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Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), 286, 297,
304, 316
Unobserved fire, 152, 153n68, 154
Upton, Emory, 76–77
V–2. See under Rockets.
Valdahon, France, 114, 118
Van Fleet, General James A., 201
Vancouver Barracks, Wash., 100
Vanguard. See under Missiles.
Vauban, Sébastien Le Prestre de, 14, 15
Vera Cruz, Mexico, 44
Vielle, Paul, 89–90
Vietnam, 266, 267–83, 285. See also Army of
the Republic of Vietnam.
aerial rocket artillery in, 270–71, 276, 293
airmobility, 276
artillery raid, 279–80
base camps, 273–74
cannon in, 271
coordination of fire support, 275
decentralized artillery employment, 271–
72, 274, 276
demilitarized zone, 270, 281, 282
deployments, 267–68, 269–70
and division artillery commander, 274
firebases, 272–73
harassing and interdiction fire, 280
helicopters used, 271, 275, 276, 279, 281
intelligence and interdiction fire, 280
lessons of, 283, 291, 295
massed artillery, 272, 278
modified artillery organizations, 270
National Guard artillery, 268
observation in, 280–81
redeployment, 283
and ROAD organization, 267, 270
target acquisition in, 281–82, 283
use of riverine artillery, 278–79
Villa, Francisco “Pancho,” 106
Virginia, 8, 9, 23
Voltigeurs and Foot Riflemen, Regiment of, 43
Volunteer Army, 106
Volunteers, Civil War, 54
Corps d’Afrique, 56
and National Defense Act of 1916, 106
U.S. Colored Troops, 56
Von Braun, Wernher, 210, 211, 216
VT fuze. See Proximity fuze.
Wadsworth, Col. Decius, 27, 36
War of 1812, 56n24
Army’s response to, 25
battle of New Orleans, 30
393
and coastal defenses, 31
manuals used in, 39
organization of artillery in, 25–27
and Regiment of Light Artillery, 27
role of artillery in, 27, 41
War Department, 141, 187
and aerial observation, 149, 183
and airborne division, 164
and armored division, 164
and Army Air Corps, 169
artillery organization, 17, 86, 100, 105,
144, 145, 148
and cavalry division, 148
and Chief of Field Artillery, 117, 159
continuity of command, 179
forms artillery board, 76
General Staff established, 101
and Gribeauval system, 36
and heavy artillery, 101n21, 169–70
and Hotchkiss gun, 80
and light artillery, 25, 27
and manuals, 39, 60
and manufacturing artillery pieces, 50
and mechanization, 137
missile development, 209
motorization, 134, 135
National Guard field artillery, 106
nondivisional artillery organization,
176–77
establishes numbering system, 110–11
observation, 149, 180, 183
and square divisions, 113
and training, 22, 101–02, 107,118
and triangular division, 158
and World War I, 110–11, 113, 115–16, 117
War Industries Board, 117
War With Spain, 84, 85–90
changes in coastal fortifications, 83, 85
expansion of artillery, 86, 88
militia, 88
and performance of artillery, 75, 88–89, 95
siege batteries and train, 88, 101
use of black powder, 89–90
volunteers, 88
Ward, Maj. Orlando, 152
Warheads. See under Ammunition.
Warsaw Pact, 232, 238, 285, 299
and artillery, 286, 287, 308
disintegration of, 242, 311, 316
Washington, General George, 4, 6, 11, 16, 18n3
and artillery, 8, 13
and field guns, 9, 12
and strength of Continental Army, 7
Waterloo, battle of, 39