US Army Independent Tank Battalions WWII
1August 25, 2020M8 HMC 758th Tank Battalion, attached to the 34th Infantry Div. Monte Casino, Dec 1943.
2December 26, 2021M4A1 early production (direct vision hoods), North of Rome, Summer 1944, 752nd Tank Battalion. Kit bashed from Asuka and Dragon parts, Star Decals 35-983.
3December 26, 2021M4A1 early production (direct vision hoods), North of Rome, Summer 1944, 752nd Tank Battalion. Kit bashed from Asuka and Dragon parts, Star Decals 35-983.
4December 26, 2021M4A1 early production (direct vision hoods), North of Rome, Summer 1944, 752nd Tank Battalion. Kit bashed from Asuka and Dragon parts, Star Decals 35-983.
5December 26, 2021M4A1 early production (direct vision hoods), North of Rome, Summer 1944, 752nd Tank Battalion. Kit bashed from Asuka and Dragon parts, Star Decals 35-983.
6January 8, 2022M4 75mm Medium Tank, mid production, US Army 756th Tank Battalion, C Company, January 1944, Gustav Line, Rapido River, Italy.
This Tank is the subject of a well-known photo in which it is stuck in a ditch with mud over the running gear. Such were the conditions in the 1943/44 Winter battles along the Gustav Line and the Anzio beach head.
The 756th Independent Tank Battalion was under 5th Army Corp command and typically assigned in direct support of an Infantry Division. The Battalion was one of 9 such units deployed to Italy in 1943-45. It would have consisted of 3 medium tank companies (17 M4 or M4A1 tanks) and 1 light tank company (17 M5A1 tanks).
7January 8, 2022M4 75mm Medium Tank, mid production, US Army 756th Tank Battalion, C Company, January 1944, Gustav Line, Rapido River, Italy.
This Tank is the subject of a well-known photo in which it is stuck in a ditch with mud over the running gear. Such were the conditions in the 1943/44 Winter battles along the Gustav Line and the Anzio beach head.
The 756th Independent Tank Battalion was under 5th Army Corp command and typically assigned in direct support of an Infantry Division. The Battalion was one of 9 such units deployed to Italy in 1943-45. It would have consisted of 3 medium tank companies (17 M4 or M4A1 tanks) and 1 light tank company (17 M5A1 tanks).
8January 8, 2022M4 75mm Medium Tank, mid production, US Army 756th Tank Battalion, C Company, January 1944, Gustav Line, Rapido River, Italy.
This Tank is the subject of a well-known photo in which it is stuck in a ditch with mud over the running gear. Such were the conditions in the 1943/44 Winter battles along the Gustav Line and the Anzio beach head.
The 756th Independent Tank Battalion was under 5th Army Corp command and typically assigned in direct support of an Infantry Division. The Battalion was one of 9 such units deployed to Italy in 1943-45. It would have consisted of 3 medium tank companies (17 M4 or M4A1 tanks) and 1 light tank company (17 M5A1 tanks).
9January 8, 2022M4 75mm Medium Tank, mid production, US Army 756th Tank Battalion, C Company, January 1944, Gustav Line, Rapido River, Italy.
This Tank is the subject of a well-known photo in which it is stuck in a ditch with mud over the running gear. Such were the conditions in the 1943/44 Winter battles along the Gustav Line and the Anzio beach head.
The 756th Independent Tank Battalion was under 5th Army Corp command and typically assigned in direct support of an Infantry Division. The Battalion was one of 9 such units deployed to Italy in 1943-45. It would have consisted of 3 medium tank companies (17 M4 or M4A1 tanks) and 1 light tank company (17 M5A1 tanks).
10October 14, 2019
11November 16, 2019
12November 20, 2020M5 Light tank, 70th Tank Battalion, Morocco, Nov. 1942. Part of Patton's forces. Prominent Star and US Flags were used in the hopes that Vichy French Troops would not fire on Americans. Tamiya M5A1 Hull, Academy M3A1 turret.
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10 November, 06:10