UNITED STATES ARMY
 

 
DIVISION ARTILLERY, 3rd ARMORED DIVISION
Cold War Organization  •  1988
 
The Division Artillery (DIVARTY) of the 3rd Armored Division consisted of a headquarters battery, three FA battalions equipped with 155mm self-propelled howitzers, a separate FA battery equipped with the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) and a seperate target acquisition battery (TAB). Each howitzer battalion was in direct support (DS) of a maneuver brigade, while the MLRS battery provided general support and reinforcing (GSR) fires. The MLRS battery was the replacement for the 203mm self-propelled howitzer battalion previously assigned for the GSR mission. The target acquisition battery employed sound, flash and radar methods to locate and classify targets.
 

HEADQUARTERS BATTERY, 3rd ARMORED DIVISION ARTILLERY
 

2nd BATTALION
3rd FIELD ARTILLERY (155mm SP)
 

 

2nd BATTALION
82nd FIELD ARTILLERY (155mm SP)
 


4th BATTALION
82nd FIELD ARTILLERY (155mm SP)
 


BATTERY A
 40th FIELD ARTILLERY (MLRS)
 

SEPARATE MULTIPLE LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEM BATTERY
 
BATTERY F
 333rd FIELD ARTILLERY (TAB)
 

SEPARATE TARGET ACQUISITION BATTERY
 


BACK to 3rd ARMORED DIVISION Page