3rd Armored (SD2)

3rd Armored (SD2) is an A-rated Allied Armored division in Steel Division II, available as part of the Back to War pack.

Suffering for weeks in "hedgerow hell" and the heavy fighting for Saint-Lô, the "Spearhead" finally broke into rolling country with Operation Cobra. From then, true to its nickname, the 3rd Armoured engaged in a race towards the Seine, capturing tens of thousands of German troops in the process.

Leading his heavy division through the Cotentin's 'hedgerow hell', Watson had to adapt and develop new tactics to fight in such a close environment. A WW1 infantry veteran, Watson transferred to the forming armoured forces in the Interwar, rising to command of his own armoured regiment in 1940. Given command of 3rd Armoured Division, he led it through the Normandy campaign, especially the vicious fighting in the bocage and for Saint-Lô. Afterwards, he played a major part in the American breakthrough out of bocage country and in the battle of Falaise. Yet, he was soon to be demoted and stripped of his command by Eisenhower for having let a major tank and truck jam develop behind the lines. But by the end of the war, he had recovered his general’s stars and was back leading an infantry division.

Real world composition[ | ]

Headquarters Company
Service Company
Combat Command A
Combat Command B
36th Armored Infantry Regiment
32d Armored Regiment
33d Armored Regiment
23d Armored Engineer Battalion
83d Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
143d Armored Signal Co
3d Armored Division Artillery
391st Armored Field Artillery Battalion
67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
3d Armored Division Trains
3d Ordnance Maintenance Battalion
Supply Battalion
45th Armored Medical Battalion
Military Police Platoon

Battlegroup[ | ]

Activation Points	Battlegroup slots
Activation Points	Recon	Inf	Tank	Sup	AT	AA	Art	Air	Defense
Total	5	5	10	8	6	3	7	4	4
1 AP	2	2	5	4	2		3	2
2	2	2	3	3	2	1	2	1
3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
4					1	1	1

Available units[ | ]

Recon[ | ]

Unit	Cost	Cards	Phase A			Phase B			Phase C
Unit	Cost	Cards
Jeep .50 (US)	10	[2]		6	4		12	8
Recon	15	[2]	4	3	2	8	6	4	12	9	6
Scouts (US)	20	[3]		3	2		6	4		9	6
M5A1 Recon	35	[1]	5	4	3	10	8	6	15	12	9
M8	35	[3]	4	3	2	8	6	4	12	9	6

Infantry[ | ]

Unit	Cost	Cards	Phase A			Phase B			Phase C
Unit	Cost	Cards
Arm. Rifles	20	[2]	9	6	3	18	12	6	27	18	9
Arm. Leader	25	[1]		3	2		6	4
Arm. Leader (SMG)	25	[1]		3	2		6	4
Arm. LMG Rifles	25	[1]	9	6	3	18	12	6
Arm. Rifles (BAR)	25	[1]	9	6	3	18	12	6	27	18	9
Engineer Leader (US)	25	[1]		3	2
Engineers (US)	25	[2]	6	5	4	12	10	9	18	15	13

Tank[ | ]

Unit	Cost	Cards	Phase A			Phase B			Phase C
Unit	Cost	Cards
CMD M5A1	30	[1]		3	2		6	4
M5A1	30	[3]	8	6	4	16	12	8	24	18	12
CMD M4A1	70	[2]		2	1		4	2		6	3
M4A1	70	[4]	6	4	2	12	8	4	18	12	6
M4A3(75)W	80	[2]				10	7	5	15	11	7
M4A1(76)	85	[2]	4	3	2	8	6	4	12	9	6
M4A1(76) CMD	85	[1]		2	1		4	2
M4A3E2 Jumbo	140	[2]	2	1		4	2	1	6	3	1

Support[ | ]

Unit	Cost	Cards	Phase A			Phase B			Phase C
Unit	Cost	Cards
Flamethrower	15	[2]	6	4	2	9	6	3
M1919 MMG	20	[3]	6	4	2	12	8	4	20	13	7
M1917A1	25	[3]	5	4	3	10	8	6	15	12	9
M8 Scott	25	[1]	5	4	3	10	8	6	15	12	9
M2HB HMG	35	[2]	4	3	2	8	6	4	12	9	6
CMD M8	40	[1]		2	1		4	2
GMC Supply	40	[3]	2			4			6
M2 HT Supply	40	[1]	2			4			6
M4(105)	65	[1]	2	1	1	4	3	1	8	5	3
M4A3(105)W	70	[1]				4	3	1	8	5	3
Commander (US)	110	[1]			1
M20 Commander	120	[1]			1
M4(75)W Commander	140	[1]			1

Anti-tank[ | ]

Unit	Cost	Cards	Phase A			Phase B			Phase C
Unit	Cost	Cards
Bazooka (US)	20	[4]	6	4	2	12	8	4	18	12	6
M1 Gun 57mm	45	[3]	4	3	2	8	6	4	12	9	6
M5 Gun 76mm	65	[3]	3	1	1	6	3	1	9	4	2
M10A1 Destroyer	80	[2]	3	2	1	6	4	2	9	6	3

Anti-air[ | ]

Unit	Cost	Cards	Phase A			Phase B			Phase C
Unit	Cost	Cards
M16 MGMC	60	[1]	3	2	1	6	4	2	9	6	3
M15 CGMC	85	[2]	2	1		4	2	1
Bofors 40mm (US)	90	[1]	3	2	1	6	4	2	9	6	3

Artillery[ | ]

