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Pages in category "Military units and formations of the United States in the Cold War" The following 138 pages are in this category, out of 138 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
39th Special Forces Detachment (1952–1984), in Berlin, Germany, a classified unit that conducted unconventional warfare during the cold war; 69th Special Forces Group (1963–1971), 8th Special Forces Group (1963–1972), 11th Special Forces Group (1961–1994) and 12th Special Forces Group (1961–1994) (disbanded Army Special Forces Groups)
Pages in category "Military units and formations of the Cold War" The following 72 pages are in this category, out of 72 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Activated in 1918 for World War I, it was reactivated for World War II and again during the Cold War. During both World War II and the Cold War it was subordinate to the Seventh Army, or USAREUR and was headquartered at Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart, West Germany, from 1951 until it was redeployed to the US after significant success in the Gulf ...
The Central Army Group (CENTAG) was a NATO military formation comprising four Army Corps from two NATO member nations comprising troops from Canada, West Germany and the United States. During the Cold War , CENTAG was NATO's forward defence in the southern half of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).
With these events, the Cold War came to a peaceful conclusion, freeing U.S. Army units in Europe for other deployments. [ 25 ] ^ Note: As indicated in the yearly issues during the Vietnam War of Annual Historical Summary – Headquarters United States Army, Europe and Seventh Army , the USAREUR training maneuver budgets dramatically dried up ...
The 287th Military Police Company was the only US Army MP unit to use boats for water patrol along the border to East Germany. The Berlin Brigade Aviation Detachment at Tempelhof Central Airport was the last US Army unit worldwide to use the DeHavilland Canada U-6 Beaver , when retired in January 1980.
The M47 Patton was the second tank of the Patton series, and one of the U.S Army's principal medium gun tanks of the Cold War. It had a 90 mm gun and a crew of 5. The M47 was the U.S. Army and Marine Corps primary tank, intended to replace the M46 Patton and M4 Sherman tanks. Although roughly similar (from a distance) to the later M48 and M60 ...