howitzer

Example Sentences

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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

When Kenny McLean's half-way line howitzer found the back of the Denmark net at Hampden last month to seal Scotland's place at next year's World Cup, a nation rejoiced in unison.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

Just before the fire, several units of the California National Guard had been on the island for military training exercises that included the firing of howitzer shells and mortar rounds.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024

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

I stepped aside to allow passage for a bustle of men who dragged a wooden howitzer.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson