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30th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
The 30th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army, first constituted in 1918 in the National Army (USA). History Lineage Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as the 30th Field Artillery and assigned to the 10th Division Organized 10 August 1918 at Camp Funston, Kansas Demobilized 5 February 1919 at Camp Funston, Kansas Reconstituted 24 March 1923 in the Regular Army as the 30th Field Artillery Activated 4 June 1941 at Camp Roberts, California Regiment broken up 18 May 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 30th Field Artillery Group 1st and 2d Battalions as the 521st and 550th Field Artillery Battalions, respectively After 18 May 1944 the above units underwent changes as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 30th Field Artillery Group, inactivated 31 July 1946 in Germany Activated 20 March 1951 at Camp P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field Artillery
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. Until the early 20th century, field artillery were also known as foot artillery, for while the guns were pulled by beasts of burden (often horses), the gun crews would usually march on foot, thus providing fire support mainly to the infantry. This was in contrast to horse artillery, whose emphasis on speed while supporting cavalry units necessitated lighter guns and crews riding on horseback. Whereas horse artillery has been superseded by self-propelled artillery, field artillery has survived to this day both in name and mission, albeit with motor vehicles towing the guns (this towed artillery arrangement is often called mobile artillery), carrying the crews and transporting the ammunition. Modern artillery has also advanced to rapidly deployable wheeled a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
