Battery (Formation)
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Description[edit]
Battery formations are unique artillery units that typically field between four to six artillery pieces by the armies of the Inner Sphere.[1] This formation designation is not uniformly used across Inner Sphere militaries which frequently designate artillery formations of the same size as Companies.[2][3][4][5]
Battery Organizational Variations[edit]
Free Worlds League Military[edit]
The FWLM organizes Field Artillery and air-defense units into batteries as either semi-independent units or attached at the battalion or regimental level.[6]
| FWLM Field Artillery Battery Organizations:[6] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Artillery Model Crew Rounds |
Per Section | Per Battery |
| Long Tom Artillery Piece | 1-2 tubes | 4-6 tubes |
| Sniper Artillery Piece | 2-4 tubes | 8-12 tubes |
| FWLM Air-Defense Battery Organization:[6] | ||
| FWLM air-defense units consist of 8-12 anti-air platforms, deployed at the Battalion level. | ||
Mobile Long Tom Artillery Organization[edit]
The Battery is specifically noted as an organizational scheme used for regimental-level Mobile Long Tom Artillery detachments or as the core of independent artillery battalions consisting of six units.[1]
| Mobile Long Tom Battery Organization:[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle | Per Section | Per Battery | Per Battalion |
| Mobile Long Tom Artillery Six vehicle train |
1-2 per Section | 2-4 per Battery | 6-12 per Battalion |
| MLT Train Carriages: | |||
| Tractor Carriages Long Tom Artillery Piece on tractor[1] |
1-2 per Section | 2-4 per Battery | 6-12 per Battalion |
| Support Carriages Fire Direction Center[1] |
2-4 per Section | 3-6 per Battery | 9-18 per Battalion |
| Ammunition Carriages 25 rounds per carriage[1] |
1-3 per Section | 3-9 per Battery | 9-27 per Battalion |
Notes[edit]
- By the Early Spaceflight Era, the term battery referred to any company-sized echelon unit part of a military's artillery branch, fielding a variety of artillery weapons systems included towed field guns, self-propelled guns, rocket, surface-to-surface missile artillery, fixed pieces, as well as anti-aircraft guns, mortars, and supporting radar and fire direction equipment. See Wikipedia - Artillery Battery
References[edit]
- ↑ a b c d e f Technical Readout: 3039 p. 78:"LT-MOB-25 Mobile Long Tom Artillery"
- ↑ Field Report 2765: CCAF, p.5:"The Home Guard"
- ↑ Combat Manual: Kurita, p.77:"Artillery Organization"
- ↑ Combat Manual: Mercenaries, p.77:"Artillery Organization"
- ↑ Field Manual SLDF, p.13:"Line Regiments"
- ↑ a b c Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p.21:"Special Support Units"
Bibliography[edit]
- Combat Manual: Kurita
- Combat Manual: Mercenaries
- Field Manual: Free Worlds League
- Field Manual: SLDF
- Tactical Operations
- Technical Readout: 3039