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1st Battalion 18th Field Artillery Regiment (United States) 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment (2-18th FAR) is a (M270A1 MLRS) Multiple Launch Rocket System unit in the 75th Field Artillery Brigade (United States), currently based at Fort Sill, Oklahoma and supports III Corps.
76th (5th Baden) Field Artillery 1 October 1899: Freiburg im Breisgau: XIV Army Corps: 77th (7th Royal Saxon) Field Artillery 1 October 1899: Leipzig: XIX Army Corps: 78th (8th Royal Saxon) Field Artillery 1 October 1901: Wurzen: XIX Army Corps: 79th (3rd East Prussian) Field Artillery 1 October 1912: Osterode: XX Army Corps: 80th (3rd Upper ...
A military museum or war museum is an institution dedicated to the preservation and education of the significance of wars, conflicts, and military actions. These museums serve as repositories of artifacts (not least weapons), documents, photographs, and other memorabilia related to the military and war.
The 10.5 cm leFH 18/40 supplemented the 10.5 cm leFH 18 and the 10.5 cm leFH 18M as the standard divisional field howitzer used during the Second World War. It was designed in an effort to lighten the weight of the 105 mm artillery piece and to make it easier to produce.
The 10 cm schwere Kanone 18 (10 cm sK 18) was a field gun used by Germany in World War II. The German army wanted a new 10.5 cm gun as well as 15 cm howitzer which were to share the same carriage. Guns are heavier than howitzers due to the longer barrel. This also led to the 15 cm sFH 18. As such both weapons had a similar weight and could be ...
World War II. On 18 October 1944, while assigned to Company K, 18th Infantry Regiment near Haaren, Germany, he single-handedly attacked the German forces on several occasions. For his actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor eight months later, on 18 June 1945. [23] Staff Sergeant George Peterson.. World War II.
The XVIII Army Corps / XVIII AK (German: XVIII. Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the German Army before and during World War I.. As the German Army expanded in the latter part of the 19th century, the XVIII Army Corps was set up on 1 April 1899 in Frankfurt am Main as the Generalkommando (headquarters) for the district of Wiesbaden and the Grand Duchy of Hesse. [1]
Bavarian Field Artillery Ersatz Abteilungen 1 (two batteries), 2 & 3 (each three batteries) 7th Battery/ Foot Artillery Rgt. 13 (10-cm cannons) 3rd Battery/ Reserve Foot Artillery 13 (heavy field howitzers) 2nd Bavarian Ersatz Pioneer Company; On October 3, 1914, the new Bavarian 3rd Reserve Brigade joined the division from the 30th Reserve ...