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howitzer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mortar, trench mortar |
| Type of | high-angle gun |
Examples of howitzer
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Now under development, the Crusader is the world's most fearsome mobile howitzer.
From the time.com
Previous crews have said that those tests can sound like a howitzer cannon firing.
From the newscientist.com
Lifting the howitzer and carrying it 50 miles is not a complicated test, Meyer said.
From the newsobserver.com
Three howitzer rounds were also fired into Forward's hull, to help her sink.
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French casualties totalled 3,000, including 508 men and 1 howitzer captured.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Howitzer barrels took a half a minute to creep back into position for the next round.
From the omaha.com
Both worked, but the howitzer did more damage in a shorter amount of time.
From the newsobserver.com
The howitzer worked to dispatch Gingrich, but it won't work a second time.
From the campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com
No wonder Ernie's contraption took its name from that of a heavy howitzer.
From the lens.blogs.nytimes.com
- Mortar: a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
- A howitzer is a type of artillery piece characterized by a relatively short barrel (barrel length 15 to 25 times the caliber of the gun) and the use of comparatively small propellant charges to propel projectiles at relatively high trajectories, with a steep angle of descent. ...
- A cannon that combines certain characteristics of guns and mortars. The howitzer delivers projectiles with medium velocities, either by low or high trajectories. JP 1-02; A powerfully hit shot. Rugby and Ice hockey
- A very fast slap shot.
- A short cannon used to fire shells at medium velocity and with relatively high trajectories
- A cannon whose length varies from 5 to 10 calibers with carriages designed to permit greater elevation than a gun. A howitzer is intended to fire shells horizontally or at higher angles. Described by diameter of shell, 8 inch, 5 and 1/2 inch, etc.
- Short-barrelled cannon designed for high-angle fire.
- "I just talked to Judy in the hospital." "Oh? howitzer broken leg?"
- Weapons that employ weaker charges than guns to fire shells, commonly used to ensure that the projectile clears intervening obstacles (e.g. high ground) between the weapon and the target. Howitzers usually have relatively short barrels and use multiple charges.
