* Armored reconnaissance-a modern role in most militaries for ' cavalry ' titled units

The 1st and 2nd Battalion, 48th Infantry were mechanized infantry units assigned to the 3rd Armored Division ( 3AD ) in West Germany during the Cold War.

Versailles is also an important military center, with several units and training schools headquartered at the Satory military base, which was the headquarters of the famed 2nd French Armored Division until 1999, and where a military exhibition is organized annually.

On December 26, 1944, the first spearhead units of the Third Army's U. S. 4th Armored Division reached Bastogne, opening a corridor for relief and resupply of the besieged forces.

The 2nd Armored all but destroyed the 9th Panzer Division, and it mauled several other German units as well.

Following deep reconnaissance missions in the region by the 3rd Cavalry Group and units of the 1139 Engineer Combat Group, and after heavy fighting in and around the city, Chartres was liberated, on 18 August 1944, by the U. S. 5th Infantry and the 7th Armored Divisions belonging to the XX Corps of the 3rd US Army commanded by General George S. Patton.

After the 1990 – 91 Gulf War, the U. S. 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment ( 2nd ACR ) was re-equipped with Humvees and designated Armored Cavalry ( Light ), while units retaining their Abrams tanks and Bradley fighting Vehicles were classified as Armored Cavalry ( Heavy ).

Fort Hood is one of the largest United States military installations in the world, and is the home of III Corps, 1st Cavalry Division, 13th Sustainment Command, First Army Division West, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, 41st Fires Brigade and many other corps and echelons above corps units.

By the end of May 25, 3rd Infantry were heading into the Velletri gap near Cori, and elements of 1st Armored had reached within of Valmontone and were in contact with units of the Herman Göring Division which were just starting to arrive from Leghorn.

It was shortly later assigned armored units to become the 45th Armored Brigade, also known as the " Barak Armored Brigade ".

In his 1998 book Death Traps, Belton Cooper, who was a lieutenant in the 3rd Armored Division during World War II, working as a liaison officer for the division's armor repair units, made the claim that General George S. Patton was primarily responsible for delaying the development and production of the M26.

Frustrated by the lack of progress Rommel decided to commit his units from 10th Panzer to the Kasserine Pass the next morning in a co-ordinated attack with the Afrika Korps Assault Group which was to be joined by elements of the Italian 131st Armored Division Centauro.

If the town fell and the German division decided to move on the southernmost of the two roads from Thala to Tebessa, the U. S. 9th Infantry Division to the north would be cut off from its supplies, and Combat Command B of the 1st Armored Division would be trapped between the 10th Panzer Division and its supporting units moving north along the second road to Tebessa.

He did, however, single out a few U. S. units for praise, such as the 2nd Battalion, 13th Armored Regiment of Orlando Ward ′ s 1st Armored Division.

However, with realignment of the US Army and the return of several formations from Europe, the corps took command of the 1st Infantry Division and the 1st Armored Division as well, both of these units having been transferred from V Corps in Germany.

After successfully performing their mission in Bosnia, the division units conducted a transfer of authority, relinquishing their assignments to soldiers of the 49th Armored Division, Texas National Guard.

Armored units had developed the greatest confidence in their ability to fight without U. S. air support.

Other large groups of high-point men were transferred to other units that were going back home before 7th Armored.

* Fact Sheet of the 7th Armored Division WARNING: the information on this link is extremely flawed: the units listed are not at all the units of the 7th Armored Division, and the purported history of the Division has major gaps and errors

Armored cars are typically less expensive and on roads have better speed and range than tracked military vehicles.

Armored cars are popular for peacekeeping or internal security duties.

Armored cars and light tanks have adopted the reconnaissance role while medium and heavy tanks are regarded as the decisive shock troops.

* In an episode of Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Obadiah Stane offered Tony water from the Savage Lands, hinting that they are able to enter and escape the lands at will.

For instance, those who excel during training in the Tzanhanim Brigade are invited to try to join Duvdevan or Palsar Tzanhanim ; the best of recruits of 7th Armored Brigade are invited to apply for service in the Palsar 7, etc.

There are exceptions to USARS regimental titles, including the Armored Cavalry Regiments and the 75th Ranger Regiment created in 1986.

Among the most famous mercenary groups are the Wolf's Dragoons, Eridani Light Horse, Kell Hounds, Northwind Highlanders, Gray Death Legion, and McCarron's Armored Cavalry.

Two projects, by Elbit Systems and Israel Aircraft Industries are both based on the locally produced Armored " Tomcar " and have the specific purpose of patrolling barrier fences against intrusions.

Armored bulldozers are standard combat engineering tools, as they can perform construction, destruction and EOD missions under heavy fire. Yahalom's engineering commando troopers.

The few remaining complete regiments, which actually retain the designation " regiment ", are the Armored Cavalry Regiments, the 3d U. S. Infantry Regiment, and the 75th Ranger Regiment.

The opposing force at the NTC is the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, the Blackhorse Cavalry, who are stationed at the base to provide an enemy force to units on a training rotation at Fort Irwin.

The Chilean unit is the 1st Armored Brigade " Cuirassiers " and the Argentine units are the 7th Tank Cavalry ( Colonel Ramon Estomba's Cuirassiers ); and the 4th Mountain Cavalry Regiments

The medics of the 3rd Armored Division ( United States ) reported that they discovered Nordhausen Camp on the way to Camp Dora ( Dora and Nordhausen are two separate camps within the same complex ).

