A Btry 3rd of the 84th Field Artillery Heillbronn Germany

A Battery, 3rd Battalion, 84th Field Artillery was an integral unit stationed in Heilbronn, Germany, during the Cold War era. As part of the U.S. Army’s 56th Field Artillery Brigade, the unit was equipped with the Pershing missile system, serving as a crucial component of NATO’s nuclear deterrence strategy against the Warsaw Pact. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, A Battery maintained a high level of readiness, participating in regular training exercises and alert drills in response to heightened tensions in Europe. The unit’s mission concluded in the late 1980s following the signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which led to the deactivation of Pershing missile units and the eventual drawdown of U.S. forces in Germany.