34th Armor Regiment ( United States ) The 34th Armor Regiment is an armored regiment of the United States Army formed in 1941 . Lineage . 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, and redesignated 27 March 1957 as the 34th Armor , a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System Withdrawn 16 February 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 5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 . Coat Of Arms . Blazon . Motto THE STRONG ARM FOR VICTORY . The buckler represents the armored protective device . The arm embowed is raised in the attitude of striking . The red tower gushing water to each side alludes to the bitter campaign to secure the dams of the Roer River , for which the Regiment received a Distinguished Unit Citation . The spears refer to the unit ’ s push through Normandy , Northern France and Germany . The shield , bearing a part of the arms of Luxembourg , represents the award of the Luxembourg Croix de Guerre for participation in the liberation of that state . The coat of arms 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 . It was redesignated for the 34th Tank Battalion on 10 November 1943 . The insignia was redesignated for the 34th Medium Tank Battalion on 29 March 1954 . It was redesignated for the 34th Armor Regiment on 20 January 1958 . The insignia was amended to add a crest on 9 June 1964 . Campaign participation credit . World War II : Normandy ; Northern France ; Rhineland ; Ardennes - Alsace ; Central Europe Vietnam ' : Counteroffensive , Phase II ; Counteroffensive , Phase III ; Tet Counteroffensive ; Counteroffensive , Phase IV ; Counteroffensive , Phase V ; Counteroffensive , Phase VI ; Tet 69 / Counteroffensive ; Summer - Fall 1969 ; Winter - Spring 1970 ; Sanctuary Counteroffensive ; Counteroffensive , Phase VII Southwest Asia : Defense of Saudi Arabia ; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait ; Cease - Fire Southwest Aisa : Operation Iraq Freedom based out of Forward Operating Base Gabe , Baqubah 2005 - 2006