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howitzer
noun
how·it·zer ˈhau̇-ət-sər 
: a short cannon used to fire projectiles at medium muzzle velocities and with relatively high trajectories
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web At a military position near the front line, members of a Ukrainian military unit snickered as a soldier with tattooed arms scrawled a phallic symbol on an artillery shell designed for an M777 howitzer cannon. 
Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022 Two defense contractors—one from the U.S. and one from Europe—have teamed up to produce a new howitzer round that could make artillery the dominant arm of land warfare. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 12 Aug. 2022 The Army has a brand-new howitzer, the 43-mile-range Extended Range Cannon Artillery. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 12 Aug. 2022 As Russia retreated from the capital and the war shifted toward control of the Donbas area, the types of U.S. weapons sent to Ukraine expanded to include switchblade drones and howitzer heavy artillery. Lindsay Wise, WSJ, 19 May 2022 The flow of American weapons often is not fast enough, the official said, noting that the rate of howitzer artillery fire, in particular, could soon outpace supply. Karoun Demirjian, Washington Post, 2 July 2022 Artillery such as the howitzer has become central to the fighting in eastern Ukraine where open terrain favors long-range attacks. Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 26 May 2022 If fitted to a howitzer, the digital computer system enables the crew operating the weapon to quickly and accurately pinpoint a target. Tom Burridge, ABC News, 20 May 2022 It’s one thing to get a large howitzer or tank or thousands of artillery shells to Ukraine’s western borders. New York Times, 15 June 2022 See More
Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022 Two defense contractors—one from the U.S. and one from Europe—have teamed up to produce a new howitzer round that could make artillery the dominant arm of land warfare. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 12 Aug. 2022 The Army has a brand-new howitzer, the 43-mile-range Extended Range Cannon Artillery. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 12 Aug. 2022 As Russia retreated from the capital and the war shifted toward control of the Donbas area, the types of U.S. weapons sent to Ukraine expanded to include switchblade drones and howitzer heavy artillery. Lindsay Wise, WSJ, 19 May 2022 The flow of American weapons often is not fast enough, the official said, noting that the rate of howitzer artillery fire, in particular, could soon outpace supply. Karoun Demirjian, Washington Post, 2 July 2022 Artillery such as the howitzer has become central to the fighting in eastern Ukraine where open terrain favors long-range attacks. Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 26 May 2022 If fitted to a howitzer, the digital computer system enables the crew operating the weapon to quickly and accurately pinpoint a target. Tom Burridge, ABC News, 20 May 2022 It’s one thing to get a large howitzer or tank or thousands of artillery shells to Ukraine’s western borders. New York Times, 15 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Dutch houwitser, ultimately from Czech houfnice ballista
First Known Use
1695, in the meaning defined above
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