3rd Cavalry Regiment

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3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment shoulder badge; the regiment's motto is Blood and Steel

The 3rd Cavalry Regiment ( German  3rd Cavalry Regiment ) is a regiment of the United States Army with headquarters in Fort Hood , Texas . The traditional name of the regiment is Brave Rifles ( rifles denotes both rifles with a rifled barrel and the shooters armed with them). The regiment was formed on May 19, 1846 as the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen ( hunters on horseback ) in Missouri and became the 3rd Cavalry Regiment at the beginning of the Civil War . It then fought in the Indian Wars , the Mexican-American War , the Spanish-American War , the Filipino-American War , the First and Second World Wars , the Second Gulf War and the Iraq War . After being called the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment due to its temporary equipment with heavy battle tanks , it has been renamed the 3rd Cavalry Regiment since 2011 .

Outline and equipment

In 1942 the regiment, which had been mounted up until then, was converted into a tank reconnaissance unit. It received main battle tanks after the Second World War until it was fitted with Stryker wheeled armored vehicles in 2011 .

In contrast to the usual form of designation for units below the regimental level in the US Army ( platoon / platoon , company / company , battalion / battalion ), the names in the US cavalry are platoon, troop and squadron ( squadron ).

The last division as an association of armored forces

Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Troop "Remington"

The Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Troop "Remington" is the regimental headquarters, the staff and administrative unit of the regiment. The equipment consists of:

  • 2 M2A3 Bradleys designed as Command Track (mobile command point with chain drive),
  • 11–15 M577 command and control vehicles,
  • various transport and logistics vehicles for regiment supply.

1st, 2nd and 3rd Cavalry Squadron

These three squadrons represented the combat troop core of the regiment. Their line-up was uniform. They were each commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel . A squadron had a total of 53 officers, 339 NCOs and 499 men, a total of 891 men.

Each squadron was organized as follows:

  • Headquarters Troop: Two Bradley M3A2 commandos, six M577 commandos, various recovery and transport vehicles.
  • Three Armored Cavalry Troops: Each troop had an HQ department with an M1A2 Abrams , an M2A3 Bradley and an M577 command vehicle, two reconnaissance platoons with six M2A3 Bradley each, two armored platoons with four M1A2 Abrams each and a mortar group with two M1064 mortar carriers as well as 12 tracked or wheeled vehicles for supply.
  • A tank company: It consisted of 14 M1A2 Abrams and was available to the squadron commander as a mobile reserve.
  • Artillery battery: with eight M109 self-propelled howitzers and eight ammunition transporters.

4th Air Cavalry Squadron

This was the airmobile element of the regiment under the command of a Lieutenant Colonel of the Army Aviation .

Structure of the Squadron: Headquarters and Headquarters Troop ("Headhunters")

  • N Troop ("Nomad") with AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters.
  • O Troop ("Outlaw") with AH-64D Apache Longbow.
  • P Troop ("Pegasus") with AH-64D Apache Longbow.
  • Q Troop ("Quicksilver") with AAI RQ-7 Shadow drones .
  • R Troop ("Renegade"), Forward Support Troop (FST).
  • S Troop ("Stetson") with UH-60L Blackhawk multipurpose helicopters.
  • T Troop ("Tomahawk"), repair unit.
  • AVIM Troop ("Air Raiders") - Aviation Intermediate Maintenance.

Support Squadron ("Muleskinner")

This squadron supplied the regiment and had:

  • Headquarters and Headquarters Troop ("Bullwhip"), headquarters company.
  • Supply and Transportation Troop ("Packhorse"), supply and transport company.
  • Maintenance Troop ("Blacksmith").
  • Medical Troop ("Scalpel"), medical care.

The regiment was also supported by the 43rd Combat Engineer Company (tank engineer company), the 66th Military Intelligence Company (military intelligence), the 89th Chemical Company "Chemdawg" (NBC defense company) and an air defense division.

Organization as an association of mechanized infantry from 2011

The first three Squadron were equipped with Stryker infantry fighting vehicles, the fourth with Stryker reconnaissance vehicles.

Remarks

  1. ↑ See Clancy, Tom, Armored Cavalry. The associated American tank units, Munich 1997, p. 268.

literature

  • Tom Clancy: Armored Cavalry . Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-453-15541-6 , p. 263 f

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