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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
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including field howitzers,
siege howitzers, super-heavy
siege howitzers, and
defence howitzers.
During World War I and
World War II,
howitzers pla**** significant...
- The M777
howitzer is a
British towed 155 mm
artillery piece in the
howitzer class. It is used by the
ground forces of Australia, Canada, Colombia, India...
- 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...
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Howitzer M2A2 on
Carriage M2A2)
howitzer is an
artillery piece developed and used by the
United States. It was the
standard U.S.
light field howitzer...
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Howitzers are one of two
primary types of
field artillery. Historically,
howitzers fired a
heavy s**** in a high-trajectory from a
relatively short barrel...
- Gun-
howitzer (also
referred to as gun
howitzer) is a type of
artillery weapon that is
intended to
fulfill the
roles of both an
ordinary cannon or field...
- The M109 is an
American 155 mm
turreted self-propelled
howitzer,
first introduced in the
early 1960s to
replace the M44 and M52. It has been
upgraded a...
- 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...
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towable 105 mm
howitzer used by the
United States Army in the
Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and the Iraq War. The M102 105 mm
howitzer is used in air mobile...
- The M1299
Howitzer was an
American prototype 155 mm self-propelled
howitzer developed by BAE
Systems beginning in 2019
under the
Extended Range Cannon...
