howitzer

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European nations have supplied Ukraine with 11 different types of howitzer firing one caliber, the 155mm shell.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

At 1:46 p.m., an artillery round from an M777 howitzer was launched from White’s Beach northward, according to a CHP incident report obtained by The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

A few soldiers ran through deep muddy trenches, to a clearing where a howitzer was hidden from sight, covered by branches and leaves.

From BBC • May 8, 2025

To the layman, a self-propelled howitzer looks like a tank, but it has a bigger, 155mm gun to fire at longer range.

From Salon • May 19, 2024

Around four o’clock, an American field howitzer, two miles away, lets fly a single improperly ranged shell.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr