UNITED STATES ARMY
DIVISION ARTILLERY, 2nd INFANTRY DIVISION
Cold War Organization • 1988
The Division Artillery (DIVARTY) of the 2nd Infantry Division consisted of a headquarters battery, three FA battalions equipped with 155mm self-propelled howitzers, a composite battalion with three batteries of 203mm self-propelled howitzers and one battery with the MLRS system, a battery with the Lance surface-to-surface missile, and a separate target acquisition battery (TAB). Each 155mm howitzer battalion was in direct support (DS) of a maneuver brigade, while the 203mm/MLRS battalion and the Lance battery provided general support and reinforcing (GSR) fires.The target acquisition battery employed sound, flash and radar methods to locate and classify targets.
HEADQUARTERS BATTERY, 2nd INFANTRY DIVISION ARTILLERY |
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1st BATTALION
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8th BATTALION
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BATTERY
B 6-32nd FIELD ARTILLERY (LANCE SSM) DETACHED FROM 212th FA BRIGADE, III CORPS (FORT SILL, OK) |
BATTERY F 26th FIELD ARTILLERY (TAB) SEPARATE TARGET ACQUISITION BATTERY |