490th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
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The 490th Armored Field Artillery Battalion was a U.S. Army World War II unit that provided mobile armored artillery support as part of the 11th Armored Division in the European Theater.
All labels observed (1)
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| 490th Armored Field Artillery Battalion canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10860706 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 490th Armored Field Artillery Battalion Context triple: [11th Armored Division, subunit, 490th Armored Field Artillery Battalion]
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489th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
The 489th Armored Field Artillery Battalion was a U.S. Army World War II unit that provided mobile artillery support as part of the 10th Armored Division in the European Theater.
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B.
796th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
The 796th Armored Field Artillery Battalion was a U.S. Army World War II unit that provided mobile armored artillery support as part of the 10th Armored Division in the European Theater.
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C.
420th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
The 420th Armored Field Artillery Battalion was a U.S. Army World War II unit that provided mobile armored artillery support as part of the 10th Armored Division in the European Theater.
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D.
575th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
The 575th Armored Field Artillery Battalion was a U.S. Army World War II unit that provided mobile armored artillery support as part of the 11th Armored Division in the European Theater.
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E.
94th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
The 94th Armored Field Artillery Battalion was a U.S. Army World War II unit that provided mobile armored artillery support as part of the famed 4th Armored Division in the European Theater.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 490th Armored Field Artillery Battalion Target entity description: The 490th Armored Field Artillery Battalion was a U.S. Army World War II unit that provided mobile armored artillery support as part of the 11th Armored Division in the European Theater.
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A.
489th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
The 489th Armored Field Artillery Battalion was a U.S. Army World War II unit that provided mobile artillery support as part of the 10th Armored Division in the European Theater.
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B.
796th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
The 796th Armored Field Artillery Battalion was a U.S. Army World War II unit that provided mobile armored artillery support as part of the 10th Armored Division in the European Theater.
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C.
420th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
The 420th Armored Field Artillery Battalion was a U.S. Army World War II unit that provided mobile armored artillery support as part of the 10th Armored Division in the European Theater.
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D.
575th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
The 575th Armored Field Artillery Battalion was a U.S. Army World War II unit that provided mobile armored artillery support as part of the 11th Armored Division in the European Theater.
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E.
94th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
The 94th Armored Field Artillery Battalion was a U.S. Army World War II unit that provided mobile armored artillery support as part of the famed 4th Armored Division in the European Theater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States Army unit
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World War II military unit ⓘ armored field artillery battalion ⓘ |
| allegiance |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| branch | United States Army ⓘ |
| category |
U.S. armored divisions artillery units
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United States Army units and formations of World War II ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Army units
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| component | field artillery ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| designation | 490th Armored Field Artillery Battalion ⓘ |
| equipmentClass | self-propelled howitzer ⓘ |
| era | 1940s ⓘ |
| forceType | armored force ⓘ |
| militaryBranchType | field artillery branch ⓘ |
| mobility | armored and tracked vehicles ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| numericalDesignation | 490th ⓘ |
| operationalEnvironment | European land warfare in World War II ⓘ |
| operationalStatus | inactivated ⓘ |
| partOf | 11th Armored Division ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | indirect fire support for armored and infantry units ⓘ |
| role |
armored artillery support
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mobile fire support ⓘ |
| service |
United States Army Ground Forces
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linked to:
U.S. Army Ground Forces
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| serviceBranchRole | artillery support for armored operations ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | division artillery of the 11th Armored Division ⓘ |
| supportedFormation | combat commands of the 11th Armored Division ⓘ |
| theater | European Theater of Operations ⓘ |
| type | self-propelled artillery unit ⓘ |
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Instruction
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