Constituted
5 July 1918 in the National Army as the
40th Field Artillery and assigned to the
14th Division
Organized 10 August 1918
at Camp Custer, Michigan
Demobilized 6 February
1919 at Camp Custer, Michigan
Reconstituted 1 October
1933 in the Regular Army the 40th Field
Artillery
Activated 4 June 1941 at
Camp Roberts, California
Regiment broken up 1
March 1943 and its elements reorganized
and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and
Headquarters Battery as
Headquarters and Headquarters
Battery, 40th Field Artillery
Battalion Group
1st and 2d Battalions as the
974th and 975th Field Artillery
Battalions, respectively
After 1 March
1943, the above units underwent
changes as follows:
Headquarters and
Headquarters Battery, 40th Field
Artillery Group, inactivated 15
March 1946 in Germany
Activated 26 April 1951 at Camp
Carson, Colorado
Redesignated 9 September 1957 as
Headquarters and Headquarters
Battery, 40th Field Artillery
Missile Group
Redesignated 20 July 1958 as
Headquarters and Headquarters
Battery, 40th Artillery Group
Inactivated 16 September 1962 in
Germany
974th Field
Artillery Battalion inactivated
10 January 1946 at Camp Patrick
Henry, Virginia
Redesignated 5 February 1947 as
the 509th Field Artillery
Battalion
Redesignated 25 June 1948 as the
509th Armored Field Artillery
Battalion and assigned to the 3d
Armored Division
Activated 30 July 1948 at Fort
Knox, Kentucky
Inactivated 1 October 1957 in
Germany and relieved from
assignment to the 3d Armored
Division
975th Field
Artillery Battalion inactivated
13 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer,
New Jersey
Redesignated 5 February 1947 as
the 510th Field Artillery
Battalion
Activated 1 February 1949 in
Austria
Redesignated 20 August 1956 as
the 510th Field Artillery Rocket
Battalion
Inactivated 1 June 1958 in Italy
Headquarters and
Headquarters Battery, 40th Artillery
Group; 509th Armored Field Artillery
Battalion; and the 510th Field Artillery
Rocket Battalion consolidated,
reorganized, and redesignated 16
September 1962 as the 40th Artillery, a
parent regiment under the Combat Arms
Regimental System
Redesignated 1 September
1971 as the 40th Field Artillery
Withdrawn 16 September
1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental
System and reorganized under the United
States Army Regimental System with
Headquarters in Germany
Transferred 15 January
1996 to the United States Army Training
and Doctrine Command
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FIELD ARTILLERY
King of
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The Field
Artillery is the Army's Fire Support
branch - the "King of Battle."
Its leaders must destroy, neutralize or
suppress the enemy by cannon, rocket or
missile fire and integrate all supporting
fires - Field Artillery, tactical air,
Naval guns, Ar my aviation and mortars -
into combined-arms operations. Field
Artillerymen put "Steel on
Target" in the right places, at the
right time and in the right proportions
to assure the success of the maneuver
commander's plan - a task that requires
thorough understanding of maneuver and
fire support doctrine, tactics and
techniques. Field Artillery lieutenants
serve as cannon, rocket or missile
platoon leaders, company fire support
officers and battery fire direction
officers. Later as captains, they may
command a firing battery, serve as a
battalion fire support officer, or staff
officer at battalion, brigade or division
artillery level. If you're looking for
leadership challenges and the opportunity
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