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Definition of Fieldpiece

Fieldpiece
Fieldpiece Field"piece`, n. A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun.

Meaning of Fieldpiece from wikipedia

- Field artillery is a category of mobile artillery used to support armies in the field. These weapons are specialized for mobility, tactical proficiency...
- the fighting near Carter's Farm, where he, "charged upon a Confederate fieldpiece in advance of his comrades and by his individual exertions silenced the...
- continued onward into enemy terrain and destro**** a recently abandoned German fieldpiece with a demolition charge placed in the breech. While returning to his...
- × 11 in (280 mm) Dahlgren smoothbore guns 3 × 9 in (230 mm) Dahlgren smoothbore guns 1 × 24-pounder howitzer 2 × 12-pounder guns 1 × br**** fieldpiece...
- [he] attacked and defeated a superior force of the enemy, captured their fieldpiece and about 100 prisoners without losing a man.": 415  Six former officers...
- continued onward into enemy terrain and destro**** a recently abandoned German fieldpiece with a demolition charge placed in the breech. While returning to his...
- Apr 6, 1865 Charged the enemy and ****isted Sgt. Norton in capturing a fieldpiece and 2 prisoners. — Andrew Brinn Navy Seaman USS Mississippi Aboard USS Mississippi...
- the face of intense artillery, mortar and machine-gun fire, destro**** a fieldpiece and annihilated eight ****anese soldiers. By his aggressive fighting spirit...
- and Navy Lieutenant Edward Fitzgerald Beale in charge of a four-pounder fieldpiece. The company marching to join the Army of the West totaled thirty-nine...
- includes the firing, without shot, of a Victorian-era muzzle-loading fieldpiece. In 2015, the battery was shortlisted as a possible site for the campus...