As the world's number one rogue, he would never dare to be so arrogant without weapons in his hands, and the US imperialists have the world's largest air force and the largest number of aircraft carrier battle groupsAlthough the overall strength of the army is not as good as that of a large country in the East, it is far ahead in terms of establishment reform and equipment, and the 14 mobile combat units also cover all branches of the modern armyToday we will take stock of the main combat units of the US Imperialist Army.
Infantry combat drill of the 3rd Battalion of the 8th Cavalry Regiment of the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team
M2A3 Bradley infantry combat vehicle carrying anti-tank missilesTaking China's local tyrant heavy brigade as an example, more than 100 99A and more than 100 tracked infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, and then superimposed mechanized infantry, long-range artillery, and rocket artillery, it is not an exaggeration to say that one brigade destroys a country. Although Lao Mei's single brigade-level combat team may not be able to fight alone, when it comes to the synthesis division, it has the blessing of more than 100 armed aircraft of the combat aviation brigade, and its strength has skyrocketed.
Soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Battalion of the 6th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Armored Division of the 1st Armored Division patrol Syria The United States Army can be called an all-armored force There are three armored divisions, namely the 1st Armored Division of the Army, which was the first to participate in World War II, the 1st Cavalry Division, which was disabled by our 116th Division in the Korean battlefield, and the 1st Infantry Division with two armored brigades, all of which are subordinate to the Third Armored Corps in terms of establishmentThe 1st Armored Division and the 1st Cavalry Division are basically the same, with 3 heavy armored brigade combat teams, 1 combat aviation brigade combat team, 1 divisional artillery brigade, and 1 logistics support brigade, and the basic establishment of the armored division is 17,000 people, 275 Abrams main battle tanks, more than 600 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, and armored personnel carriers.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division uses an M240 machine gun in IraqThe establishment of the First Infantry Division is one less armored brigade than the two heavy armored divisions, and there are currently only two armored brigades, and it is worth mentioning that although the First Infantry Division has one less armored brigade, the combat aviation brigade is what we often call the army aviation brigade, and the establishment has not shrunk at all, the reconnaissance battalion is equipped with 24 AH-64D Apache Longbow armed *** and 12 RQ-7 shadow drones, the assault battalion is equipped with 24 AH-64D Apache Longbow armed *** assault battalions equipped with 8 UH-60L Black Hawk CH-47F Chinook transport aircraft and 15 HH-60M Black Hawk evacuation medical *** assault battalions equipped with 30 UH-60M Black Hawk armed ***
Soldiers of the 3rd Squadron of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry Division, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Cavalry Regiment training at Fort IrwinThe US infantry divisions are divided into two categories, one is the mixed infantry division represented by the 3rd Infantry Division and the 4th Infantry Division, which has both armored brigades and infantry brigades, and the other is the purely mechanized infantry division represented by the 2nd Infantry Division and the 25th Infantry Division.
The 3rd Infantry Division is part of the 18th Airborne Corps of the U.S. Army Command, and currently has 1 division headquarters and division headquarters battalion, 2 armored brigade combat teams, 1 aviation brigade, 1 divisional artillery brigade, 1 support brigade, and the 48th National Guard Infantry Brigade as a mobile reinforcement brigade.
The 4th Infantry Division is part of the 3rd Armored Corps, based at Fort Carson, Colorado, and has 1 division headquarters and division battalion, 2 Stryker medium brigade combat teams, 1 heavy armored brigade combat team, 1 combat aviation brigade, 1 divisional support brigade, and 1 divisional artillery brigade.
The 2nd Infantry Division, 20th Infantry Regiment, 5th Battalion, Infantry Ready Machine Gun Position, is a purely mechanized infantry division consisting of 2 Stryker Brigade Combat Teams, 1 mechanized brigade of the ROK Army, 1 divisional headquarters battalion (under the administrative control of the 7th Infantry Division, a divisional support brigade, and a regular rotation of the Continental Stryker Brigade Combat Team from another active division).
The 25th Infantry Division is subordinate to the First Army, under the jurisdiction of 2 light infantry brigade combat teams, 1 combat aviation brigade, 1 divisional support brigade, it is worth mentioning that the brigade's artillery battalion is subordinate to the 25th Division's artillery regiment in terms of establishment, but in the actual combat process it is still dispersed to the brigade-level combat teams as brigade-affiliated artillery battalions for combat deployment, which is consistent with the 10th Mountain Division.
The 1st Battalion of the 87th Infantry Regiment of the 10th Mountain Division engaged Taliban infantry, and the only professional mountain unit of the U.S. Army was the 10th Mountain Division, which was part of the 18th Airborne Corps, and was the only light infantry division of its size in the U.S. Army that received specialized training in mountain operations. The three infantry brigades of the division are all light infantry brigades, and each infantry brigade has a reconnaissance battalion, three infantry battalions, an artillery battalion, an engineer battalion, and a brigade support battalion.
