field artillery

noun

: artillery other than antiaircraft artillery used with armies in the field

Examples of field artillery in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Cache Road lies just outside the main gate of Fort Sill, a major and historic base for field artillery with over 16,000 uniformed troops plus civil service workers. —

Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2024 The 216th originally was created as a field artillery battery in West Memphis during the 1950s, according to the Arkansas National Guard. —

Tony Holt, arkansasonline.com, 23 Nov. 2023 Boston is a former U.S. Army field artillery officer whose research includes an emphasis on Russian ground capabilities. —

Hope Hodge Seck, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2023 Between 2003 and 2016, according to the authors of the Rand report, training and readiness for Army field artillery atrophied as the service reduced its active field artillery battalions by nearly half, from 96 to 50. —

Hope Hodge Seck, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for field artillery

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Word History

First Known Use

1645, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of field artillery was in 1645

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“Field artillery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20artillery. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.

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