coast artillery
Americannoun
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artillery used for defending coastal areas.
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a military unit manning such artillery.
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At last the Germans were trying out their threat to "command the Channel with coast artillery."
From Time Magazine Archive
Last month some Manhattan 1-Bs got a tryout in a coast artillery anti-aircraft unit, began working with the guns without even the usual 13 weeks' basic training.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some 9,000 2nd lieutenants from coast artillery outfits were at Fort Benning, being turned into infantry officers.
From Time Magazine Archive
They claimed that their coast artillery kept Britain's Channel patrol of destroyers bottled up in Dover.
From Time Magazine Archive
Beside the staff departments, the Army now consists of 15 regiments of cavalry, 30 batteries of field artillery, 126 companies of coast artillery, and 30 regiments of infantry.
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