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===Armor===
While Army Ground Forces endeavored to provide the troops with the best equipment available, they were not always able to provide better equipment than the German enemy. This was particularly apparent with respect to armor. American commanders tended, when forced to make a choice, to prefer mobility to firepower. The result was a number of uninspiring designs. In particular, the [[M6 Heavy Tank]] was a dud which convinced Army Ground Forces that heavy tanks were no good and [[
In 1942, the Operations Division (OPD) of the War Department General Staff estimated that, by the end of 1943, 140 divisions would be mobilized, of which 46 would be armored. A severe shortage of shipping space, combined with Army Ground Forces doubts about whether this was the correct ratio of infantry armored units, led to this being revised downward to just 16 armored divisions actually being active in 1943.<ref>{{harvnb|Greenfield|Palmer|Wiley|1947|pp=392–394}}</ref>
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==Commanders==
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==Notes==
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==References==
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| work= United States Army in World War II
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==Further reading==
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[[Category:American Theater of World War II]]
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