Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds.
The men and officers of that branch of the army to which the care and management of artillery are confided.
weapon used to fire very large projectiles. Howitzers, guns and mortars are types of artillery. Popularly known as cannons.
Weapons for discharging missiles.
The branch of an army responsible for cannon and the personnel to operate them. Also the barrels, carriages, limbers, side-arms and ammunition used by the artillery. See also cannon, gun, howitzer, mortar, ordnance.
the branch of the Army that specialises in using large weapons, such as cannon, howitzers and missile launchers that are operated by teams of soldiers.
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Large-caliber weapons, such as cannon, howitzers, and missile launchers, that are operated by crews.
Large guns or cannons that are too heavy to be carried.
large but transportable armament
an army unit that uses big guns
a means of persuading or arguing; "he used all his conversational weapons"
a terrible waste of ammunition
Large cannons or missile launchers used in combat.
Weapons such as guns and rockets.
All classes of armament. The common classification of all types of weapon with the characteristic of having large caliber and high potency such as cannons, mortars and obuses. Strictly, all types of cannons and heavy weapons with muzzles. These were placed in batteries in the forts.
Cannon or other large caliber firearms; a branch of the army armed with cannon.
very large and heavy guns
Large-caliber weapons, such as mortars, cannons, howitzers, missile and rocket launchers, that are designed to fire indirectly at targets spotted by other forces, such as armored vehicles, infantry, and buildings. See Armored Fighting Vehicles, Armored Personnel Carrier, Mortar.
