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63rd Armor Regiment

Field	Value
unit_name	63rd Armor Regiment
image	63rd_Armor_Regiment_coat_of_arms.png
caption	Coat of arms
dates	1963–present (as parent regiment)
country	USA
branch	Army
type	Armor
garrison	Fort Riley
identification_symbol	[[File:63dArRegmt.png	100px]]
identification_symbol_label	Distinctive unit insignia

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

Lineage

Men and M47 Patton of 63d Tank Battalion, West Germany.

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

Inactivated 15 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Withdrawn 16 September 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System

2nd Battalion, 63rd Armor deployed in March of 1996 from Rose Barracks in Vilseck, Germany to Camp Able Sentry, Skopje, Macedonia. There, they participated in a United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) to monitor Macedonia's border with Serbia. The battalion returned to Germany in September of 1996, relieved by the 1st battalion 63rd Armor

1st and 2nd Battalion, 63rd Armor deployed in 1999 from Rose Barracks in Vilseck, Germany to Camp Able Sentry, Skopje, Macedonia with operations within Kosovo as part of Task Force Falcon. The battalion returned in June of 2000.

2nd Battalion deployed from Rose Barracks in Vilseck, Germany to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom II under the 1st Infantry Division from January 2004 till February 2005 at FOB Scunion near Baqubah, Iraq.

Campaign participation credit

;World War II

Normandy (with arrowhead)
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe ;Modern
Kosovo (2003)
Operation Iraqi Freedom II (2003–5)

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

References

http://www.riley.army.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/470330/tribute-paid-to-task-force-2-63-armor-soldier/

https://www.stripes.com/news/2-63-armor-regiment-soldiers-return-to-vilseck-from-iraq-1.29763#.WXKVNMYZOt8

https://www.un.org/Depts/DPKO/Missions/unpred_p.htm

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