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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 Howitzers from wikipedia
- States,
where gun-
howitzers have been
officially described as
howitzers since World War II.
Because of this practice, the word
howitzer is used in some...
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towed howitzers had been
built and post-war
production continued at Rock
Island ****nal
until 1953, by
which time 10,202 had been built. M2
Howitzers are...
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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...
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completed the deal to buy 145
howitzers from the US.
Under the agreement, BAE
Systems supplied 25 ready-built
howitzers,
while 120 guns were manufactured...
- and of a
howitzer. It is thus able to
convey both
direct and
indirect fire.
Modern gun-
howitzers are
usually identified just as
howitzers. To be able...
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confirmed it had
procured the AH4
howitzers, and that it had
received at
least one
batch of six systems. M777
howitzer – British/American 155 mm
towed artillery...
- M-71 gun-
howitzers were
procured from
Israel and
entered service as the G4
howitzer. The
Canadian GC-45 was
selected as the
baseline howitzer from which...
- 8-inch
howitzer started in 1919, and
resulted in the M1920
howitzer, but the
program lapsed until resurrected in 1927. The T2 and T3
howitzers were prototypes...
- low-velocity
howitzers for the self-propelled
versions as
originally intended. This
howitzer, the M3, had a
shorter barrel than the
regular 105-mm
howitzer M2,...
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African 105 mm
howitzer,
produced by
Denel Land
Systems (DLS). With a
maximum range of 32 km (20 mi) it
outranges all
existing 105 mm
howitzers, as well as...
