howitzer
noun
how·it·zer
ˈhau̇-ət-sər 
: a short cannon used to fire projectiles at medium muzzle velocities and with relatively high trajectories
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Yet much cheaper weapons like surveillance and killer drones; anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles; howitzers and the shells to supply them; and landmines have actually proved critical in Ukraine.
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Anatol Lieven, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
Longer-range weapons like howitzers and exploding drones have rendered all movement within 10 miles or so of the front lethally dangerous.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2025
The drone slammed into the howitzer’s cab, likely badly damaging it.
—David Axe, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Ukraine, for example, has been sent at least 17 different kinds of howitzers, not all of which use the same type of shell.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2025
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Anatol Lieven, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
Longer-range weapons like howitzers and exploding drones have rendered all movement within 10 miles or so of the front lethally dangerous.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2025
The drone slammed into the howitzer’s cab, likely badly damaging it.
—David Axe, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Ukraine, for example, has been sent at least 17 different kinds of howitzers, not all of which use the same type of shell.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2025
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howitzer
noun
how·it·zer
ˈhau̇-ət-sər
: a short cannon capable of firing a shell in a high arc
Etymology
from Dutch houwitser "howitzer," derived from a Czechoslovakian word for "catapult"
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