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Field Artillery

Definition: Field Artillery

Field Artillery

Noun

1. Artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Field Artillery

Synonym: field gun (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Field Artillery

English words defined with "field artillery": field gun, Fieldpiece. (references)
Specialty definitions using "field artillery": ARMOR RECONNAISSANCE SPECIALISTBarbette , en barbetteCOMBAT SURVEILLANCE AND TARGET ACQUISITION NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICEREmbrasure, en embrasureFIELD ARTILLERY CREWMEMBER, FIELD ARTILLERY OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, FIELD ARTILLERY SENIOR SERGEANTLIGHT AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY CREWMEMBERO-O line. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Field Artillery

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References

  • Field Artillery Equipment in Thailand: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (reference)

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Books

  • British Napoleonic Artillery 1793-1815: Field Artillery (New Vanguard, 60) (reference)

  • Grape & Canister, the Story of the Field Artillery of the Army of the Potomac (reference)

  • Grape and Canister: The Story of the Field Artillery of the Army of the Potomac, 1861-1865 (reference)

  • Gunnery and Explosives for Field Artillery Officers (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Field Artillery

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Photo Album: Field Artillery

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William C. Russell "Rusty" Russell Served with Army 14th Field Artillery Observation Battalion in WWII.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Joseph Lushene, Commanding Officer of 16th Field Artillery Observation Battalion Somewhere in Europe, 1944 or 1945 Photo taken from projected movie image.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Frontispiece from the History of the 17th Field Artillery Observation Battalion Image from 17th FAOB Album.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Welcome home parade for 1st Division, Washington, D.C., showing tractors pulling field artillery through Triumphal Arch.Credit: Library of Congress.

The Stilwell Road: monument to allied cooperation and human preseverance--Men of a U.S. field artillery battery fire their 75-mm. howitzer at Japanese emplacements along the Burma Road near Namhkam, one of the key towns along the Stilwell Road.Credit: Library of Congress.

Hot action in the polo match today between the teams of the 6th Field Artillery and the 16th Field Artillery. This was the first match of the War Dept. Polo Association Tournament opening today.Credit: Library of Congress.

Battery C, 1st Reg't., N.Y. Field Artillery, National Guard; taken at training camp at Plattsburg [sic], N.Y., August 1917.Credit: Library of Congress.

Second Battalion, 11th Prov. Regt. Field Artillery, commanded by Capt. Deens, U.S. Field Artillery.Credit: Library of Congress.

The Field artillery. United States Army. Travel, earn, learn ... adventure and action.Credit: Library of Congress.

Adventure and action Enlist in the field artillery, U.S. Army / / Harry S. Mueller, Major Infantry.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: Field Artillery

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The following units may each have their own depot: An Infantry regiment; A Cavalry regiment; A regiment of Field Artillery; A battalion of Pioneers. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Field Artillery

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Business

On the tactical level, the ongoing procurement of the RTA's Field Artillery Command and Control (FAC2) systems, which are being developed in multiple phases, is of special interest to producers. (references)

The RTA's defense electronics procurements mainly involve systems that enhance the country's capabilities in C3I (Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence), such as radio communications equipment and field artillery command-and-control systems. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Field Artillery

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  field artillery

51

  royal field artillery

3

  army field artillery

3

  us army field artillery

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Field Artillery

Language Translations for "field artillery"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

artileri fushore. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

лека артилерия. (various references)

   

Czech

  

artilerie. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kenttätykistö. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tábori tüzérség. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

(field gun), 野戦特科 , 野戦 兵 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

やほう (field gun), やせ"ほうへい, やせ"とっか. (various references)

   

Manx

  

gunnaghyn magheragh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ieldfay artilleryay

   

Romanian

  

artilerie de câmp. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

полевая артиллерия. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

poljska artiljerija, artiljerijska polja (fa). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fältartilleri. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Field Artillery

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-f-i-i-l-l-l-r-r-t-y"

-4 letters: fritillary, literarily.

-5 letters: airlifted, artillery, dietarily, federally, fertilely, irreality, literally, relatedly, retiredly, terrified, trailered.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Field Artillery


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 69 65 6C 64      41 72 74 69 6C 6C 65 72 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01101001 01100101 01101100 01100100 00100000 01000001 01110010 01110100 01101001 01101100 01101100 01100101 01110010 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#105 &#101 &#108 &#100 &#32 &#65 &#114 &#116 &#105 &#108 &#108 &#101 &#114 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0069 0065 006C 0064      0041 0072 0074 0069 006C 006C 0065 0072 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

40757178702358486757878718491

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Historic
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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