field artillery
artillery mobile enough to accompany troops in the field.
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How to use field artillery in a sentence
Warnagiris joined the Marine Corps in 2002 and serves as a field artillery officer, officials said.
Marine Corps officer is first known active-duty service member charged in Capitol riot | Alex Horton, Spencer Hsu | May 13, 2021 | Washington Post“field artillery is the better means of delivering fires in Syria and Iraq,” the official added.
U.S. Fighter Jocks Pray The ‘ISIS Air Force’ Rumors Are True | Dave Majumdar | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt 10.20 our field artillery opened fire to cut wire in front of Turkish trenches and this was effectively done.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonHe formed a column of two thousand men and a battery of field artillery and left the camp at dawn on the 25th.
The Red Year | Louis TracyA reconnoissance showed a line of strong works, in which were eighteen pieces of field artillery.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.
Mr. Conne gave him a shrewd sideways glance, his cigar pointing upward like a piece of field artillery.
Tom Slade with the Colors | Percy K. FitzhughMy transfer to the American army appointed me as captain of field artillery instead of infantry, as I had wished.
War in the Garden of Eden | Kermit Roosevelt
British Dictionary definitions for field artillery
artillery capable of deployment in support of front-line troops, due mainly to its mobility
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