page_title: 3rd Armored Division Artillery (United States)
section_title: Cold War
hierarchical_section_title: 3rd Armored Division Artillery (United States) / Cold War
caption_attribution_description: M110A2 203mm self-propelled howitzers of the 40th Field Artillery (markings show 2-92 FA) are deployed along a line of trees during Central Guardian, a phase of Exercise REFORGER '85 near Weitershain (Landkreis Gießen).
context_page_description: The 3rd Armored Division Artillery was the divisional artillery command for the 3rd Armored Division, last stationed at Hanau before its inactivation in 1991.
  Constituted in 1941, the DIVARTY served with the division during World War II and was inactivated after the end of the war along with the division. It was reactivated with the division in 1948, and sent to West Germany with the division in 1956. The DIVARTY served there for rest of the Cold War, then deployed with the division during the Gulf War. After returning to Germany, it was inactivated there in September 1991.
context_section_description: While inactive, the Divisional Artillery Command was consolidated with the division Service Company (excluding for the Military Police Platoon), and redesignated as the Division Artillery. The Division Artillery headquarters and headquarters battery (HHB) was reactivated with the division at Fort Knox on 30 July 1948. On 1 July 1955, it was redesignated the 3rd Armored Division Artillery.
caption: M110A2 203mm self-propelled howitzers of the 1st Battalion, 40th Field Artillery are deployed along a line of trees during Central Guardian, a phase of Exercise REFORGER '85 near Weitershain (Landkreis Gießen).
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