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artillery
artillery Projectile-firing weapons with a carriage or mount. An artillery piece is generally one of four types: gun, howitzer, mortar, or missile launcher. Modern artillery is classified according to calibre; ranging from under 105mm for light artillery to more than 155mm for heavy. Artillery changed the whole strategy and tactics of siege warfare. Advances in the 19th century, such as smokeless powder, elongated shells, rifling, and rapid-fire breach loading, made artillery indispensable in battle. See also
army;
cannon
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Artillery in the future German Army structure.
Magazine article from: FA Journal; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...downsizing and restructuring and with it, its artillery. Although the German Artillery is downsizing this year, it also is restructuring...spectrum of military operations. The German Artillery is designing the force to decrease mobilization...
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ARTILLERY COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER FOR ST. BARBARA'S DAY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...than 460 "Redlegs" the chance to enjoy artillery traditions; the artillerymen acquired the...to a powerful delivery of "I am the Field Artillery," which recounts the history of artillery, by Patrecia Hollis and John McMahon...
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ANA artillery: training the trainer.(Transformation: FA training)
Magazine article from: Fires; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...the Afghan National Army's field artillery corps has been languishing. It has not...training the U.S. embedded training team artillery mentors receive before deployment. The...which is very different from U.S. artillery. So, expecting a U.S. mentor to...
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Field Artillery's Effectiveness a Casualty of Wars
Magazine article from: Army; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...of "the impending crisis in the field artillery's ability to provide fire support to...to be a radical deterioration in field artillery capabilities resulting from a combination...and the continuing heavy commitment of artillery leaders and soldiers to tasks other than...
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V Corps Artillery.(Schwetzigen, Germany)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: FA Journal; 11/1/2000; 700+ words
; V Corps Artillery, with its new headquarters in Schwetzigen, Germany, continues...strike operations. As the Army's only forward-deployed corps artillery, V Corps Artillery conducts tough, realistic training in an extremely high OPTEMP0...
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I Corps Artillery.(Silhouettes of STEEL)
Magazine article from: FA Journal; 11/1/2004; 700+ words
; I (US) Corps Artillery, headquartered at Camp Williams...Corps-America's Corps. I Corps Artillery remains battle-focused and continues...coalition force. Training the Corps Artillery. With the return of our two in-state...
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V Corps Artillery.(Silhouettes of STEEL)
Magazine article from: FA Journal; 11/1/2004; 700+ words
; V Corps Artillery is ready and relevant. During the past two years, V Corps Artillery, the Victory Corps Artillery, Schwetzingen, Germany, has served as the only forward deployed corps artillery. As the thunder behind the V (US) Victory...
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Heavy Artillery: Notes on the Evolution.
Magazine article from: Military Thought; 3/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...centuries, ever since its inception, artillery has been the core of the firepower of...conflicts provide further evidence to artillery's multipurpose capability and high...operations. The old truth that without artillery there can be no success in combat (operation...
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Russian Artillery: the evolvement of the command and control system.
Magazine article from: Military Thought; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; At all times in Russia, the Artillery and the training of qualified artillery personnel were treated by the Government with regard...the army, which pinfolds and neglects its Artillery, so to say, lays hands on itself. For every...
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Towed artillery--range and light weight is the motto.(Complete Guide)
Magazine article from: Armada International; 8/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...growing acceptance of self-propelled artillery from World War II onwards, many pundits...According to some accepted thinking, towed artillery is too exposed on the battlefield, takes...distance. All this may be true, but towed artillery is still around for several reasons...
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Artillery
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
ARTILLERY ARTILLERY in the U.S. Army dates from the American Revolution, when Massachusetts...Island units joined in the siege of Boston. The first Continental army artillery regiment was raised in January 1776; by 1777, four Continental regiments...
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Army Combat Branches: Artillery
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Army Combat Branches: Artillery. Beginning in colonial times, American artillery has served as coast artillery to defend the coasts, siege artillery to bombard fortifications , garrison artillery to defend land fortifications, and field artillery...
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artillery
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
artillery originally meant any large weaponry...firearms as opposed to small arms . Types of artillery include antiaircraft and antitank guns...cannon can apply to almost all heavy artillery, especially howitzers, and even to...
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field artillery
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
field artillery artillery consisting of cannon, rocket, or surface-to-surface missile...that are sufficiently mobile to accompany fielded troops. Field artillery is divided into three groups based on the bore of ammunition. Light...
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rocket and missile artillery
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
rocket and missile artillery long-range artillery fired from rocket-launchers and equipped with warheads. Missile artillery usually refers to guided missiles; rocket artillery refers to unguided artillery that depends on the initial trajectory...
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