Light
Tanks: M5, M5A1
Unit
|
Number
of Vehicles Checked
|
Number
w/Steel Tracks (T36E6)
|
Number
w/Flat Rubber Tracks (T16)
|
Average
Remaining Life for Rubber Tracks [1]
|
1st
Tank Bn (1st Armored Division)
|
12
|
-
|
12
|
63%
|
4th
Tank Bn (1st Armored Division)
|
14
|
-
|
14
|
46%
|
13th
Tank Bn (1st Armored Division)
|
14
|
-
|
14
|
63%
|
CCA,
HQ (1st Armored Division) [2]
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
50%
|
CCB
HQ (1st Armored Division)
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
25%
|
81st
Cavalry Reconnaissance Sq (1st Armored Division)
|
18
|
-
|
18
|
56%
|
751st
Tank Bn
|
16
|
3
|
13
|
42%
|
755th
Tank Bn
|
18
|
11
|
7
|
61%
|
757th
Tank Bn
|
16
|
-
|
16
|
55%
|
760th
Tank Bn
|
5
|
1
|
4
|
44%
|
Task
Force Ramey [3]
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
63%
|
91st
Cavalry Reconnaissance Sq
|
19
|
-
|
19
|
33%
|
Total
Checked
|
138
|
16
|
122
|
50%
|
Total
in 5th Army Units
|
149
|
|
|
|
[1]
Based on an estimated life of 600 miles for flat rubber. The life
of steel tracks was indefinite.
[2] CCA/CCB: Combat Command A or B.
[3] Task Force Ramey. TF Ramey was a provisional brigade
formed 12 June 1944 operating on the right flank of IV Corps.
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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