Headquarters, V Corps Artillery is located at Cambrai-Fritsch Kaserne in Darmstadt. CG of V Corps Arty is Brig Gen John C. Hayden. Hayden assumed command of the organization in Nov 1955. (He replaced Brig Gen Donald Dunford.)

The command's 14 battalions and 4 special batteries are equipped with weapons that range from self-propelled 155mm howitzers to the 85-ton 280mm cannons as well as free-flight rockets and guided missiles. (In addition to the units directly assigned to V Corps Arty, artillery units of the V Corps combat divisions (4th and 10th Inf Div; 2nd Armd Div) are classified as "artillery with the corps.")

Besides various towed and self-propelled artillery weapons that fire conventional charges, V Corps Artillery also fields three systems that can carry a nuclear warhead: the 280mm cannon, the free-flight Honest John rocket and the Corporal guided missile.

To make sure that V Corps artillerymen are ready at any time to fulfill their mission, training is conducted 12-months-a-year. Garrison training is constant at the kasernes where the various subordinate units are located. Then, three times a year, each unit is sent to the gunnery ranges at either Grafenwoehr or Baumholder for field training. Work at the ranges is for three-weeks at a stretch and includes night marches, cross country drives, reconnaissance, selection and occupation of firing positions.

Each unit concludes the yearly training cycle with battery firing tests twice a year and battalion tests once a year. These tests determine the ability of the units to conduct simulated combat operations.

The Battery tests last half a day in which units are given five missions (targets). They are expected to fire around 60 rounds. The Battalion test lasts 36 hours and includes 16 missions with an expenditure of around 250 rounds. Emphasis is on accurate and timely artillery fire.