field artillery

Noun

Meaning

movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)

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field-artillery

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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets. William Tecumseh Sherman

I proudly served in the United States Army during the Korean War as an artillery operations specialist in the all-black 503rd Field Artillery Battalion in the Second Infantry Division. Charles B. Rangel

Over this August district work period, like many of my colleagues, I spent a lot of time with the men and women in uniform from my home State. The 196th Field Artillery Brigade just got back from a year in Afghanistan. Zach Wamp

But today we concentrate on the men who were part of the 426th Field Artillery Battalion who were placed in what was expected to be the hot spot of a coming war, Germany. Source: Internet

As technology improved, lighter, more mobile field artillery developed for battlefield use. Source: Internet

Because field artillery mostly uses indirect fire the guns have to be part of a system that enables them to attack targets invisible to them in accordance with the combined arms plan. Source: Internet

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