Танковый фронт

748-й отдельный танковый батальон

748th Tank Battalion

 
I. Командный состав батальона
II. Формирование и организация

Мобилизован (Activated) 20 августа 1942 г. в Кемп-Рукере, ши. Алабама (Camp Rucker, Alabama).

On 20 April 1943, reorganized as a special battalion equipped with CDL spotlight tanks. Shipped to Wales April 1944 and disembarked at Utah Beach on 24 August. Reorganized as standard tank battalion after 23 October. Moved to front on 20 January 1945 near Buschdorf, Germany, attached to 94th Infantry Division. Fought through West Wall defenses in February. Trained with DD and CDL tanks 1Ð15 March. Moved to Saarlautern area to support 65th Infantry Division operations against Siegfried Line defenses. Withdrawn again on 20 March to draw DD tanks, attached to 5th Infantry Division near Bad Kreuznach, Germany. Long road marches damaged many DDs, but a few crossed the Rhine on 23 March 1945. CDL tanks deployed to support bridging operations. Turned in all special tanks by mid-April 1945. Advanced with 65th Infantry Division to Danube at Gundelhausen. Entered Regensburg on 27 April. In early May, took Passau and entered Austria, ending war near Linz.

Придан: 5-й, 65-й, 89-й пехотным дивизиям.

даты вхождения Дивизия
   
16.01.1945 - 25.01.1945 94-я пехотная дивизия (рота A)
25.01.1945 - 29.01.1945 94-я пехотная дивизия (роты C и D)
29.01.1945 - 21.02.1945 94-я пехотная дивизия (роты C и D)
16.03.1945 - 21.03.1945 65-я пехотная дивизия (рота C)
22.03.1945 - 23.03.1945 5-я пехотная дивизия
25.03.1945 - 06.04.1945 89-я пехотная дивизия
07.04.1945 - 09.05.1945 65-я пехотная дивизия
   

 

III. Боевой и численный состав батальона

Состав:

 

 
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Литература и источники:
 
Battle Orders #10. Steven J Zaloga. US Tank and Tank Destroyer Battalions in the ETO 1944 - 1945. Osprey Publishing, 2005.
 
 
 

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