.44 Normandy  
771 Tank Bn ??.10.44 France  
772 Tank Bn 08.02.45 La Havre, France  
774 Tank Bn 24.08.44 Normandy  
777 Tank Bn 06.02.45 La Havre, France  
778 Tank Bn ??.09.44 France  
781 Tank Bn ??.10.44 Marseilles, France  
782 Tank Bn ??.01.45 La Havre, France  
784 Tank Bn 25.12.44 France  
786 Tank Bn 22.01.45 La Havre, France  
787 Tank Bn ??.03.45 France  
 
Previous Page Abbreviations and Terms Used
Medium Tank Company Medium Tank Company Medium Tank Company Light Tank Company Service Company, Medium Tank Battalion