field artillery

noun

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

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An uncle of mine who served with distinction in the field artillery on the Western Front was in most things an unreconstructed New Dealer. George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 21 May 2025 The Army has more than 6,700 women enlisted and nearly 3,000 female officers serving in the combat arms branches of air defense and field artillery, armor, aviation, engineers, cyber, infantry, and special Forces, according to Maj. Travis Shaw, an Army spokesperson. Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025 The training alongside South Korean soldiers will include urban combat, field hospital operations, field artillery exercises, air assault training and air defenses, the Army said in a statement on Monday. Hakyung Kate Lee, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for field artillery

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 24 May. 2025.

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