 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: A ṣe agbekalẹ ẹka naa bi Ẹka Ọkọ-ogun 1st ti Idogo ti Igbimọ giga giga RGK ni Oṣu Kẹwa ọdun 1942 pẹlu Southwestern Front, labẹ aṣẹ ti Colonel Vikenty Mazur. O ni awọn 274th, 275th, ati 331st Howitzer, awọn 1162nd ati 1166th Gun, ati awọn 468th, 501st, ati 1189th Anti-Tank Tank Destroyer Artillery Regiments. Ni afikun si awọn regiments rẹ, ẹka naa pẹlu Organic 816th Separate Reconnaissance Artillery Battalion ati 45th Separate Corrective Aviation Squadron. O ti firanṣẹ sinu ija ni Oṣu kọkanla ọjọ 9 ni agbegbe Kletskaya ati Serafimovich, atilẹyin fun Ile-ogun 21st ti Southwestern Front ni ipele ikẹhin ti ipele idaabobo Soviet ti Ogun ti Stalingrad. Lati idaji keji ti Kọkànlá Oṣù si Oṣu Kini ọdun 1943, awọn ẹya ti 1st Artillery, ti o wa labẹ awọn iṣẹ-ṣiṣe si awọn ọmọ ogun 24th ati 65th ti Don Front, pese atilẹyin artillery ni : yíká àwọn ọmọ ogun ilẹ Jámánì tí wọn sì ṣẹgun wọn ní àgbègbè Stalingrad. 