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    1st Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (1st AAA (AW) Bn) was a short lived United States Marine Corps air defense unit that was originally...
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    The Air Defense Artillery Branch is the air defense branch of the United States Army, specializing in the use of anti-aircraft weapons (such as surface-to-air...
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    The M42 40 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, or "Duster," is an American armored light air-defense gun built for the United States Army from 1952 until...
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    The U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps (CAC) was an administrative corps responsible for coastal, harbor, and anti-aircraft defense of the United States and...
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    with heavy weapons Company D were part of the 1st battalion, rifle companies E, F, G and heavy weapons Company H constituted the 2nd battalion, and rifle...
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  • rifle companies of the battalion. It usually possesses some combination of machine-guns, mortars, anti-tank missiles, anti-aircraft missiles, reconnaissance...
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    90 mm gun M1/M2/M3 (category World War II anti-aircraft guns)
    The 90 mm gun M1/M2/M3 was an American heavy anti-aircraft and anti-tank gun, playing a role similar to the German 8.8cm Flak 18. It had a 3.5 in (90 mm)...
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    8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 (category World War II anti-aircraft guns)
    The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 is a German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun, developed in the 1930s. It was widely used by Germany throughout...
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    Field Artillery Regiment is a United States artillery regiment, currently represented in the Arkansas Army National Guard by the 1st Battalion, 206th...
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  • Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas. It was redesignated as the 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion Automatic Weapons...
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    Military Police Platoon Band 1st Counterintelligence Corps Detachment 103rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (Automatic Weapons) Shortly after the German...
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    Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Early artillery development focused on the ability...
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  • variant of the Browning M1917A1) MG 08/15 (Mainly used as anti-aircraft weapon Used by artillery, sappers and National Defense) Ckm wz. 25 Hotchkiss (Hotchkiss...
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    Battalion, in Jõhvi Viru Infantry Battalion, in Jõhvi Artillery Battalion, in Tapa (being formed) Air Defense Battalion, in Tapa Engineer Battalion,...
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    have anti-aircraft weapons and heavy mortars and had to resort to "human wave" tactics: "The enemy has lost nearly all their heavy crew-served weapons during...
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    Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion) 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery (former Battery D, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic...
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    10th Division, 316th Division, 320th Division, 2 artillery regiments (40 and 675), 3 anti-aircraft regiments (232, 234 and 593), 198th Commando Regiment...
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    following units: 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry 2nd Battalion, 320th Artillery Troop A, 2nd Squadron...
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    reorganized 28 June 1951 as follows: 1st Battalion consolidated with the 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (active) (see below under 3/95th...
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    Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (Self-Propelled). Disbanded 14 January 1945 at Montecatini, Italy, assets to 1st Battalion, 473rd Infantry...
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  • Service Company Alpha Company Bravo Company Charlie Company Weapons Company 1st Battalion, 8th Marines was commissioned on April 1, 1940, in San Diego...
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  • redesignated as the 200th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Automatic Weapons Battalion; the 2nd, 3rd,...
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    Heavy Artillery Battery 1029th, 1039th, and 1122nd Heavy Mortar Batteries 999th Penal Battalion 44th Machine Gun Battalion 15th Flak Regiment 1st Todt...
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    regiments, one artillery regiment, one armored regiment, and one anti-aircraft artillery battalion. Organization was flexible, the higher echelons being free...
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  • to consist of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Howitzer Battalions, elements of the 39th Infantry Division, the 4th Automatic Weapons Battalion, and the 5th Detachment...
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  • languages such as Russian, Serbian, Croatian and Polish, for a battalion-size artillery or cavalry unit. In naval usage "division" has a completely different...
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    battalion of the 69th would be redesignated as the 69th Antiaircraft Battalion, 2nd battalion was assigned as 529th Anti Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion...
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    operate searchlights and redesignated the 38th (The King's Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers (Territorial Army), and in 1940 it was renamed...
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  • 5th Automatic Weapons Battalions and the 6th Detachment Reorganized 1 May 1963 to consist of the 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th Automatic Weapons Battalions and...
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    "Legion" 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment "Automatic" 70th Brigade Engineer Battalion "Kodiak" 25th Brigade Support Battalion "Opahey" 2nd...
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