Battery (Formation)

Artillery Battery Unit Symbol

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]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Technical Readout: 3039 p. 78:"LT-MOB-25 Mobile Long Tom Artillery"
  2. Field Report 2765: CCAF, p.5:"The Home Guard"
  3. Combat Manual: Kurita, p.77:"Artillery Organization"
  4. Combat Manual: Mercenaries, p.77:"Artillery Organization"
  5. Field Manual SLDF, p.13:"Line Regiments"
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p.21:"Special Support Units"

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