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Howitzer
Howitzer How"itz*er, n. [G. haubitze, formerly hauffnitz,
Bohem. haufnice, orig., a sling.] (Mil.)
(a) A gun so short that the projectile, which was hollow,
could be put in its place by hand; a kind of mortar.
[Obs.]
(b) A short, light, largebore cannon, usually having a
chamber of smaller diameter than the rest of the bore,
and intended to throw large projectiles with
comparatively small charges.
Meaning of Howitzer from wikipedia
- The
howitzer (/ˈhaʊ.ɪtsər/) is an
artillery weapon that
falls between a
cannon (or
field gun) and a mortar. It is
generally aimed lower than a
mortar but...
-
designated M2A1)
howitzer is an
artillery piece developed and used by the
United States. It was the
standard U.S.
light field howitzer in
World War II...
- The M109 is an
American 155 mm
turreted self-propelled
howitzer,
first introduced in the
early 1960s to
replace the M44. It has been
upgraded a number...
- The M777
howitzer is a
towed 155 mm
artillery piece in the
howitzer class. It is used by the
ground forces of Australia, Canada, Colombia, India, Saudi...
- (203 mm) M110 self-propelled
howitzer is an
American self-propelled
artillery system consisting of an M115 203 mm
howitzer installed on a purpose-built...
- The M115 203 mm
howitzer, also
known as the M115 8-inch
Howitzer, and
originally the M1 8-inch
Howitzer was a
towed heavy howitzer developed by the United...
- mm gun-
howitzer M1955, also
known as the D-20, (Russian: 152-мм пушка-гаубица Д-20 обр. 1955 г.) is a
manually loaded,
towed 152 mm gun-
howitzer artillery...
- The 75mm Pack
Howitzer M1 (redesignated the M116 in 1962) was a pack
howitzer artillery piece used by the
United States.
Designed to be
moved across difficult...
- The M119
howitzer is a
lightweight 105 mm
howitzer, used by the
United States Army. It is the
American licensed version of the
British L119
light gun...
- The K9
Thunder is a
South Korean 155 mm self-propelled
howitzer designed and
developed by the
Agency for
Defense Development and
private corporations including...
