Coastal artillery is the branch of the armed forces concerned with operating anti-ship artillery or fixed gun batteries in coastal fortifications. From...
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Swedish Coastal Artillery (Swedish: Kustartilleriet, KA) has its origin in the Archipelago Artillery that was raised in 1866. The Coastal Artillery was formed...
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120 12 cm tornautomatpjäs m/70 Sweden Cold War 120 12 cm mobile coastal artillery gun m/80 Sweden Cold War 120 120mm 45 caliber Pattern 1892 Russian...
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artillery may also refer to the arm of service that customarily operates such engines. In some armies, the artillery arm has operated field, coastal,...
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a coastline (or other shoreline), for example, fortifications and coastal artillery. Because an invading enemy normally requires a port or harbour to...
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peacetime for maintaining the forts with their garrison artillery (or coastal artillery), were the first regular artillerymen, organised in 1540 under the...
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Bereg (Russian: Берег; "Coast") is a Russian 130 mm self-propelled coastal artillery gun, which was developed in the 1980s (entering service in 1988) and...
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The 56th Artillery Command is a two-star command of the United States Army that serves as the Force Field Artillery Headquarters for U.S. Army Europe and...
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for coastal or frontier defence. During the 18th century "battery" began to be used as an organizational term for a permanent unit of artillery in peace...
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CDXXXVIII Coastal Battalion DXXXIX Coastal Battalion 28th Coastal Artillery Grouping CXXIV Coastal Artillery Group (105/14 howitzers CCXV Coastal Artillery Group...
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