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

Western countries have sent Ukraine over 620 artillery guns, including the US-made M777 howitzer, according to the Kiel Institute, external.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 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

Also, each alligator had three machine guns and a seventy-five-millimeter howitzer.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac