Editing 3rd Armored (SD2)

{{Infobox division
| subtitle    =Spearhead
| image       =3rd_US_Armored_Division_SSI.svg
| image size  =
| icon        =
| image desc  =
| type        =Armored
| affiliation =
| nation      =United States
| leader      =[[File:3rd Com.png|center|100px]]<br/>Major General Leroy Watson
|title=3rd Armored "Spearhead"}}
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' 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==
{|class="wikitable sortable" width="66%" style="text-align: center;"
!rowspan="2"|Activation Points
! colspan="9" |Battlegroup slots
|-
![[Recon]]
![[Infantry|Inf]]
![[Tank]]
![[Support|Sup]]
![[Anti-tank|AT]]
![[Anti-air|AA]]
![[Artillery|Art]]
![[Air]]
![[Defense]]
|- 

!Total
|5
|5
|10
|8
|6
|3
|7
|4
|4
|-
!1 AP
|2
|2
|5
|4
|2
|
|3
|2
| rowspan="4" |
|-
!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 table sd2|{{unit sd2|Jeep .50 (US) (SD2)|10|2||6|4||12|8|||}}
{{unit sd2|Recon (SD2)|15|2|4|3|2|8|6|4|12|9|6}}
{{unit sd2|Scouts (US) (SD2)|20|3||3|2||6|4||9|6}}
{{unit sd2|M5A1 Recon (SD2)|35|1|5|4|3|10|8|6|15|12|9}}
{{unit sd2|M8 (SD2)|35|3|4|3|2|8|6|4|12|9|6}}}}

===Infantry===
{{unit table sd2|{{unit sd2|Arm. Rifles (SD2)|20|2|9|6|3|18|12|6|27|18|9}}
{{unit sd2|Arm. Leader (SD2)|25|1||3|2||6|4|||}}
{{unit sd2|Arm. Leader (SMG) |25|1||3|2||6|4|||}}
{{unit sd2|Arm. LMG Rifles (SD2)|25|1|9|6|3|18|12|6|||}}
{{unit sd2|Arm. Rifles (BAR)|25|1|9|6|3|18|12|6|27|18|9}}
{{unit sd2|Engineer Leader (US) (SD2)|25|1||3|2||||||}}
{{unit sd2|Engineers (US) (SD2)|25|2|6|5|4|12|10|9|18|15|13}}}}

=== Tank ===
{{unit table sd2|{{unit sd2|CMD M5A1 (SD2)|30|1||3|2||6|4|||}}
{{unit sd2|M5A1 (SD2)|30|3|8|6|4|16|12|8|24|18|12}}
{{unit sd2|CMD M4A1 (SD2)|70|2||2|1||4|2||6|3}}
{{unit sd2|M4A1 (SD2)|70|4|6|4|2|12|8|4|18|12|6}}
{{unit sd2|M4A3(75)W (SD2)|80|2||||10|7|5|15|11|7}}
{{unit sd2|M4A1(76) (SD2)|85|2|4|3|2|8|6|4|12|9|6}}
{{unit sd2|M4A1(76) CMD (SD2)|85|1||2|1||4|2|||}}
{{unit sd2|M4A3E2 Jumbo (SD2)|140|2|2|1||4|2|1|6|3|1}}}}

=== Support ===
{{unit table sd2|{{unit sd2|Flamethrower|15|2|6|4|2|9|6|3|||}}
{{unit sd2|M1919 MMG (SD2)|20|3|6|4|2|12|8|4|20|13|7}}
{{unit sd2|M1917A1 (SD2)|25|3|5|4|3|10|8|6|15|12|9}}
{{unit sd2|M8 Scott (SD2)|25|1|5|4|3|10|8|6|15|12|9}}
{{unit sd2|M2HB HMG (SD2)|35|2|4|3|2|8|6|4|12|9|6}}
{{unit sd2|CMD M8 (SD2)|40|1||2|1||4|2|||}}
{{unit sd2|GMC Supply (SD2)|40|3|2|||4|||6||}}
{{unit sd2|M2 HT Supply|40|1|2|||4|||6||}}
{{unit sd2|M4(105) (SD2)|65|1|2|1|1|4|3|1|8|5|3}}
{{unit sd2|M4A3(105)W (SD2)|70|1||||4|3|1|8|5|3}}
{{unit sd2|Commander (US)|110|1|||1||||||}}
{{unit sd2|M20 Commander|120|1|||1||||||}}
{{unit sd2|M4(75)W Commander|140|1|||1||||||}}}}

