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The 15th Field Artillery Regiment (FAR) is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1916. A parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System, the 15th FAR currently has two active battalions: the 1st Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, is assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, while the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment ...
14th Field Artillery Regiment. 1st Battalion is a rocket battalion assigned to the 75th Field Artillery Brigade, stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma [5] 15th Field Artillery Regiment. 2nd Battalion is the cannon battalion assigned to the 2nd Infantry BCT, 10th Mountain Division, stationed at Fort Drum, New York [11] 16th Field Artillery Regiment
93rd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer SP) ... 15th Infantry Regiment ... Army Reserve 11th Panzer Division (Generalmajor Wend von Wietersheim)
The Fifteenth United States Army, commonly known as Fifteenth Army, was a field army of the United States in the European Theater of World War II. It was the last United States field army to see service in northwestern Europe during the war and was commanded by General George S. Patton until his death in December 1945. The Fifteenth Army served ...
[18] [page needed] Some elements were consolidated with the 124th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion and converted and redesignated as the new 172nd Armor, a Combat Arms Regimental System parent regiment. The 172nd Armor was to consist of the 1st Medium Tank Battalion and the 2nd Reconnaissance Squadron, both part of the 43rd Infantry Division.
The 15th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (15th AAA Bn) was an antiaircraft unit in the United States Marine Corps that served during World War II. The battalion was originally formed in 1942 as the 1st Airdrome Battalion. Its original mission was to provide air defense for advanced naval bases.
Army leaders realized that heavy fixed artillery required different training programs and tactics than mobile field artillery. Prior to 1901 each of the seven Regular Army artillery regiments contained both heavy and light artillery batteries. In February 1901 the Artillery Corps was divided into two types: field artillery and coast artillery ...
The battery was armed with six 3-inch Ordnance rifles and commanded by a captain. [5] [2] [3] The battery was further divided into three sections of two guns.Each gun in a section used two six-horse teams; one team pulled a limber that attached to the trail of the gun to form a four-wheeled wagon of sorts; the other pulled a limber that attached to a caisson.