Artillery has gone through two previous evolutions in employment methodology. The first, starting in 1670, saw it evolve from primarily a siege engine, to a precision mobile direct fire support platform. The second evolution in methodology began in...
Over the years, the Field Artillery School transformed itself to meet the needs of the Army. During the 20 years preceding the opening of the School of Fire for Field Artillery at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 1911, the War Department candidly...
On the opening day of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of World War I, the newly-created United States 79th Division was templated to advance nine kilometers through German-controlled terrain. However, the advance through the first four kilometers,...
Engaged in a spectrum from full-scale combat to stability and support operations, the military is faced with an ever-changing environment in which to use its combat power. For instance, it is axiomatic that the massive application of firepower...
This thesis argues that the Field Artillery (FA) branch is being marginalized in today's counterinsurgency operations. There are several key factors that have led up to this point, those being, loss of core competency within the branch causing a...
This is the Field Artillery, United States Army--the senior arm in the senior service-- its position unchallenged, aptly merited by its continuous history of superiority, support, and excellence throughout the American military tradition. Formed...
This monograph discusses how the field artillery should be organized and employed to provide close support to the heavy brigade on a mid to high intensity AirLand Battle-Future (ALBF) battlefield. The nature of the ALBF battlefield dictates that...
Field Manual (FM) 6-20, Fire Support in the AirLand Battle, the Army's capstone manual for fire support, states: "The fire support system must be flexible enough to respond to a number of battlefield situations ranging from the nonlinear...
This study investigates the use of deflections in the United States field artillery. Deflections are used to align howitzers onto targets during indirect fire. The deflection system is based on azimuths and uses a 6400 mil circle. Howitzers are...
This thesis compares and contrasts the field artillery corps of the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of Tennessee. The purpose is to determine which field artillery corps was more effective on the battlefield and why. To answer this question...
In February 1942, the War Department established the first Airborne [artillery] Test Battery to conduct experiments and determine the feasibility of parachute field artillery. In just over a year's time, the notion of airborne field artillery,...
The United States Army began transformation to meet the needs of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). Senior leaders within the military initiated the transformation from a division-based organization to one built around brigades. This...
A comprehensive study of any subject should begin with its historical development. In the case of field artillery materiel, a superficial examination of museum curiosities is not sufficient. The survey, to be of real value, must identify in each...
This study investigates the original needs for and development of counterfire techniques in World War I. Concentrating on the experiences of the British and the Americans, the examination explores techniques of counterfire and their failures or...
This monograph examines whether or not the U. S. Army’s transition from horse drawn field artillery to motorized traction in the interwar years of 1919 to 1941 has’relevance to the U.S. Army’s movement to an automated command and control...
Preparing a Artillery Battery for a Maneuver Role in Combat is not an easy task. Even though it should be easy when every Soldier is supposed to be a rifleman. There are many considerations to make when preparing Soldiers to conduct missions...
The recent growth of offensive capabilities in the Soviet forces has stirred concern within the free world. This thesis examines the extent of the current Soviet counterfire threat to the United States field artillery and its capability to provide...