"king Of Battle!" T-shirts And Designs

June 2, 2010 - PRLog -- The Field Artillery branch was founded on November 17, 1775  by the Continental Congress, which unanimously elected Henry Knox "Colonel of the Regiment of Artillery". The regiment formally entered service on January 1, 1776. Although Field Artillery and Air Defense Artillery are separate branches, both inherit the traditions of the Artillery branch.

The Field Artillery is one of the Army and Marine Corps combat arms, traditionally one of the three major officer branches (with Infantry and Armor). It refers to those units that use artillery weapons systems to deliver surface-to-surface long range indirect fire. Indirect fire means that the projectile does not follow the line of sight to the target. The term field artillery is to distinguish from the Air Defense Artillery, and historically, from the Coast Artillery (or Coastal Defense Artillery), a branch which existed from 1901-1950. In 1950, the two branches were unified and called simply Artillery, until air defense was made into a separate branch in 1968. The insignia of the Field Artillery branch is a pair of crossed field guns (19th century style cannons) in gold, and dates back to 1834.

Modern artillery is recognized by its large caliber, firing an explosive shell or rocket, of a size and weight to require a specialized mount for firing and transport. Weapons covered by this term include "cannon" artillery such as the howitzer, field guns and "rocket" artillery. The types of cannon artillery are generally distinguished by the velocity at which they fire projectiles. Infantry support guns are generally longer-barreled, low-trajectory, high-velocity weapons designed mainly for a direct-fire role. Typically the length of a cannon barrel is greater than 25 times its caliber (inner diameter). Modern field artillery can also be split into two other categories: towed and self-propelled. As the name implies, towed artillery has a prime mover, usually a jeep or truck, to move the piece, crew, and ammunition around. Self-propelled howitzers are permanently mounted on a carriage or vehicle with room for the crew and ammunition and capable of moving independently in order to move quickly from one firing position to another - both to support the fluid nature of modern combat and to avoid counter-battery fire. There are also mortar carrier vehicles, many of which allow the mortar to be removed from the vehicle and be used dismounted, potentially in terrain in which the vehicle cannot navigate or in order to avoid detection.

This week Vision-Strike-Wear salutes the men and women of the United States Field Artillery by offering Army Artillery Rank T-Shirts and Marine Corps Artillery Rank T-Shirts! We also have a new Artillery pin-up girl, "Guns of Death" all available in men and womens's t-shirts, long sleeve t-shirts, crewnecks & sweatshirts, hoodies, tank-tops, commemorative plaques, decals & stickers and we hope you wear them proudly.

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