63rd Armor Regiment

63rd Armor Regiment
Coat of arms
Active	1942
Country	USA
Branch	Army
Type	Armor
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 63rd Armor Regiment is an armored regiment of the United States Army formed in 1942.

Lineage

Constituted 3 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 745th Tank Battalion

Activated 15 August 1942 at Camp Bowie, Texas

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1942 as the 745th Tank Battalion, Medium

Reorganized and redesignated 2 December 1943 as the 745th Tank Battalion

Inactivated 27 October 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Redesignated 14 September 1948 as the 63d Heavy Tank Battalion, allotted to the Regular Army, and assigned to the 1st Infantry Division

Activated 10 October 1948 in Germany

Reorganized and redesignated 10 October 1950 as the 63d Tank Battalion

Inactivated15 February 1957 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division

Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1963 as the 63d Armor, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System

Withdrawn 16 September 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System

Campaign participation credit

World War II

• Normandy (with arrowhead)
• Northern France
• Rhineland
• Ardennes-Alsace
• Central Europe

Decorations

• Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1988
• Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1990
• Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996–1997
• French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
• Belgian Fourragere 1940
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-Malmedy

See also

• Coats of arms of U.S. Armor and Cavalry Regiments

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Center of Military History document "63rd Armor Lineage and Honors".