artillery
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United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday condemned both sides for attacks on civilian areas as Ukraine and Russia kept up their artillery war.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
These features were a millennium old in 1453 but they remained formidable even in the age of artillery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The success of the L119 and the much larger BAE Systems’ M777 in Ukraine proved the continued utility of towed artillery systems in warfare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Howitzers are put together from metal subsystems, such as the barrel, the breech mechanism the shell is loaded into and hydraulics that reduce recoil when artillery fires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
They were ahead of us now, lighting the western horizon every night —American artillery, Peter told us.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Vocabulary lists containing artillery
A Long Walk to Water
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The Things They Carried
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World War I
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