183rd Field Artillery Battalion (United States)

183rd Field Artillery Battalion (1955-59)
Active	1955–1959
Country	United States
Branch	Colorado Army National Guard
Type	Combat arms
Nicknames	King of Battle Red Leg
Patron	Saint Barbara
Motto	RIGHT AND READY
Branch color	Scarlet

The 183rd Field Artillery Battalion was a battalion of the Field Artillery Branch (United States) of the United States Army. From 1955 to 1959 it formed part of the Colorado Army National Guard.

History

There were two units issued this number this is the Colorado unit. The Idaho Unit predates the Colorado unit.

Lineage

Constituted 10 May 1946 as Company C, 199th Engineer Combat Battalion and allotted to the Colorado National Guard

• Organized and Federally recognized 12 March 1948 at La Junta.
• Converted and redesignated 15 December 1949 as Company M, 157th Infantry

Converted and redesignated 1 August 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 183rd Field Artillery Battalion, concurrently, remainder of battalion organized from existing units as follows

• 192nd Engineer Company at Trinidad redesignated as Battery A.
• Tank Company 157th Infantry at Las Animas redesignated as Battery C.
• Headquarters and Headquarters Company 3rd battalion 157th Infantry at Lamar redesignated Service Battery

Consolidated with 157th Field Artillery Regiment (United States) 1 February 1959

Coat of arms

• Shield

Per fess embattled Gules and Or in chief two wigwams of the second garnished of the first and in base a sea lion brandishing a sword in dexter paw of the last. all within a bordure counterchanged

• Crest

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Colorado Army National Guard

• Background

The coat of arms is that of the 157th Infantry within a border to indicate descent from that regiment.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry

• Historical register and dictionary of the United States Army, from ..., Volume 1 By Francis Bernard Heitman
• Encyclopedia of United States Army insignia and uniforms By William K. Emerson (page 51).
• Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine lineage

External links

• http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/default.htm Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine