infartillery

n. an artillery group capable of acting as infantry. Subjects: English, Military

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Citations: 2004 [Crafty884] Army.ca Forums (Canada) (May 1) “Re: Can‘t decide…”: Tell ya the truth I’ve done more infrantry stuff thaen arty. Our main weapon is the LG1 but I’ve got more experiance with the 81mm mortar. (go figure). We call ourselves INFARTILLERY cause of all the stuff we do with 3 VP. 2004 Gordon Rottman US Marine Corps Pacific Theater of Operations 1944-45 (Oct. 22) p. 56: The Evans Group (a.k.a. “Infartillery") consisted of and 11th Marines detachment and and detachments of the 3d 15mm Howitzer and 8th 155mm Gun battalions. Both groups were reinforced with engineer, amtrac, and service troops. 2004 Steven Field @ Washington, D.C. Army News Service (U.S.) (Nov. 19) “Modular brigades prep for deployment”: Soldiers of the 4th BCT (UA) coined the term “infartillery” during their rotation at JRTC to describe their new functions. While they still had traditional artillery responsibilities, they also prepared to go into towns, do security sweeps, and deal directly with the people in the country that they operate in, jobs typically reserved for other Soldiers like infantry and civil affairs. 2006 Tom Roeder Gazette (Sept. 4) “Goodbye, Mortaritaville ; 3rd HBCT unit is making the U.S. base’s nickname inapt” p. Metro 4: To combat the mortar-firing insurgents, Vuono’s soldiers have become what some soldiers call “infartillery”—artillery experts who can also use infantry skills to root out the enemy in urban warfare.

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