| 词条 | 648th Tank Destroyer Battalion |
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|unit_name= 648th Tank Destroyer Battalion |image= |caption= |dates= 1943–1945 |country= United States |branch= Army |command_structure=Independent unit |nickname= |equipment=3" anti-tank guns M18 Hellcat |battles=World War II
|battles_label=Campaigns |disbanded=1945 }} The 648th Tank Destroyer Battalion was a tank destroyer battalion of the United States Army active during the Second World War. The battalion was activated at Camp Bowie on 6 March 1943,[1] formed around a cadre drawn from the 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion.[2] After early training on self-propelled tank destroyers, it was converted to a towed battalion equipped with towed 3" anti-tank guns in March 1944. It sailed for the United Kingdom later that year, and was deployed into the European theater in February 1945.[1] On 20 February, the 648th was attached to the 70th Infantry Division,[3] fighting in the Moselle region on the French-German border. During the next month, the 70th Division captured Saarbrücken and closed off the defending forces in the Saar region in a large pocket.[4] The battalion was relieved from attachment to the 70th Division on 31 March,[3] and withdrew into reserve to re-equip with self-propelled M18 Hellcat tank destroyers. However, this process was delayed, and was not completed before the end of the war.[5] Elements of the reconnaissance company were attached to the 36th Infantry Division from 11 to 14 April,[6] and the entire battalion returned to combat duties under the command of the 86th Infantry Division on 15 April, operating in Bavaria.[7] Notes1. ^1 Yeide, p. 266 2. ^History of the 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion 3. ^1 {{cite book|accessdate=21 April 2011|chapterurl=http://www.history.army.mil/documents/ETO-OB/70ID-ETO.htm|chapter=70th Infantry Division |publisher=United States Army| url = http://www.history.army.mil/documents/eto-ob/etoob-toc.htm| title = Order of Battle of the United States Army World War II| date = December 1945}} 4. ^70th Infantry Division History 5. ^Yeide, p. 266, merely notes that they "began conversion". Nafziger gives a reequipment date of 24 May, and Zaloga suggests the conversion did not happen at all until after the end of the war. The 86th Infantry Division combat record for mid-April confirms this, noting them as the "648th (T) Battalion", the notation for a towed unit. It is not clear if any early-arriving M18s were active before late May. 6. ^{{cite book|accessdate=21 April 2011|chapterurl=http://www.history.army.mil/documents/ETO-OB/36ID-ETO.htm|chapter=36th Infantry Division |publisher=United States Army| url = http://www.history.army.mil/documents/eto-ob/etoob-toc.htm| title = Order of Battle of the United States Army World War II| date = December 1945}} 7. ^{{cite book|accessdate=21 April 2011|chapterurl=http://www.history.army.mil/documents/ETO-OB/86ID-ETO.htm|chapter=86th Infantry Division |publisher=United States Army| url = http://www.history.army.mil/documents/eto-ob/etoob-toc.htm| title = Order of Battle of the United States Army World War II| date = December 1945}} References
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