Artillery - World War II

Towed Field Artillery
year	Designation	caliber	built
19..	Gun M3 Anti-Tank Gun	37mm	..
19..	How M1 Field Gun	75mm	..
19..	How M2 Field Gun	75mm	..
19..	Howitzer M3 Field Gun	105mm	..
19..	Gun M1 Field Gun	155mm	..
19..	Howitzer M1 Field Gun	155mm	..
19..	Gun M1 Field Gun	8 inch	..
19..	Howitzer M1 Field Gun	8 inch	..
19..	M1 Howitzer	240mm	..
19..	M2 Howitzer Field Gun		..
19..	M18 Recoilless Gun		..
19..	M20 Recoilless Gun		..
Coastal Defense Gun
year	Designation	caliber	built
19..	M1 Coastal Defense Gun	6 in	..
19..	Mk VI Coastal Defense Gun	8 in	..
19..	Gun M1917 Coastal Defense Gun	12 in	..
19..	Mor M1912 Coastal Defense Gun	12 in	..
19..	M1910 Coastal Defense Gun	14 in	..
19..	M1919 Coastal Defense Gun	16 in	..
Anti-Aircraft Gun
year	Designation	caliber	built
19..	M1 Anti-Aircraft Gun	37mm	..
19..	M3 Anti-Aircraft Gun	3 in	..
19..	M2 Anti-Aircraft Gun	90mm	..
19..	M3 Anti-Aircraft Gun	105mm	..
19..	Gun M1 Anti-Aircraft Gun	120mm	..
Self-propelled guns
year	Designation	caliber	built
19..		mm	..
19..		mm	..
19..		mm	..

During World War II, the US artillery was far ahead of other countries in terms of equipment and training. Due to advanced communications, the US artillery could mobilize all artillery units within range to fire as long as there is a need on the front line. And as long as there are ten to twenty minutes, you can work out a powerful TOT (while playing Time-On-Target) shooting plan. Coupled with the strong shooting ability of the artillery, the US artillery can even fire effectively at the designated position without test firing.

On the other hand, the size of the US artillery is actually not small. A US infantry division was composed of three 105 howitzer battalions and one 155 howitzer battalion. From the perspective of the organization, it was not more than other countries, but the artillery attached to it can be very large. A division’s offense can even be supported by more than twenty artillery battalions. The command and control of so many artillery units can be completed at the division level.

From mid-1943 onwards tank destroyers served more increasingly as field artillery as the demand for firepower grew and as the need for antitank weapons diminished even though Lieutenant General Lesley J. McNair, Commander, Army Ground Forces, and others still perceived that the destroyer's primary role was antitank warfare.