The 13th Airborne Division Artillery is an inactive

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 20t ...

unit of the United States Army, active from 1943-1946. The unit served with the 13th Airborne Division in World War II and deployed to France, but was not committed to combat, although the 460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion saw action with the

517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team The 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team (517th PRCT) was an airborne, specifically a parachute infantry, regiment of the United States Army that was formed in March 1943 during World War II, training at Camp Toccoa in the mountains of North ...

before its assignment to the division.

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*Constituted 26 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 13th Airborne Division Artillery *Activated 13 August 1943 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina *Inactivated 25 February 1946 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Unofficial; estimated from the lineage of the 13th Airborne Division, posted by the Airborne and Special Operations Museum a

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