World War II
World War II RCTs were generally of two types:
- temporary organizations configured for the accomplishment of a specific mission or series of missions,
- semi-permanent organizations designed to be deployed as a unit throughout a combat theater of operations.
Examples of the latter have been the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 158th Infantry Regimental Combat Team and the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team.
Regimental combat teams combined the high cohesion of traditional regimental organization with the flexibility of tailored reinforcements to accomplish any given mission.
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