Organized
in February 1918 at Camp Upton, New York, as Company
C, 1st Separate Battalion, Heavy Tank Service, 65th
Engineers
Reorganized and redesignated 16
March 1918 as Company C, 1st Heavy Battalion, Tank
Service
Reorganized and redesignated 16
April 1918 as Company C, 41st Heavy Battalion, Tank
Corps
Reorganized
and redesignated 11 June 1918 as Company C, 301st
Battalion, Tank Corps Expanded, reorganized, and
redesignated 22 June 1921 as Companies A, B, and
C, 16th Tank Battalion (Companies A and B -- hereafter
separate lineages)
Reorganized and redesignated 1
September 1929 as Company C, 1st Tank Regiment
Converted and redesignated 25 October
1932 as Company C, 66th Infantry (Light Tanks)
Converted
and redesignated 15 July 1940 as Company C, 66th
Armored Regiment, an element of the 2d Armored Division
Reorganized
and redesignated 25 March 1946 as Company C, 66th
Tank Battalion, and remained an element of the 2d
Armored Division
Redesignated 5 January 1949 as
Company C, 66th Medium Tank Battalion
Redesignated 1 April 1953 as Company
C, 66th Tank Battalion
Inactivated 1 July 1957 and relieved
from assignment to the 2d Armored Division
Reorganized
and redesignated 10 June 1958 as Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, 3d Medium Tank Battalion,
66th Armor (organic elements concurrently constituted)
Battalion activated 25 June 1958
at Fort Benning, Georgia
Inactivated 25 June 1959 at Fort
Benning, Georgia
Headquarters
and Headquarters Company redesignated 9 September
1959 as Company C, 66th Armor, and assigned to the
1st Infantry Brigade (remainder of 3d Medium Tank
Battalion, 66th Armor, concurrently disbanded)
Activated 24 September 1959 at
Fort Benning, Georgia
Inactivated
24 September 1962 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and
relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Brigade
Redesignated
8 August 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
3d Battalion, 66th Armor (organic elements concurrently
constituted)
Activated
1 September 1980 and assigned to the 2nd Armored
Division at Fort Hood, Texas. In the mid 1980’s,
the Battalion was assigned to 2nd Armored Division
(Forward) in Garlstadt, West Germany as a part of
NATO Northern Army Group.
Inactivated 15 April 1992 at Garlstadt,
West Germany .
Activated
16 December 1992 at Fort Hood Texas and on 16 January
1996, 3rdBattalion 66th Armor was relieved from
assignment to 2nd Armored Division and assigned
to the 4th Infantry Division.
Inactivated 16 December 2004 at
Fort Hood, Texas.
Activated 17 March 2008 in Schweinfurt,
Germany and assigned to 172nd Separate Infantry
Brigade.
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