field artillery

noun

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

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Jackson joined the Army at age 18 and spent three years in field artillery and three years in military intelligence. — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026 According to the ministry, Ukrainian brigades lost a tank, an armored combat vehicle, three motor vehicles, and a field artillery gun. — Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025 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 Ottomans deployed field artillery and Janissary infantry armed with matchlocks in a defensive formation called tabur jangi, in which carts and wagons were used to build barricades on the battlefield. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for field artillery

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First Known Use

1645, in the meaning defined above

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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 8 Jul. 2026.

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