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Provides limited armed aerial escort for the airmobile division.
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Provides personnel and equipment to establish and operate five
instrumented division heliports and a flight coordination center.
Air Assault Division Artillery (DIVARTY)
Figure 16 depicts the air assault division artillery.
The air assault division's artillery is organized around the 105-mm
howitzer. The air assault DIVARTY has three organic 105-mm battalions that
are normally in direct support of the various brigades of the division.
FIGURE 16.
AIR ASSAULT DIVISION ARTILLERY
Weapon Systems. There are other weapons systems that are found in the air
assault division.
They either differ in capability or employment as
compared to the heavy division. The following discussions represent some of
these weapons.
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