Armor(magazine)

ARMOR

Categories	Armored warfare
Frequency	Quarterly
Publisher	U.S. Army Armor Center
Founded	1888
Country	USA
Based in	Fort Benning,Georgia
Language	English
Website	https://web.archive.org/web/20100807022941/http:// knox.army.mil/center/ocoa/ArmorMag/index.htm
OCLC	44288631

ARMORis the professional journal of theU.S. Army’s Armor Branch, published by the Chief of Armor atFort Benning,Georgia, training center for the Army's tank and cavalry forces (United States Army Armor School).ARMORmagazine is the U.S. Army's oldest professional journal, founded by U.S. Cavalry officers in 1888, and originally titled asThe Cavalry Journal.

History

TheCavalry Journalwas originally created by Cavalry officers on the American frontier as a forum for discussing doctrine, tactics and equipment among soldiers geographically separated by the great distances of the American West. With the creation of the U.S. armored forces in 1940,The Cavalry Journalwas renamed toArmor, the Magazine of Mobile Warfare.Prior to 1974, the Armor Association, a private organization, published the magazine, but the U.S. Army Armor School began publishingARMORas of the March-April 1974 edition. The publication is now a professional bulletin published under the authority of Army Regulation 25–30. Its current name isARMOR,subtitledMounted Maneuver Journal.

See also

• Field Artillery (magazine)
• Infantry (magazine)

References

• Zaloga, Steven J.Armored Thunderbolt; The US Army Sherman in World War II.Mechanicsville, PA (USA): Stackpole Books.ISBN978-0-8117-0424-3.

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