Marine Corps artillery units

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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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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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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