U.S. Army

Field Artillery

Henry Knox dragged cannons from Ticonderoga and the King of Battle has delivered steel rain ever since. Field Artillery has produced more enemy casualties than any other branch in every war. From 142 guns shattering Pickett's Charge to MLRS in Desert Storm to HIMARS changing the war in Ukraine, artillery is the arm that makes the ground shake. Long Range Precision Fires is the Army's #1 modernization priority. The King isn't done.

"King of Battle" Est. 1775

FIELD ARTILLERY

EST. NOVEMBER 17, 1775

U.S. Army Field Artillery

King of Battle - Steel Rain

THE DECISIVE ARM

Henry Knox dragged 60 tons of captured British artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston in the winter of 1775 - and the King of Battle has been delivering steel rain ever since. Field Artillery has produced more enemy casualties than any other branch in every war. From Napoleon guns at Gettysburg to the 105mm howitzers at Bastogne to MLRS batteries in Desert Storm to HIMARS in Ukraine, artillery is the arm that makes the ground shake. When the infantry is pinned down, they call for fire. And fire always comes. Read more

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Civil War Through WWI 1861 - 1918

GETTYSBURG · ANTIETAM

Civil War Artillery

Smoothbore to Rifled - Pickett's Charge

12-Pounder Smoothbore

Rifled Artillery

POINT BLANK DEFENSE

Civil War artillery killed more soldiers than any other weapon on the battlefield. At Gettysburg, 142 Union guns on Cemetery Ridge shattered Pickett's Charge - canister rounds fired at point-blank range into massed Confederate infantry. The war drove rapid innovation from smoothbore Napoleons to rifled Parrotts, from solid shot to explosive shell. Artillery doctrine evolved from direct fire support to indirect fire - the foundation of every fire mission since. Read more

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World War I - The Artillery War

"Artillery Conquers, Infantry Occupies"

French 75 · Standard

Guns · M-A Offensive

Barrage Doctrine

OF ALL CASUALTIES

World War I was an artillery war - 65% of all casualties on the Western Front were caused by artillery. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive opened with over 3,000 guns firing a rolling barrage that walked ahead of the infantry. American artillerymen adopted the French 75mm as their standard field piece and learned the science of predicted fire, counterbattery operations, and massed fires that would define the branch for the next century. Captain Harry Truman commanded a field artillery battery in France. The future president was a redleg first. Read more

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WWII Through Cold War 1941 - 1991

TOT · FO · MASSED FIRES

WWII - From Kasserine to the Rhine

Time on Target · Forward Observers

Forward Observers

Howitzer · Standard

American artillery in WWII perfected Time on Target - coordinating multiple batteries to land rounds simultaneously on a single target with devastating effect. Forward observers embedded with infantry called fire missions from the front line. At Bastogne, artillerymen fired over open sights at advancing German armor when they ran out of HE and switched to white phosphorus. The American artillery system - FO to FDC to guns - was the most responsive in the world. The Germans feared American artillery above all other weapons. Read more

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Nuclear Artillery

Atomic Cannon · Davy Crockett · Lance

Atomic Annie · 280mm

Crockett · Tactical Nuke

Missile · 1972-1992

During the Cold War, Field Artillery owned tactical nuclear weapons - from the M65 Atomic Cannon ("Atomic Annie") that could fire a nuclear shell 20 miles, to the Davy Crockett recoilless rifle that put a nuclear warhead in the hands of a platoon, to the Lance missile that could deliver a nuclear strike 75 miles into a Soviet advance. These weapons were the NATO deterrent against Soviet armored superiority in Europe. The idea of nuclear artillery seems insane now. At the time, it was doctrine. Read more

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Desert Storm - MLRS

"Steel Rain" Earns Its Name

Multiple Launch Rocket

M109A6 · 155mm

Cluster Munitions

MOST FEARED WEAPON

In Desert Storm, the MLRS earned the name "Steel Rain" from Iraqi soldiers who surrendered specifically because of it. A single MLRS battery could saturate a grid square with DPICM submunitions in seconds. Iraqi prisoners said MLRS was the most terrifying weapon they faced. Combined with Paladin 155mm howitzers and ATACMS missiles, American artillery in Desert Storm achieved fire superiority so complete that Iraqi artillery was suppressed before it could effectively engage. Read more

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Modern Fires - Precision & Range 2001 - Present

LRPF · PRECISION STRIKE

HIMARS & Precision Fires

Long Range Precision - Ukraine Proven

高機動ロケット

GPS誘導ロケット

エイタクムス

航続距離300km

次世代モデル · 500km以上

HIMARSは火力についての議論を変えました。1台のトラック搭載型発射機から、GPS誘導ロケットが300キロメートルを超える射程でピンポイントの精度で発射されます。ウクライナでは、HIMARSがロシアの弾薬庫、司令部、兵站拠点を破壊し、戦争の軌道を変えました。Precision Strike Missileは射程を500キロメートル以上に延長します。長距離精密火力は陸軍の最優先近代化項目です。なぜなら、2014年以降のあらゆる戦争の教訓は、より長距離で正確な火力を持つ側が勝利する、というものだからです。 Read more

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消防旅団および師団砲兵

師団砲兵はBDEsの火力を復旧した

旅団・軍団レベル

陸軍は、対テロ戦争における対反乱作戦への注力以来、師団レベルでの火力調整が衰退していたという教訓を受け、2014年に師団砲兵司令部を復活させました。師団砲兵は、師団長の有機的な火力調整能力を回復させました。軍団レベルの火力旅団は、MLRSとHIMARSを階層的に提供します。各BCTのM777牽引榴弾砲から、深部攻撃を行うHIMARSバッテリーに至るまで、野戦砲兵の構造は「敵が反応するよりも速く火力を集中させる能力」という一つの原則に基づいて構築されています。 Read more

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フォート・シル

ロートン、オクラホマ州

フォート・シルとレッドレッグの伝統

ファイヤー中核センター拠点

フォートシル

レッドレッグ

スカーレット・ストライプ

火力センターオブエクセレンス

前線観測員

オクラホマ州フォート・シルは、1869年以来、アメリカ砲兵隊の本拠地となってきた。陸軍火力優秀センターでは、陸軍のすべての砲兵と前方観測員を訓練している。「レッドレッグ」という言葉は、南北戦争中に砲兵隊兵士が着用していた緋色のズボンに由来する。この色は戦場で彼らを際立たせ、標的にした。13Fの前方観測員は、今なお最も危険な野戦砲兵のMOSであり続けている。彼らは歩兵と行動を共にし、最初に敵を発見し、敵を倒すための射撃を要請する兵士なのだ。 Read more

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勤続年数

#1

損害保険プロデューサー

LRPF

#1 近代化の優先事項

キング

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