"3rd US Armored Division, cold war period" Topic

Hoping someone on here may be able to answer a question that's cropped up as I organise my 6mm wargaming kit for a cold war scenario.

Which unit in 3 AD (Battalion or Brigade) were the last to transition from M60a2 ? – I know 2 of the Brigades had an M60A2 Battalion

Hmmmm, not sure.

Check out the USAREUR website for more info.

It's probably listed there.

The M60A2 was fielded in very limited numbers. There was one battalion at Hood, 1-67 Armor in 2 AD. There were maybe six battalions worth in Germany, 2 each in 1 AD and 3 AD, one in 3 ID. However, some of these units deployed them in battalion strength, others fielded them in company strength within mixed battalions of M60A1's and M60A2's. One of the M60A2 battalions in 1 AD was 1-37 Armor, I don't know the designation of the other battalion. In 3 AD, 1-32 Armor and 3-33 Armor had M60A2s, however, 1-32 Armor was a mixed battalion at one point in time. In 3 ID, they were fielded in mixed battalions and 1-64 Armor, 2-64 Armor, and 3-64 Armor each had one company of M60A2s. I believe 4-64 Armor was pure M60A1. The only other unit that ever had them was Co H, 2-6 Cav at Fort Knox.

I think 3/68 or 5/68 Armor had 1 battalion in the 8th ID (1978/79)

In the mixed units, you'd get one company of M60A2s, and two of the M60A1s (or possibly A3s(?), as they were upgraded).

There's a good discussion on the M60A2 by guys that used it over at the GHQ forum.

Try this:
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Thanks for the input everyone, my question was specific to 3 AD for a reason. Anyway, I'd done a lot of searching over the last week and may have found the answer eventually.

3/33 AR may well have been the last M60A2 user in 3 AD, operating them until early 1980.

As a matter of interest it looks like 1/37 and 3/64 AR were the last users in USAREUR, giving up theirs in late 1980.

Yep I served in 3/33 AR as it transistioned to 4/8 CAV. There were many pictures of the A2 in BN HQ's