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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The event included thousands of members of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division and dozens of tanks and howitzers, requiring planners to close off the Manhattan Bridge and carefully bring heavy equipment over the East River from Brooklyn.
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Joe Walsh, CBS News, 14 June 2025
There will be a total of 28 M1 tanks and 28 Bradley fighting vehicles, in addition to M777 and M119 howitzers.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 May 2025
For instance, Russia produces 40 howitzers per month, while the report estimated that Germany can produce approximately 6 howitzers per year.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Finnish, Swedish and British soldiers have been plugging away through joint exercises crafted to induct NATO's newest members into the alliance, live-firing howitzers and loading Hellfire missiles into Apache helicopters roughly 70 miles from the Russian border.
—Ellie Cook — Reporting From Rovajärvi, Northern Finland, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
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Joe Walsh, CBS News, 14 June 2025
There will be a total of 28 M1 tanks and 28 Bradley fighting vehicles, in addition to M777 and M119 howitzers.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 May 2025
For instance, Russia produces 40 howitzers per month, while the report estimated that Germany can produce approximately 6 howitzers per year.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Finnish, Swedish and British soldiers have been plugging away through joint exercises crafted to induct NATO's newest members into the alliance, live-firing howitzers and loading Hellfire missiles into Apache helicopters roughly 70 miles from the Russian border.
—Ellie Cook — Reporting From Rovajärvi, Northern Finland, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 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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