Field artillery (disambiguation)

Last updated March 31, 2019

Field artillery may refer to:

Field artillery, a category of mobile weapons supporting armies in the field
Field Artillery (magazine), a discontinued bimonthly magazine published from 1911 to 2007 by the U.S. Field Artillery Association
Field artillery team, a type of tactical organization in the U.S. Army
Royal Field Artillery, a branch of British Army artillery, from 1899 to 1924
United States Army Field Artillery Corps, a corps of the U.S. Army
U.S. Field Artillery March, song by John Philip Sousa

Field artillery is a category of mobile artillery used to support armies in the field. These weapons are specialized for mobility, tactical proficiency, short range, long range, and extremely long range target engagement.

Field Artillery is a discontinued bimonthly magazine on the subject of field artillery, published from 1911 to 2007. It was published by the US Field Artillery Association, Fort Sill, Oklahoma and was an official publication of the United States Army Field Artillery Corps. Its intended readership included active and reserve U.S. Army and Marine field artillerymen stationed around the world. In its final years, FA included much discussion of the military operations in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

In the 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, the fire direction center (FDC) and what is called the gun line. On the battlefield, the field artillery team consists of some combinations of all of these elements. In other words, there may be multiple FOs calling in fire on multiple targets to multiple FDCs and any component may be in communication with some of the other elements depending on the situational requirements.

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