301st Heavy Tank Battalion | |
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![]() 301st Tank Battalion. American heavies going into action at Souplet on the morning of October 17, 1918 | |
Disbanded | 1918 (reorganized into 66th Infantry Regiment (Light Tanks)) |
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Type | Armor |
Role | Armored warfare |
Part of | the American Expeditionary Force |
Equipment | Mark V tank |
Engagements | World War I |
The 301st Heavy Tank Battalion of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) was a Heavy Tank unit during World War I. Of the eight heavy battalions (the 301st to 308th) raised, only the 301st saw combat.[1] The 301st was reorganized post-war into the 66th Infantry Regiment (Light Tanks), later to become the 66th Armor Regiment, the oldest armored regiment in the United States Army.