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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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.
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Ellie Cook — Reporting From Rovajärvi, Northern Finland, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
The four-person crew and its 18-ton, tracked 2S1 howitzer—a 122-millimeter gun in a turret on a lightly-armored chassis—live tens of feet underground in a dugout clearly carved out of the soil by heavy engineering equipment.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Indeed, France and Germany have cut their number of tanks and howitzers to approximately a tenth of their 1992 levels.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Russia's regiments and brigades of tanks, tracked fighting vehicles, mobile howitzers, and lots and lots of supply trucks simply don't exist anymore.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
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Ellie Cook — Reporting From Rovajärvi, Northern Finland, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
The four-person crew and its 18-ton, tracked 2S1 howitzer—a 122-millimeter gun in a turret on a lightly-armored chassis—live tens of feet underground in a dugout clearly carved out of the soil by heavy engineering equipment.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Indeed, France and Germany have cut their number of tanks and howitzers to approximately a tenth of their 1992 levels.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Russia's regiments and brigades of tanks, tracked fighting vehicles, mobile howitzers, and lots and lots of supply trucks simply don't exist anymore.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Howitzer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/howitzer. Accessed 11 Jun. 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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