artillery
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Spotters who call in artillery strikes are no longer needed.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
North Korea plans to deploy a new type of artillery along its southern border, state media said Friday, potentially putting Seoul within striking range as Pyongyang deepens its hostility towards South Korea.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
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
We could hear the unfamiliar boom of artillery from far off and the odd, muted drift of voices from the high ground.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2000
“This is a reinforced American battalion, with artillery and air support. There won’t be a VC for ten miles around tonight.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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A Long Walk to Water
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The Things They Carried
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World War I
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