artillery
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An exercise to fire off a howitzer, an artillery weapon, was called off due to an extreme blizzard in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Israel's famed Iron Dome system is the third tier and was originally designed to intercept short-range rockets and artillery shells.
From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026
In 2023, ships plying the Caspian carried more than 300,000 artillery shells and a million rounds of ammunition from Iran to Russia, according to documents viewed by the Journal at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
"It appears that there is controversy recently over US forces in Korea shipping some weapons, such as artillery batteries and air defence weapons, out of the country," he said in a cabinet meeting.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
They were ahead of us now, lighting the western horizon every night —American artillery, Peter told us.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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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