Some variants, like the United States Marine Corps's Light Armored Vehicle-25 ( LAV-25 ) and its derivatives, are equipped with propellers for amphibious use, though their swimming capability is restricted to sheltered waters.

Among those many subsidiaries are such diverse businesses as Advanced Research Laboratories, Secur-Corp Armored Car Service, North American Robotics, Hell's Gate Disposal Services, and the Good Foods Group, owners of Ralli's Family Restaurants and the Koul-Brau Breweries.

Armored Core games are Mecha Simulation / third-person shooters, in which the player pilots a large mecha called an Armored Core, or AC for short.

Due to Japanese perception that the Type 90 is unsuited for operations in the limited confines of urban areas in Japan, Type 90 tanks are preferentially assigned to the JGSDF Fuji School Brigade and the 7th Armored Division based in Hokkaido where there is sufficient room for maneuver.

* Whilst not appearing in Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Dormammu and his Dark Dimension are referenced by Doctor Doom when he attempts to drag Iron Man into the Dark Dimension.

Armored cars, dump trucks and concrete mixers are examples of vehicles specialized for delivery of specific types of goods.

The challenges of fighting Armored Troopers out in the open eventually takes its toll on his squad and the majority of his squadmates are killed in fierce fighting with the enemy.

Armored Cataphracts began to be deployed in eastern Europe and the near East, following the precedents established by Persian forces, as the main striking force of the armies in contrast to the earlier roles of cavalry as scouts, raiders, and outflankers.

Also during this period, the 4th Armored Division was reactivated at Fort Hood and deployed to Germany as part of the " Gyroscope " concept of unit movement.

In December 1995, V Corps deployed 1st Armored Division ( United States ) and elements of six separate brigades for the Implementation Force ( IFOR ).

One Canadian soldier from the 4th Canadian Armored Division wounded recalled this incident saying ".... while so deployed the tanks were suddenly attacked, in mistake, by several Typhoon aircraft.

Although never officially reorganized, the Brigade was inactive until its 15 October 1940 activation and redesignation and conversion to HHC, 9th Armored Division Trains, and deployed to Europe, receiving campaign-participation credit for operations in the Rhineland, the Ardennes-Alsace, and the Central Europe theatres of war, and awarded two Meritorious Unit Commendations, with embroidered streamers reading: Europe 1944 and Europe 1945.

In December 1990, A-40th Field Artillery ( MLRS )-3rd Armored Division Artillery ( Hanau ), 1 / 27th FA ( MLRS ) part of the 41st Field Artillery Brigade ( Babenhausen ) and 4 / 27th FA ( MLRS ) ( Wertheim ) deployed in support of Operation Desert Shield from their bases in Germany and 1 / 158th Field Artillery from Ft Sill deployed in January 1991.

In 1990, as part of 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division ; 1st Battalion, 37th Armor was attached to the 3rd " Bulldog " Brigade from Bamberg and deployed to Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield / Storm.

When forward deployed, United States military police units customarily employ HMMWVs or internal security vehicles called the M1117 Armored Security Vehicle.

In 1990, many brigade soldiers ( Charlie Company 17th Signal Battalion located at that time on Gibbs Kaserne in Frankfurt ) in support of 143rd Signal Battalion 3rd Armored Division deployed to Saudi Arabia as part of Operation Desert Storm.

In 1995, under the operational command of the 1st Armored Division's Task Force Eagle, the 22nd Signal Brigade Headquarters, 440th Signal Battalion, elements of the 17th and 32nd Signal Battalions, and 1AD's 141st Signal Battalion, deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina in support of Multi-National Division-North.

Since 1995, 22nd Signaleers have been continuously deployed in support of both the 1st Infantry Division and 1st Armored Division in Bosnia, US EUCOM's national support element in Hungary and NATO's Task Force Able Sentry in Macedonia.

In May 1998, the brigade once again deployed the 440th Signal Battalion to Bosnia as the 1st Armored Division's Task Force Eagle Signal Support Force.

Also in February 1996 the Dagger Brigade deployed units to Bosnia and Herzegovina to participate in Operation Joint Endeavor with the US 1st Armored Division.

On 7 October 1996, the Brigade Combat Team deployed to Bosnia to cover the US 1st Armored Division's redeployment to Germany.

The 2nd Battalion 37th Armored Regiment was a forward deployed tank battalion located in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Nicknamed Iron Dukes, the 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment was deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.

General Byrnes ’ other key assignments include: Commanding General, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas ; while deployed in that capacity, he simultaneously served as the Commanding General of the Multinational Division ( North ) in Tuzla, Bosnia, from October 1998 to August 1999 ; Director, Force Programs, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, Washington, D. C .; Assistant Division Commander ( Maneuver ), 1st Cavalry Division ; Commanding General, Joint Task Force Six, Fort Bliss, Texas ; Commander, 1st Cavalry Division Artillery, and later Chief of Staff, 1st Cavalry Division ; Director of Political and Economic Studies and Director of the Strategic Outreach Initiative for the United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania ; Commander, 4th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery in 2nd Armored Division ( Forward ) in Germany ; and Commander, Battery C, 1st Battalion, 39th Field Artillery, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.