heavy artillery

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The garden is still filled with the remnants of war: a Soviet fighter jet, helicopters, tanks, pieces of heavy artillery and military vehicles.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

The culmination of a plan to bring heavy artillery down under resulted in this awesome and relentless assault on the Australia batting.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

At Dien Bien Phu, Vietnamese troops led by General Vo Nguyen Giap, surprised French forces with heavy artillery fire at their mountainous garrison in northwestern Vietnam.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024

But the army, which has depended mainly on air strikes and heavy artillery, could benefit from GIS intelligence gathering skills honed over decades as it tries to root out the RSF.

From Reuters • Jun. 28, 2023

On the afternoon of April 22, 1915, following a heavy artillery bombardment, French Algerian troops noticed a strange grayish green cloud drifting toward them from the German lines.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman