field gun

Noun

Meaning

movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

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Hypernyms

gun artillery ordnance heavy weapon

Examples

At a more typical combat range of 3,000 yards, giving a fairly flat trajectory and hence a long "beaten zone" for the bullets, a typical 3-inch or 75-mm field gun shrapnel shell would have a velocity of approximately 900 feet/second. Source: Internet

He decided to design a lighter, more mobile field gun, with greater range and accuracy. Source: Internet

Self-propelled indirect-fire artillery remains important and continues to develop alongside the general purpose field gun. Source: Internet

Variations One item of note is the 'Universal Shell', a type of field gun shell developed by Krupp of Germany in the early 1900s. Source: Internet

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