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The Field Artillery Branch is the field artillery branch of the United States Army.This branch, alongside the infantry and cavalry branches, was formerly considered to be one of the "classic" combat arms branches (defined as those branches of the army with the primary mission of engaging in armed combat with an enemy force), but is today included within the "Maneuver, Fires and Effects" (MFE ...
20th Field Artillery Regiment (United States) 2nd Battalion is a rocket battalion assigned to the 75th Field Artillery Brigade, stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma [5] 25th Field Artillery Regiment. 5th Battalion is the cannon battalion assigned to the 3rd Infantry BCT, 10th Mountain Division, stationed at Fort Johnson, Louisiana [15]
French Napoleonic artillery battery. Photo taken during the 200th anniversary reenactment of the battle of Austerlitz in 1805. US Army gun squad at drill, c. 1860. U.S. Army troops in Europe, spring 1945, with artillery shells labeled as "Easter eggs for Hitler". Field artillery is a category of mobile artillery used to support armies in the
In the US system for land-based field artillery, the field artillery team is organized to direct and control indirect artillery fire on the battlefield. Since World War I , to conduct indirect artillery fire, three distinct components have evolved in this organization: the forward observer (FO), the fire direction center (FDC), and the firing ...
The 1st Battalion 32nd Field Artillery Regiment "Proud Americans" was a Lance Missile battalion garrisoned at Fliegerhorst Kaserne in the Erlensee area of Hanau, West Germany from 1960 when it was activated as an Honest John unit. 1st Battalion later became a Lance battalion from 1974 through 1992 when it became part of 3rd Armored Division, V Corps and returned to Fort Sill to become a ...
The 3rd Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army, first formed in 1812, although regimental units trace their lineages as far back as 1794. Based on the service of these antecedents, the regiment claims battle honors for the War of 1812, the Seminole campaign, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Spanish ...
The 20th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army. It served in France during the First World War with the 5th Division , at St. Mihiel and Lorraine before inactivation on 5 September 1921 at Camp Bragg , North Carolina.
The 5th Field Artillery Regiment was constituted as part of the Regular Army in January 1907. Individual battalions have lineages which date back further. Currently, it is a parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System, with a single active battalion, the 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery, which is assigned to the 1st Division Artillery, 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas.