The 1st Tank Destroyer Brigade was dispatched to Europe in January 1944 and the 2nd Tank Destroyer Brigade was disbanded in the United States during March that year. The initial role of these units was to oversee the training of the large number of tank destroyer battalions that had been previously formed. Two tank destroyer brigades were formed in November 1942. The thirteen tank destroyer group headquarters dispatched to Europe never led massed units of tank destroyers, and nor did the 1st Tank Destroyer Brigade. Tank destroyers were usually parcelled out to other units, and were rarely concentrated in battalions. However, combat experience in North Africa and Europe demonstrated that units larger than battalions were not needed.
These battalions were to be concentrated in regiment-sized groups and brigades when needed to combat large forces of enemy tanks. The United States Army raised a large number of tank destroyer units during World War II.įor most of the war US Army doctrine called for tank destroyers to primarily operate as concentrated tank destroyer battalions during combat.
A M10 Wolverine tank destroyer of the 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion, in Dreux, Normandy during August 1944
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