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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
- role,
including field howitzers,
siege howitzers, and super-heavy
siege howitzers.
During World War I and
World War II,
howitzers pla****
significant roles...
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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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Department studied various captured German 105 mm-caliber
howitzers and
developed the 105 mm
Howitzer M1920 by
using the
Carriage M1920. A box
trail carriage...
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howitzers,
while 120 guns were ****embled in
India by
Mahindra Defence Systems Limited. The
Indian Army
received its
first shipment of two
howitzers in...
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
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battalion of
heavy artillery that
included two
batteries of M110A2 SP
howitzers with six guns each for a
total of 12 guns, plus one
battery of nine M270s...
- and 203 mm
howitzers.
Since 1964, the Army
acquired 1,150 M102
towed howitzers. The
weapon is
being replaced by the M119-series 105 mm
howitzer.
Units were...