=== Anti-tank ===
{{unit table sd2|{{unit sd2|Bazooka (US) (SD2)|20|4|6|4|2|12|8|4|18|12|6}}
{{unit sd2|M1 Gun 57mm (SD2)|45|3|4|3|2|8|6|4|12|9|6}}
{{unit sd2|M5 Gun 76mm (SD2)|65|3|3|1|1|6|3|1|9|4|2}}
{{unit sd2|M10A1 Destroyer (SD2)|80|2|3|2|1|6|4|2|9|6|3}}}}

=== Anti-air ===
{{unit table sd2|{{unit sd2|M16 MGMC (SD2)|60|1|3|2|1|6|4|2|9|6|3}}
{{unit sd2|M15 CGMC (SD2)|85|2|2|1||4|2|1|||}}
{{unit sd2|Bofors (US) (SD2)|90|1|3|2|1|6|4|2|9|6|3}}}}

=== Artillery ===
{{unit table sd2|{{unit sd2|Mortar 60mm (SD2)|40|3||8|6||14|11||20|15}}
{{unit sd2|Artillery CMD (US)|50|1||2|1||4|2||6|3}}
{{unit sd2|M7 HMC (SD2)|90|6|2|1||4|2|1|6|3|1}}
{{unit sd2|M21 MMC (SD2)|105|4|2|1||4|2|1|6|3|1}}
{{unit sd2|M12 GMC 155mm|125|2||||2|1||3|2|1}}
{{unit sd2|M1A1 155mm Long Tom|130|3|1|||2|1||4|2|1}}
{{unit sd2|M4A3(W) Calliope (SD2)|130|1|2|1||4|2|1|||}}
{{unit sd2|M4A1 OP (155mm) (SD2)|170|2|1|||2|||3||}}}}

=== Air ===
{{unit table sd2|{{unit sd2|L-4H Recon Plane (US)|10|1|6|4|2|9|6|3|||}}
{{unit sd2|F-6C Recon Plane (SD2)|85|2||1|||2|1||4|2}}
{{unit sd2|B-26B Heavy Bomber 45kg (SD2)|105|2|2|1||4|3|1|7|5|2}}
{{unit sd2|P-51D-5 Dogfighter (SD2)|120|2|4|3|2|8|5|4|12|8|6}}
{{unit sd2|B-26B Heavy Bomber 454kg (SD2)|130|1|1|||2|1||4|2|1}}
{{unit sd2|P-51D-5 Light Bomber 113kg (SD2)|130|1|3|2|1|6|4|2|9|6|3}}
{{unit sd2|P-51D-5 Heavy Bomber 454kg (SD2)|150|2|1|||2|1||4|2|1}}}}

=== Defense ===
{{unit table sd2|{{unit sd2|Barbed wire|0|1|3000||||||||}}
{{unit sd2|Gun pit|0|2|6||||||||}}
{{unit sd2|Trenches|0|2|1500||||||||}}
{{unit sd2|Bunker HMG .30|5|3||3|2||||||}}
{{unit sd2|Bunker HMG .50|15|2|2|1|||||||}}}}

=== Transport ===
{| class="wikitable"
!
![[SD2:Ford GPA (US)|Ford GPA]]
x 12
![[SD2:GMC (US)|GMC]]
x 400
![[SD2:GMC HMG|GMC HMG]]
x 24
![[SD2:Jeep (US)|Jeep]]
x 300
![[SD2:Jeep .30|Jeep .30]]
x 50
![[SD2:M20|M20]]
x 18
![[SD2:M2 HT|M2 HT]]
x 90
![[SD2:M3 HT|M3 HT]]
x 155
![[SD2:M3 Scout|M3 Scout]]
x 12
![[SD2:M3A1 HT|M3A1 HT]]
x 65
![[SD2:M4 HST|M4 HST]]
x 12
![[SD2:WC-25 (US)|WC-25]]
x 60
![[SD2:WC-25 HMG (US)|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
|
|
|}{{navbox divisions}}

[[Category:Allied divisions]]
[[Category:Armored divisions]]
[[Category:Back to War divisions]]
[[Category:Steel Division II divisions]]