Since 2002, the 10th Mountain Division has been the most deployed regular army unit, with a total of more than 20 combat brigades deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom Iraq.
4. Airborne Division troops
82nd Airborne DivisionThe U.S. Airborne Division consists primarily of the 82nd Airborne Division and the newly formed 11th Airborne Division.
The 82nd Airborne Division is the most strategically mobile infantry division of the U.S. Army, specializing in paratrooper assault operations behind enemy lines, and is part of the 18th Airborne Corps. The 82nd Airborne Division was first formed on August 25, 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia, with the earliest members of the division coming from all 48 states of the United States, and the division also received the nickname "All-American," which is the origin of the "AA" logo on its armband. The 82nd Airborne Division was reorganized as the first Airborne Division of the U.S. Army in August 1942 and participated in several campaigns during World War II, and the division was commanded by the famous Major General Ridgway. At present, the 82nd Airborne Division has 1 division headquarters and divisional battalion, 3 infantry brigade combat teams, 1 divisional artillery regiment, 1 combat aviation brigade, and 1 divisional support brigade.
11th Airborne DivisionThe 11th Airborne Division is the first newly formed airborne division of the U.S. Army in more than 70 years, and in the summer of 2022, the U.S. Alaska Command was renamed the 11th Airborne Division, and the two brigade-level combat teams in Alaska, namely the 25th Infantry Division, the 1st Brigade Combat Team and the 4th Brigade Combat Team, were transferred to the 11th Airborne Division and reorganized into the 11th Airborne Division's 1st and 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Teams.
Soldiers of the 101st Air Assault Division are performing their duties The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault Division) of the US Army was originally the 101st Airborne Division, and the 82nd Airborne Division belonged to the 18th Airborne Army, which is currently the only air assault division of the US Army. In 1969, since the beginning of the Vietnam War, the Army began to try to officially convert the 101st Division from an airborne (parachute) formation to an airmobile (** formation. As a result, the division was renamed the 101st Airborne Division (airmobile), the 101st Air Cavalry Division, and the commander of the 101st Division at that time was the paratrooper Major General ZaisHe refused to change the name of the division to the "Air Assault Division", and after a month of fighting with the Chief of Staff of the Army, he was finally allowed to retain the title of "Airborne Division" and finally changed its name to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) on October 4, 1974.
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault Division).The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault Division) has 1 division headquarters and divisional battalion, 3 air assault infantry brigades, 1 divisional artillery brigade, 1 combat aviation brigade, and 1 divisional support brigade. The combat aviation brigade of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault Division) of the US Army has 48 AH-64 Apache armed UH-60 Black Hawk general transport aircraft, 4 EH-60 Black Hawk electronic warfare HH-60M medical evacuation and 12 CH-47 Chinook large transport aircraft, with a total of about 113 UAVs and 20 UAVs.
The 4,500-strong 2nd Cavalry Regiment will be withdrawn to the United States The U.S. Army has two separate cavalry regiments, the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and the 3rd Cavalry Regiment. The 2nd Cavalry Regiment, also known as the 2nd Dragoon Regiment, was historically known as the 2nd Infantry Regiment, the 2nd Dragoon Regiment, the 2nd Police Regiment, the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, the 2nd Cavalry Regiment (light) and the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, based at the Rose Barracks in Vilsek, Germany, and since May 2023, the 2nd Cavalry Regiment has been formed as the Stryker Brigade Combat Team, which consists of the following units: a regimental headquarters and regimental headquarters company, four cavalry squadrons, a regimental engineer squadron, a field artillery squadron, and a regimental support squadron.
The 3rd Cavalry Regiment, formerly known as the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment ("Brave Rifles"), is based in Fort Carvazos, Texas, and was directly attached to the 1st Cavalry Division from March 2017 to October 2022, and from October 2022, the 3rd Cavalry Regiment was transferred to the 3rd Armored Corps, which has four cavalry squadrons, one regimental engineer squadron, one field artillery squadron, and one regimental support squadron.
Soldiers of the 173rd Brigade aboard C-130s preparing to parachute into northern IraqThe 173rd Airborne Brigade ("Sky Soldiers") is an Airborne Infantry Brigade combat team of the United States Army, based in Vicenza, Italy, and is the conventional airborne strategic response force of the United States European Command for Europe, unlike the infantry brigades of the 101st Air Assault Division and the 82nd Airborne Division, which is the only independent airborne infantry brigade in the United States Army.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade has a full strength of about 3,300 people, and has 6 battalions and a brigade headquarters company: the brigade headquarters and brigade headquarters company, the 1st Battalion (infantry battalion) of the 503rd Infantry Regiment, the 2nd Battalion (infantry battalion) of the 503rd Infantry Regiment, the 1st Squadron (reconnaissance battalion) of the 91st Cavalry Regiment, the 4th Battalion of the 319th Field Artillery Regiment, the 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, and the 173rd Support Battalion.