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field artillery

noun

  1. artillery mobile enough to accompany troops in the field.


field artillery

noun

  1. artillery capable of deployment in support of front-line troops, due mainly to its mobility
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of field artillery1

First recorded in 1635–45
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As the attackers fell back, the Germans continued to pound them with their long-range field artillery.

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Carter, a field artillery officer by training, also happens to be a defensive disrupter.

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The base is home to the U.S. military’s basic Patriot missile defense training program and another curriculum designed to teach American personnel field artillery maneuvers.

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In any event, the report issued in January simply recommended that she be transferred out of her field artillery unit to another military specialty, which had been her intention all along.

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Army field artillery officer who studies the Russian military for the Rand Corp.

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