Editing Artillery (section)

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Some armed forces use the term "gunners" for the soldiers and sailors with the primary function of using artillery.
[[File: M777 Light Towed Howitzer 1.jpg|thumb|7-person gun crew firing a US [[M777 howitzer|M777 Light Towed Howitzer]], [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]], 2009]]
The gunners and their guns are usually grouped in teams called either "crews" or "detachments". Several such crews and teams with other functions are combined into a unit of artillery, usually called a [[Artillery battery|battery]], although sometimes called a company. In gun detachments, each role is numbered, starting with "1" the Detachment Commander, and the highest number being the Coverer, the second-in-command. "Gunner" is also the lowest rank, and junior non-commissioned officers are "Bombardiers" in some artillery arms.

Batteries are roughly equivalent to a [[Company (military unit)|company]] in the infantry, and are combined into larger [[military organization]]s for administrative and operational purposes, either battalions or regiments, depending on the army. These may be grouped into brigades; the Russian army also groups some brigades into artillery divisions, and the [[People's Liberation Army]] has artillery corps.

The term "artillery" also designates a combat arm of most [[military service]]s when used organizationally to describe [[Military organization|units]] and [[Military organization|formations]] of the national armed forces that operate the weapons.