The armoured and artillery component of the division is presumed to be lightweight, amphibious and comparatively maneuverable.

It also manufactured tanks and artillery components.

A gros ouvrage is a large fortification with a significant artillery component, while a petit ouvrage is smaller, with lighter arms.

It has a particularly heavy artillery component, with seven 75mm guns, two 135mm guns and four 81mm mortars, making it the third most heavily armed unit in the Maginot Line.

Engineers and weapons specialists removed artillery components while scouts scattered, studying the terrain to find the best emplacements.

The 352nd's order of battle on the eve of the Allied Invasion was as follows (NB: the artillery component is also shown):

These pure tank units had no organic infantry or artillery component and thus had to cooperate with infantry divisions.

It was not quite a desert Maginot line, but a solid enough substitute, with the artillery component sometimes consisting of battle tanks sitting hull-down in specially excavated 'scrapes'.

The General Seyffardt and the brigade's artillery component was to provide a rearguard for the retreating troops.

In July the division's artillery component was formed, consisting of three batteries of 18-pounders and one 4.5 inch howitzer battery.