4 Armored Division
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Unit
Insignia
- Description: A
silver color metal and enamel insignia 1 1/8 inches
(2.86cm) in height consisting of a vertical silver
gauntlet grasping a lightning flash horizontally in
front of a triangle with one point up and divided
vertically blue and red.
- Symbolism: The
triangle and the colors blue, yellow and red are
allusions to the Armored Division shoulder sleeve
insignia. The gauntlet and lightning flash refer to the
spearheading drive of the 4th Armored across France into
Germany in World War II. The four segments of the
wristguard of the gauntlet represent the numerical
designation of the Division.
- Background: The
distinctive unit insignia was approved on 8 Sep 1965.
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Shoulder
Sleeve Insignia
- Description: On
an equilateral triangle with a 1/8 inch (.32cm) green
border, 3 7/16 inches (8.73cm) in height overall, one
point up, divided into three sections, the upper section
yellow, the dexter section blue and the sinister section
red, a gun bendwise in front of a tank track and wheels
all in black and overall a red lightning flash
bendsinisterwise. In the apex the Arabic numeral "4"
in black.
- Symbolism:
Yellow, black and red are colors of the branches from
which armored units were formed. The tank tread, gun and
lightning flash are symbolic of mobility, power and
speed. The division's designation is in Arabic numerals.
- Background: The
shoulder sleeve insignia was approved on 22 Nov 1940.
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