It is a large artillery piece used by military ground forces. The caliber can range from 75mm to over 500mm with 120mm to 250mm standard in today's military units. It uses a high elevation to provide indirect fire onto enemy targets.
Pretty much any sort of artillery round can be fired. They can fire solid shot, but that is pretty much limited to to practice. Mostly it is an explosive round the goes off and splatters shell fragments all over. There are armor piercing rounds, ground mines, and even nuclear weapons.
howitzers were made in the early 17th century
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FIELD ARTILLERY 37 mm 57mm 105mm Howitzer 105mm Mountain Howitzer and similar model used by airborne division 155mm Cannon 155mm Howitzer 8-in and 240mm Cannon (slight difference in shell but very similar cannon) OTHER ARTILLERYOther types of artillery was used for coastal defense and anti-aircraft artillery.
Zdeno Chara earned the record for fastest slapshot during the 2009 NHL All-Star Skills Competition with a 105.4 mph.
Artillery in WW1 was used in Battery or even larger formations.
howitzer is a class of gun with many different variants you need to be more specific. but the max range of a M777 howitzer is 30.1 km (rap assisted).
A large cannon fired at a high angle. See the related link to the M198 155mm towed howitzer and the M109A self propelled howitzer.
mortar, howitzer
howitzers were made in the early 17th century
Yes, "Howitzer" is generally capitalized. It is a proper noun and refers to a specific type of artillery cannon.
A pack howitzer, or more properly, a howitzer, pack is a piece of towed artillery which can, if necessary, be broken down into pieces small enough to be man/team carried if terrain becomes too rough for towing vehicles.
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howitzer artillery peices were not used in the civil war they actually started production in 1963 so no they werent in the civil war
A mortar. Actually, it's a Howitzer. Mortars are not a form of cannon.
A howitzer is a type of artillery weapon that combines both long-range and high-angle firing capabilities. It fires shells at a high trajectory to reach targets behind cover or in trenches. The howitzer's barrel can be adjusted to different angles to vary the range and trajectory of the shell.
AnswerThe British 8-Inch Howitzer fired a round that was 8-in Caliber (or 203mm) and weighed 200-lb.The US Army used an 8-inch Gun and a 240mm Howitzer, which were similar and were actually considered Field Artillery. They had to be assembled to fire. The 240mm Howitzer fired a shell that weighed 360 lbs.Typo-- I don't think there was a British 18-inch Howitzer, except maybe on a navy battleship.
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