34th Armor Regiment (United States)
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Coat of arms
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| Active | 1941 |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch | Armor Branch (United States) |
| Nickname(s) | Centurions (special designation) |
| Motto(s) | FEAR GOD, DREADNAUGHT! |
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The 34th Armor Regiment is an armored regiment of the United States Army formed in 1941.
Constituted 28 August 1941 in the Regular Army as the 34th Armored Regiment and assigned to the 5th Armored Division
Activated 1 October 1941 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Regiment broken up 20 September 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
After 20 September 1943 the above units underwent changes as follows:
34th and 10th Medium Tank Battalions; 306th Heavy Tank Battalion; Company D, 85th Reconnaissance Battalion; and Maintenance and Service Companies, 34th Armored Regiment, consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 27 March 1957 as the 34th Armor, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Withdrawn 16 February 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 5/32 inches (2.94 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, an arm embowed Proper and couped at the shoulder raised and armed with a buckler Or having seven rivets of the field three and four.
The buckler represents the armored protective device. The arm embowed is raised in the attitude of striking.
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 34th Armored Regiment (Light) on 10 December 1941. It was redesignated for the 34th Armored Regiment on 26 March 1942. The insignia was redesignated for the 34th Tank Battalion on 10 November 1943. It was redesignated for the 34th Medium Tank Battalion on 29 March 1954. It was redesignated for the 34th Armor Regiment on 20 January 1958.
Azure, an arm embowed Proper and couped at the shoulder raised and armed with a buckler Or having seven rivets of the field three and four.
On a wreath Or and Azure, in front of a tower Gules masoned of the first and emitting from each side a stream of water of the second, three spears one in pale and two in saltire with shafts of the first and points of the second those points in saltire each charged with a fleur-de-lis of the first, over all in pale an escutcheon barry of ten Argent and of the second. Motto THE STRONG ARM FOR VICTORY.
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