artillery
mounted projectile-firing guns or missile launchers, mobile or stationary, light or heavy, as distinguished from small arms.
the troops or the branch of an army concerned with the use and service of such weapons.
the science that treats of the use of such weapons.
Origin of artillery
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Eastern Taiwan’s terrain is mountainous, and many of the 100-plus islands that make up Taiwan are riddled with tunnels, bunkers and artillery.
The Retreat from Afghanistan Has Made America's Allies Nervous. None More So Than Taiwan | Charlie Campbell / Shanghai | September 3, 2021 | TimeThis could include superior numbers of soldiers, better-positioned and longer-ranged artillery, or simply picking a fight in the right place where an opponent is unprepared.
Here’s how the US Army plans on winning the wars of our future | Rob Verger | August 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThis can be applied to every kind of blast, from a grenade to an artillery round or a plane-dropped bomb.
The Army’s new tool for analyzing bomb shrapnel could lead to better body armor | Kelsey D. Atherton | March 3, 2021 | Popular-ScienceNedergaard’s interpretation is that more experienced runners are able to zone out during easy training runs, whereas novice runners have to deploy the heavy self-talk artillery pretty much all the time to get through their runs.
What Marathoners (and Badminton Players) Think About | Alex Hutchinson | February 26, 2021 | Outside OnlineISIS had tanks, artillery systems, and even 155‑ millimeter Howitzers they had taken from Iraqi forces, who had received the equipment from America.
The Women Who Fought to Defend Their Homes Against ISIS | Gayle Tzemach Lemmon | February 22, 2021 | Time
artillery fire could be heard in Avtozavodsky district, on Chernyshevskogo and Putin avenues in downtown Grozny.
Fierce Fighting in Grozny Raises Specter of ISIS Influence in Russia | Anna Nemtsova | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe other subject he taught at VMI was something he knew a great deal about, too: artillery.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor | S. C. Gwynne | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn fact, he taught the most intensive artillery course in the South and very likely the equal of courses at West Point.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor | S. C. Gwynne | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe “tactical” side of artillery—its use on a battlefield—was something Jackson was not called upon to explain.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor | S. C. Gwynne | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJackson fared better as an instructor of artillery, a subject he was far better at explaining.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor | S. C. Gwynne | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Mexican artillery soon laid a part of the fort in ruins.
They found a few belated sowars of the 3d Cavalry, who took refuge in a wood, and the artillery opened fire at the trees!
The Red Year | Louis TracyTwo artillery subalterns who had fought their way through a mob stricken with panic for the moment, soon arrived.
The Red Year | Louis TracyThe artillery and 81st were on the right of the line, the native infantry in the center, and the sowars on the left.
The Red Year | Louis TracyIn a few minutes the native troops found themselves confronted by the 81st and the two batteries of artillery.
The Red Year | Louis Tracy
British Dictionary definitions for artillery
/ (ɑːˈtɪlərɪ) /
guns, cannon, howitzers, mortars, etc, of calibre greater than 20 mm
troops or military units specializing in using such guns
the science dealing with the use of guns
devices for discharging heavy missiles, such as catapults or slings
Origin of artillery
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