Marine Corps artillery units

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artillery formation military unit type

Marine Corps artillery units are specialized military formations within the United States Marine Corps responsible for providing indirect fire support and long-range bombardment in combat operations.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
United States Marine Corps artillery	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artillery formation ⓘ military unit type ⓘ
capability	close support fires ⓘ counter-battery fire ⓘ deep fires ⓘ interdiction fires ⓘ suppression of enemy air defenses ⓘ
componentOf	Ground Combat Element NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
doctrine	Marine Air-Ground Task Force doctrine ⓘ
employsPersonnelType	artillery officers ⓘ field artillery cannoneers ⓘ fire direction control Marines ⓘ fire support Marines ⓘ forward observers ⓘ
historicalUse	Korean War NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Desert Storm NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Enduring Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Iraqi Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesUnitType	artillery battalion ⓘ artillery battery ⓘ artillery regiment ⓘ fire direction center ⓘ forward observer team ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Marine Corps ⓘ
mission	to destroy, neutralize, or suppress enemy targets by cannon and rocket fire ⓘ to provide timely and accurate fire support to maneuver forces ⓘ
partOf	United States Marine Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRole	indirect fire support ⓘ long-range bombardment ⓘ
subordinateTo	Marine Expeditionary Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Marine divisions NERFINISHED ⓘ
supports	Marine air-ground task forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Marine armored units ⓘ Marine infantry units ⓘ
tactics	counterfire operations ⓘ indirect fire ⓘ observed fire ⓘ planned fires ⓘ
trainingLocation	Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms NERFINISHED ⓘ Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune NERFINISHED ⓘ Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalEchelon	battalion ⓘ battery ⓘ regiment ⓘ
usesAmmunitionType	155mm artillery shells ⓘ precision-guided munitions ⓘ rocket artillery munitions ⓘ
usesWeaponSystem	M142 HIMARS NERFINISHED ⓘ M327 120mm Expeditionary Fire Support System (EFSS) NERFINISHED ⓘ M777A2 155mm howitzer NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1st Battalion 12th Marines → isFormationOf → Marine Corps artillery units ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Marine Corps artillery

Honorable Order of Saint Barbara → scope → Marine Corps artillery units ⓘ