Field ArTillery - US Army Center Of Military History

386 The OrganizaTiOnal hisTOry Of field arTillery
Navy, U.S.—Continued
Lacrosse missile, 223, 224
Mercury program, 220
modernization of, 82
and nuclear warfare, 248
Polaris missile, 218, 230
and rockets, 212
Seventh Fleet, 200
Tomahawk cruise missile, 239
Vanguard program, 219
Neutron bomb. See under Ammunition.
Nevada Proving Ground, Nev., 244
New Guinea, 179
New Jersey, 8, 18, 137
“New Look,” 207
New Orleans, battle of, 30
Newport (Rhode Island) Artillery, 23
Nickel used for artillery pieces, 10, 36. See
also Bronze; Copper; Iron; Steel.
Nike project. See under Missiles.
Nixon, Richard M., 283
No-fire zones (Vietnam), 275
Nondivisional artillery. See Artillery,
nondivisional.
Normandy invasion, 179, 182
North Africa, 161, 177, 184
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),
206, 207, 244, 285, 304
and conventional firepower, 232, 236, 310
and field artillery missile battalions, 240
and Lance missiles, 240
nuclear capabilities of, 232, 238, 242
and Pershing missiles, 232, 238, 240
and SALT limitations, 239
and “Trip Wire,” 238
Northern Division, U.S. Army, 31, 32
Northwest Territory, 17, 20
Norway, 158
Nuclear projectiles. See under Ammunition.
Nuclear warfare, 207, 214, 216, 221, 227, 231,
232, 236, 238, 242, 243, 245, 248, 257,
258
Nuclear warheads. See under Ammunition.
Nuclear weapons, 207, 219, 220, 222, 232,
235, 240, 242, 243, 258, 287. See also
individual weapons systems.
Observation, observers, 82, 96, 97, 102, 121,
122, 151, 153, 154, 287, 315. See also
Aerial observation; Aerial photography;
Combat observation and lasing teams;
Fire support team; Forward observers;
Ground observation; Photo interpretation;
Target acquisition.
posts, 150, 152, 182, 183, 206
units, 115, 143, 144, 145, 150, 176, 177,
180, 181, 182, 189, 194, 195, 197, 200,
201, 246, 249
Observation battalions. See Field Artillery
Battalions.
Observed fire chart, 152, 154
Okinawa, 179, 267
Operations
Ce D a r Fa l l s, 278
De s e r t sh i e l D, 311–12
De s e r t st o r m, 311–16
and Army tactical missile system,
314
coalition forces, 317
Copperheads used, 315, 316
deployments to, 312–13
and fire support teams, 315
global positioning system used,
313, 315
impact of precision munitions,
313
Iraqi artillery, 312
and radar, 316
and rockets, rocket battalions,
313–14
Ir a q i Fr e e D o m, 319–22
Ju n C t i o n Ci t y, 278
Ju s t Ca u s e, 311
ur G e n t Fu r y, 311
Ordnance board (1867), 78
Ordnance Department, Ordnance Corps,
101n21
3-inch rifle. See under Guns.
and 3.2-inch rifle, 81, 84
announces artillery system, 36
artillery tractor, 129
and breechloaders, 79, 80
chief of, 27
and coastal defenses, 78, 85
development of Honest John rocket, 212–14
duties of Commissary-General, 27
established, 27
and Hodge board, 212
Hotchkiss gun accepted, 80
and Long Distance Automobile Company,
129
and mechanization, 133–34
merged with artillery, 34
on modernizing weapons, 78
and motorization, 129–30
and Napoleon gun-howitzer, 49
production of nuclear components, 243
and Redstone missile, 216