While nearly all US armored cavalry squadrons were equipped with the M551 by 1970, the 11th ACR tank companies, as well as the three US Army armor battalions (1/69th, 2/34th, and …

This list includes armored and cavalry regiments of the United States Army. Former armored cavalry regiments are listed separately. 1st Squadron is the cavalry squadron assigned to the …

An armored cavalry regiment (ACR) is a regiment of the United States Army (Active Component, or Reserve Component (Army Reserve or Army National Guard)) organized for the specific …

Sep 18, 2023 · A Blackhorse Main Battle Tank provides overwatch of their defense objective. The Blackhorse Regiment conducts a defense to test the Rotational Training Unit's ability to attack …

May 16, 2022 · During the awards ceremony, the 11th ACR tank crew was recognized for their excellence by placing first in both the gunnery skills test and the ‘Thunder Run’ events.

This is a historical narrative of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment's operations in Vietnam after the 1968 Tet Offensive through the Cambodian Incursion. The regiment's operations provide a …

Regiment broken up 20 September 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated a follows: Regiment (less the 3d Battalion, Band, and Maintenance, Service, and …

Armoured cavalry, or simply armoured units, may be primarily equipped with heavy tanks or lighter and faster light tanks, armoured cars, or even scout cars in the case of what is often …

Oct 4, 2022 · Backed by flamethrower-equipped M113s called M132 “Zippos,” M551 Sheridan light tanks and M109 self-propelled howitzers, Blackhorse ACAV crews fought with distinctive …

On 14 September 1924, a lightning bolt hit a 55,000-barrel oil tank at an oil storage facility in Monterey. The electrifying fork of white light ignited a fire so powerful and relentless that it took …