1st Armored Division
Order of Battle
Southwest Asia: DESERT SHIELD/STORM

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1st Armored Division

3d Brigade, 3d Infantry Division (Mech)
(Replaced 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division in deployment for Operation Desert Storm)
4th Battalion, 66th Armor [Aschaffenburg] (M-1A1)
1st Battalion, 7th Infantry [Aschaffenburg] (M-2A2)
4th Battalion, 7th Infantry [Aschaffenburg] (M-2A2)
1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry [Katterbach] [BLACHAWK] [AH-1; M-3]b (1st Armored Division Asset)
2d Battalion, 41st Field Artillery [Bad Kissingen] (M-109 3x8)
26th Support Battalion (Forward) (Aschaffenburg)

2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division
1st Battalion, 35th Armor [Erlangen] (M-1A1)
2d Battalion, 70th Armor [Erlangen] (M-1A1)
4th Battalion, 70th Armor [Erlangen] (M-1A1)
6th Battalion, 6th Infantry [Bamberg] (M-2A2)

3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division
3d Battalion, 35th Armor [Bamberg] (M-1A1)
1st Battalion, 37th Armor [Vilseck] (M-1A1HA)( also was in 1st Brigade)
7th Battalion, 6th Infantry [Bamberg] (M-2A2)

1st Armored Division Artillery
Battery A, 94th Field Artillery [Zirndorf] (MLRS)[During ground offensive under operational control of 4th BN, 27th Field Artillery]
Battery B, 25th Field Artillery [Zirndorf] (Target Acquisition Battery)
2d Battalion, 1st Field Artillery [Zirndorf] (M-109 3x8) [DS 2d Brigade]
3d Battalion, 1st Field Artillery [Bamberg] (M-109 3x8) [DS 3d Brigade]

Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division
Task Force PHOENIX (Consolidated UH-60 assets, Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division) [During initial phase of ground combat served under Task Force 3-1 Aviation control]
Company G, 1st Aviation [Katterbach] (Command)
Company H, 1st Aviation [Katterbach] (Assault)
2d Battalion, 1st Aviation [Katterbach] (18 x AH-64) OPCON to 2d Armored Cavalry 24-27 Feb 91
3d Battalion, 1st Aviation [Katterbach] (18 x AH-64)
Company I, 1st Aviation (Katterbach) (AVIM) [Provisionally organized prior to deployment as 9th BN, 1st Aviation and committed in direct support of the Aviation Brigade as a prototype of the Aviation Support Battalion concept]

1st Armored Division Support Command
47th Support Battalion (Forward) [DS 2d Brigade] (Erlangen)
123d Support Battalion (Main) (Furth)
125th Support Battalion (Forward) [DS 3d Brigade] (Bamberg)
400th Personnel Service Company (Ansbach) (attached)
1st Armored Division Band (Ansbach)
6th BN, 3d ADA (Vulcan/Stinger) [Schwabach]
69th Chemical Company (Zirndorf) less original 1st (Fox) Platoon with 24th Infantry Division since DESERT SHIELD]
16th Engineer BN [Furth]
Company B, 54th Engineer BN
501st Military Intelligence Battalion (CEWI) (Katterbach)
501st Military Police Company (Ansbach)
141st Signal Battalion (Ansbach)
Task Force WILDCAT (Engineer) provisional formation for ground combat phase consisting of Company C, 16th Engineer Battalion and Company D, 54th Engineer Battalion.

OPCON and Attached Units:
501st Civil Affairs Company (USAR NY)

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