Army service, the CG-13, was not large enough to accommodate the M22. The M22 tanks of the 151st were to be delivered to the field via gliders or belly-slung under a C-54 cargo aircraft. 1 The unit was not meant to engage enemy tanks, but instead was an attempt to give airborne units at least a semblance of being able to fight off enemy probes with something other than light anti-tank weapons. The acquisition of a veteran’s photographs revealed a nearly forgotten experiment at Camp Mackall: the 151st Airborne Tank Company.įormed at Fort Knox, Kentucky, in May 1943, the 151st Airborne Tank Company was to provide airborne forces with an organic armor capability. Sometimes these experiments were unusual. The Army established the Airborne Test Board at Camp Mackall to evaluate airborne tactics, techniques, and equipment. Airborne forces were still in their infancy in World War II, and the United States did all that it could to increase their potency. Several airborne divisions trained there, notably the 11th, 13th, and 17th Airborne.
Army Airborne Command during World War II. Camp Mackall, North Carolina, now a training center for Army Special Operations Forces, was the headquarters of the U.S.
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