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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By then, the 155th Mechanized Brigade should be fully deployed in Pokrovsk with its German tanks, French howitzers and 2,000 fresh soldiers.
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David Axe, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Freuding also reportedly noted that Germany had supplied Ukraine with artillery howitzers, tanks and Marder infantry fighting vehicles, in addition to launching an attack drone program, according to Pravda.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Ukraine needed at least 300 tanks, 600 to 700 infantry fighting vehicles, and 500 howitzers on the front lines on Feb. 23, 2022, when the war began, according to then-Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces General Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
At present, knocking out a howitzer with a small drone requires the skill of the elite pilots of Birds of Magyar.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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David Axe, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Freuding also reportedly noted that Germany had supplied Ukraine with artillery howitzers, tanks and Marder infantry fighting vehicles, in addition to launching an attack drone program, according to Pravda.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Ukraine needed at least 300 tanks, 600 to 700 infantry fighting vehicles, and 500 howitzers on the front lines on Feb. 23, 2022, when the war began, according to then-Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces General Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
At present, knocking out a howitzer with a small drone requires the skill of the elite pilots of Birds of Magyar.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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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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