Field ArTillery - US Army Center Of Military History
Field ArTillery - US Army Center Of Military History
Field ArTillery - US Army Center Of Military History
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394 The OrganizaTiOnal hisTOry <strong>Of</strong> field arTillery<br />
West Point, Ky., 100<br />
West Point, N.Y., 15–16, 17, 19, 22. See also<br />
<strong>Military</strong> Academy, United States.<br />
Western Electric Company, 210<br />
Westervelt, Brig. Gen. William I., 126, 127<br />
Westervelt board, 126, 128–29, 130, 133, 138,<br />
143, 147<br />
Westmoreland, General William C., 269, 270<br />
White Sands Missile Range, N.M., 210<br />
White Sands Proving Ground, 210<br />
Whitworth. See under Guns.<br />
Wickham, General John A., Jr., 288<br />
Wilderness campaign, 67<br />
Wilson, Charles F., 218<br />
Wood, Maj. Gen. Leonard, 106<br />
Wool, Brig. Gen. John E., 44<br />
World War I, 97, 109–27. See also American<br />
Expeditionary Forces; Trench warfare.<br />
aerial observation, 122, 149<br />
ammunition expenditure, 116, 119, 123, 127<br />
antiaircraft artillery, 114, 115, 116<br />
army organization, 111, 115, 140<br />
Artillery Information Service, 122<br />
barrages, 119, 120, 121, 123, 139<br />
British support, 117, 149<br />
Chief of <strong>Field</strong> Artillery, 117<br />
Coast Artillery Corps and heavy artillery,<br />
115–16<br />
communication, 114, 120, 121, 127<br />
corps artillery, 108, 111, 112, 115<br />
counterbattery fire, 121<br />
creation of AEF Chief of Artillery, 119<br />
expansion of artillery, 109–11<br />
fire direction difficulties, 121<br />
flash ranging, 122<br />
and indirect fire, 121–22<br />
infantry division artillery, 111, 112, 113,<br />
114–15, 116, 121. See also <strong>Field</strong><br />
Artillery Brigades.<br />
massed fire, 119, 121, 123<br />
and motorization, 115, 323<br />
National <strong>Army</strong>, 106, 110<br />
National Guard artillery, 109, 110<br />
naval fire support, 115, 140<br />
numbering system for regiments, 110–11<br />
Organized Reserve Corps, 110<br />
performance of artillery, 95<br />
shift from offense to defense, 119–20<br />
shortages in, 123<br />
sound ranging, 122<br />
static nature of, 203<br />
training, 102n26, 110, 117–19<br />
weapons from France, 112, 116, 117, 123<br />
and volunteers, 106<br />
World War II, 157–87. See also European<br />
Theater of Operations; Pacific<br />
Theater.<br />
1st Cavalry Division artillery, 167–69<br />
aerial observation, 161, 167, 180, 183–85.<br />
See also Observation.<br />
airborne division artillery, 164<br />
antiaircraft artillery, 159, 160, 163, 164,<br />
167<br />
armored division artillery, 164–67<br />
artillery groups, 176–77, 179–80<br />
Chief of <strong>Field</strong> Artillery position eliminated,<br />
159<br />
communications, 161, 182, 184<br />
corps artillery, 173, 176–77, 179, 180–81,<br />
183, 184, 185<br />
counterbattery fire, 158, 170, 176, 181<br />
fire direction center, 163, 173, 179, 182,<br />
184<br />
flash ranging, 180<br />
forward observers, 171, 182–83<br />
ground observation, 171, 180, 182. See<br />
also Observation.<br />
infantry division artillery, 157–63, 171,<br />
176, 180, 182, 183, 186<br />
infantry howitzer company, 162–63<br />
light infantry division artillery, 163<br />
massed fire, 157, 163, 174, 185, 186<br />
motorized division artillery, 163<br />
mountain division artillery, 163–64<br />
naval fire support, 184, 203<br />
nondivisional artillery, 169–80, 193<br />
heavy, 169, 170–71<br />
light, 170, 171<br />
medium, 169, 170<br />
rockets, 173–76<br />
tank destroyers, 172–73<br />
observation battalion, 180–81. See also<br />
Aerial observation; Ground observation;<br />
Observation; Targets.<br />
prearranged fire, 186<br />
proximity fuze, 186<br />
radar, 180, 181, 185<br />
regimental combat teams, 180<br />
“shell reps,” 186<br />
sound ranging, 181<br />
target location, 180–85<br />
training, 185–86<br />
XRL. See under Missiles, Lance.<br />
Yom Kippur War, 300<br />
Yorktown, battle of, 14, 15<br />
Yorktown, Va., 65