artillery
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During the defense of the U.S. base at Corregidor, in the bay near Manila, troops under Rose’s command removed an artillery piece from its mount and turned it into a roving gun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Drones are responsible for more deaths in the Ukraine war than artillery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Highly flammable when treated with acid, it acts as a propellant, triggering a violent expansion of gas needed to launch artillery up to 70 miles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The Czechoslovak Group, which acquired a German nitrocellulose facility, aims to secure the entire supply chain for artillery shells of various calibers within company facilities across several European countries by year-end.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The artillery horses threw their weight against their collars.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
Vocabulary lists containing artillery
A Long Walk to Water
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The Things They Carried
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World War I
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