Medium
Tanks: M4, M4A1, M4A3
|
Unit
|
Number
of Vehicles Checked
|
Number
w/Steel
Tracks [1]
|
Number
w/Chevron Rubber Tracks (T48)
|
Number
w/Flat Rubber Tracks (T51)
|
Average
Remaining Life for Rubber Tracks [2]
|
|
1st
Tank Bn
(1st Armored Division)
|
51
|
18
|
27
|
6
|
75%
|
4th
Tank Bn
(1st Armored Division)
|
50
|
17
|
28
|
5
|
75%
|
|
13th
Tank Bn
(1st Armored Division)
|
52
|
15
|
30
|
7
|
91%
|
|
27th
AFA Bn
(1st Armored Division) [3]
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
75%
|
|
68th
AFA Bn
(1st Armored Division)
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
38%
|
|
91st
AFA Bn
(1st Armored Division)
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
25%
|
|
16th
Engineer Bn
(1st Armored Division)
|
4
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
751st
Tank Bn
|
54
|
39
|
12
|
3
|
69%
|
|
752nd
Tank Bn
|
52
|
14
|
38
|
-
|
78%
|
|
755th
Tank Bn
|
46
|
4
|
39
|
3
|
65%
|
|
757th
Tank Bn
|
50
|
14
|
21
|
15
|
67%
|
|
760th
Tank Bn
|
50
|
-
|
47
|
3
|
78%
|
|
2nd
Armored Group
|
3
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
41%
|
|
Total
Checked
|
420
|
128
|
245
|
47
|
74%
|
|
Total
in 5th Army Units
|
441
|
|
|
|
|
[1]
T49 and T54E1 have been identified in photographs.
[2] Based on an estimated life of 500 miles for chevron
rubber and 600 miles for flat rubber. The life of steel tracks was
indefinite.
[3] AFA: Armored Field Artillery.
Medium
Tanks: M4, M4A1, M4A3
Light Tanks: M5, M5A
Howitzer Motor Carriage, 105mm,
M7
Gun Motor Carriage, 3-inch,
M10
Howitzer Motor Carriage, 75mm,
M8
Tank Recovery Vehicle, M31
Conclusion and References
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