Unit	Cost	Cards	Phase A			Phase B			Phase C
Unit	Cost	Cards
Mortar 60mm	40	[3]		8	6		14	11		20	15
Artillery CMD (US)	50	[1]		2	1		4	2		6	3
M7 HMC 105mm	90	[6]	2	1		4	2	1	6	3	1
M21 MMC 81mm	105	[4]	2	1		4	2	1	6	3	1
M12 GMC 155mm	125	[2]				2	1		3	2	1
M1A1 'Long Tom' 155mm	130	[3]	1			2	1		4	2	1
M4A3(W) Calliope 114mm	130	[1]	2	1		4	2	1
M4A1 OP (155mm)	170	[2]	1			2			3

Air[ | ]

Unit	Cost	Cards	Phase A			Phase B			Phase C
Unit	Cost	Cards
L-4H Recon Plane (US)	10	[1]	6	4	2	9	6	3
F-6C Recon Plane	85	[2]		1			2	1		4	2
B-26B-4-MA Marauder Heavy Bomber 45kg	105	[2]	2	1		4	3	1	7	5	2
P-51D-5 Dogfighter	120	[2]	4	3	2	8	5	4	12	8	6
B-26B-4-MA Marauder Heavy Bomber 454kg	130	[1]	1			2	1		4	2	1
P-51D-5 Light Bomber 113kg	130	[1]	3	2	1	6	4	2	9	6	3
P-51D-5 Heavy Bomber 454kg	150	[2]	1			2	1		4	2	1

Defense[ | ]

Unit	Cost	Cards	Phase A
Unit	Cost	Cards
Barbed wire	0	[1]	3000
Gun pit	0	[2]	6
Trenches	0	[2]	1500
Bunker HMG .30	5	[3]		3	2
Bunker HMG .50	15	[2]	2	1

Transport[ | ]

	Ford GPA x 12	GMC x 400	GMC HMG x 24	Jeep x 300	Jeep .30 x 50	M20 x 18	M2 HT x 90	M3 HT x 155	M3 Scout x 12	M3A1 HT x 65	M4 HST x 12	WC-25 x 60	WC-25 HMG x 20
Recon	X	X		X	X	X	X		X			X
Scouts	X	X		X			X		X			X
Arm. Rifles		X	X				X	X		X
Arm. Leader	X	X	X	X			X	X		X		X	X
Arm. Leader (SMG)	X	X	X	X			X	X		X		X	X
Arm. LMG Rifles		X	X				X	X		X
Arm. Rifles (BAR)		X	X				X	X		X
Engineer Leader	X	X	X	X			X	X		X		X	X
Engineers		X	X				X	X		X
Flamethrower	X	X	X	X			X	X		X		X	X
M1919 MMG	X	X	X	X			X	X		X		X	X
M1917A1		X	X				X	X		X		X
M2HB HMG			X				X					X
Commander	X	X	X	X								X
Bazooka	X	X		X			X	X		X		X	X
M1 Gun		X	X				X	X		X	X	X
M5 Gun		X	X				X	X		X	X
Bofors 40mm		X	X				X	X		X	X
Mortar 60mm	X	X	X	X			X	X		X		X	X
Artillery CMD		X	X				X	X		X
M1A1 'Long Tom'											X

Divisions

Steel Division: Normandy 44

Allied

3rd Canadian Infantry

1. Pancerna

Second Wave

1st SSB

4th Armored

Back in Hell

Axis

17. SS-Panzergrenadier

Second Wave

9. Panzer

16. Luftwaffe

Back in Hell

Festung Groß-Paris

2. Panzer

Scenarios

Allies		1st Infantry 2nd Rangers 3rd Infantry 4th Canadian Armoured 6th Guards Tank Brigade 11th Armoured 29th Infantry 82nd Airborne 90th Infantry

Axis		1. SS-Panzer II. SS-Panzer-Korps 326. Infanterie

Steel Division II

Allied		2-ya Gvard. Tankovy Korpus 29-ya Tankovy Korpus 3-ya Gvard. Mechanizi. Korpus 3-ya Gvard. Tankovy Korpus Podv. Gruppa Tyurina Podv. Gruppa Bezuglogo 9-ya Gvard. Kavalerii 26-ya Gvard. Strelkovy 44-ya Gvard. Strelkovy 184-ya Strelkovy Back to War 3rd Armored 2e Blindee 3rd Canadian Infantry 15th Infantry Tribute to D-Day 2nd Infantry 6th Airborne 1. Pancerna Death on the Vistula Armia Krajowa 1 Piechoty "Tadeusza Kościuszki" Fate of Finland 126-y L. Gornostrelkovy Korpus Podv. Gruppa Vyborg 358-ya Strelkova Div Black Sunday 3-ya VDV 7-y Mechanizi. Korpus Morskaya Gruppa Bakhtina Burning Baltics Nemesis 97-ya Gvard. Strelkovy 10-y Gv. Tank. Korpus

Axis		Germany 1. Skijäger 5. Panzer 20. Panzer Gruppe Harteneck 78. Sturm 14. Infanterie 28. Jäger Korück 559 1. Lovas 12. Tartalék Back to War Panzer-Lehr 21. Panzer 116. Panzer 352. Infanterie 'Tribute to D-Day' 3. Fallschirmjäger 12. SS-Panzer 17. SS-Panzergrenadier Death on the Vistula 5. SS-Panzer "Wiking" Fallschirm-Panzer "Hermann Göring" Fate of Finland Panssaridivisioona Ryhmä Raappana 122. Infanterie Black Sunday 1 Blindata "Romania Mare" 4 Munte 5 Cavalerie Motorizata Burning Baltics Nemesis 16. Panzer 20. Panzergrenadier

Axis in DLC		Allied 3rd Armored 2e Blindée 15th Infantry 3rd Canadian Infantry

Axis