NOUN
- movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)
How To Use field artillery In A Sentence
- In December 1942 non-divisional regiments of anti-aircraft artillery and field artillery were converted into separate battalions.
- Formed officially in 1775, the American Field Artillery has been the kingpin in the decisiveness of every key battle in which our country has participated.
- Next year, when he chooses his branch, he'll be putting in for field artillery.
- Traversing rough and muddy terrain, a field artillery unit, pulled by a four-horse team, comes to a halt.
- Therefore, the idea is to make the field artillery a one-round, one-kill combat arm.
- In sum, field artillery systems were built for an organization developed decades earlier.
- It is necessary that all Field Artillery officers understand the different types of propellants, projectiles, fuzes, and their proper use, so that we can supervise our subordinates.
- While most of the army's accomplished horsemen served in the Cavalry, the Field Artillery used horses to draw its caissons, and officers needed to learn to ride adroitly.
- Sanders would eventually command a field artillery battalion activated at Camp Rucker.
- Tactical nukes can be launched over an unpopulated area from field artillery guns or aircraft to halt an enemy advance or in an effort to intimidate a numerically stronger enemy.
