"Attack! Crush those damned Germans! Let them know that they aren't the only ones in the world with tanks and armored troops. America's Armored Forces are no less formidable than theirs!" Major General Smith, commander of the US Army's 1st Armored Division, roared.
The US Army's 1st Armored Division was a heavy armored division, with two tank regiments and one armored infantry regiment under its command. Each tank regiment had three tank battalions. The 1st Battalion was a light tank battalion, while the 2nd and 3rd Battalions were medium or heavy tank battalions. As the first Armored Division formed by the US Army, the 1st Armored Division was also the backbone of all armored forces. The entire 1st Armored Division was equipped with 158 M5 light tanks, 232 M26 heavy tanks, as well as large numbers of armored vehicles, half-tracks, and Trucks. The whole armored division numbered fifteen thousand men.
Although it was inferior in manpower to a German Armored Division, it had no fewer tanks. The only difference was that, aside from reconnaissance units equipped with light tanks, the German military's armored forces used heavy and medium tanks throughout. In terms of performance, they could utterly crush the tanks fielded by the Americans.
However, against infantry, America's armored forces were undoubtedly extremely formidable. In particular, the newly developed M26 heavy tank weighed forty-two tons, possessed thick armor and a 90mm Tank Cannon, and had very respectable performance. It was already capable of rivaling the German military's Panther tank. Of course, it was still slightly inferior before the Mighty Tiger tank. As for the even more powerful King Tiger tank, it could easily tear an M26 tank to pieces.
Hundreds of tanks, followed by large numbers of armored vehicles, formed a Steel Torrent and charged straight toward the beach.
"Shit!