[packrat35]

My wife's Father did not fight at the Battle of the Bulge but was in a unit in the area.

[MasterGunner01]

This is an M36 Gun Motor Carriage (aka “Slugger”) — a tank destroyer — with the 90mm gun M3. The M3 gun could defeat most German armor encountered, but the TD armor was even thinner than the M4 Sherman tanks. By 1945, M18 Hellcats (76mm gun) and M36 Sluggers were replacing all towed AT guns and prime movers due to heavy casualties during the Battle of the Bulge.

Each armored division was usually composed three armored regiments plus a headquarters. One of the armored regiments was held in division reserve and the other two were fighting regiments. Breakdown of the armored regiment was:
1 Tank Regiment, less one battalion
1 or 2 Infantry Battalion
1 Artillery Battalion
1 AAA Battery
1 Engineer Company
1 Tank Destroyer Company (12 TD)
1 Medical Company
1 Maintenance Company.

Each regiment was broken into two Task Forces:
TF-1
Tank Regimental HQ
1 Tank Battalion
1 Infantry Battalion less one company
1 Platoon of Engineers
1 Platoon of Tank Destroyers (4 TD)

TF-2
1 Tank Battalion
1 Infantry Company
1 Platoon of Engineers
1 Platoon of Tank Destroyers (4 TD)

The division included 158 light tanks, 232 medium tanks, 36 tank destroyers, 24 M4 105mm assault guns, 17 M8 assault guns, 54 M7 105mm SP artillery pieces, 54 M8 armored cars, 640 halftracks, 1,242 motor vehicles, and 8 light observation aircraft. The total personnel strength of the division was 14,664 (plus attachments).