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The 183rd Field Artillery Battalion (Colorado) was a
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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


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Current units

unit broken up


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.


See also

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United States Army branch insignia In the United States Army, soldiers may wear insignia to denote membership in a particular area of military specialism and series of List of United States Army careers, functional areas. Army branch insignia is similar to the line officer and Unit ...
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United States Army Aviation Branch The United States Army Aviation Branch is the administrative organization within the United States Army responsible for doctrine, manning and configuration for all army aviation units. After the United States Army Air Corps grew into the Unite ...
* Coats of arms of U.S. Army Aviation Regiments *
List of armored and cavalry regiments of the United States Army This list includes armored and cavalry regiments of the United States Army. Former armored cavalry regiments are listed separately. 1 to 100 * 1st Cavalry Regiment ** 1st Squadron is the cavalry squadron assigned to the 2nd Armored BCT, 1st ...
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Field Artillery Branch (United States) The Field Artillery Branch is a combat arms branch of the United States Army that is responsible for field artillery. Historical background The U.S. Army Field Artillery branch traces its origins to 17 November 1775 when the Continental Congres ...
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U.S. Army Regimental System The United States Army Regimental System (USARS) is an organizational and classification system used by the United States Army. It was established in 1981 to replace the Combat Arms Regimental System (CARS) to provide each soldier with continu ...


References

* Historical register and dictionary of the United States Army, from ..., Volume 1 By Francis Bernard Heitma

* Encyclopedia of United States Army insignia and uniforms By William K. Emerson (page 51



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External links

* http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/default.htm {{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522053055/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/av/default.htm , date=2011-05-22 Field artillery battalions of the United States Army Military units and formations established in 1955