Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Early artillery development focused on the ability...
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The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is one of two regiments that...
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Field artillery is a category of mobile artillery used to support armies in the field. These weapons are specialized for mobility, tactical proficiency...
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Artillery has been one of primary weapons of war since before the Napoleonic Era. Several countries have developed and built artillery systems, while artillery...
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Self-propelled artillery (also called locomotive artillery) is artillery equipped with its own propulsion system to move toward its firing position. Within...
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M142 HIMARS (redirect from Martin high mobility artillery rocket system)
The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS, /ˈhaɪmɑːrz/) is a light multiple rocket launcher developed in the late 1990s for the United States...
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Rocket artillery is artillery that uses rockets as the projectile. The use of rocket artillery dates back to medieval China where devices such as fire...
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military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers,...
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Siege artillery (also siege guns or siege cannons) are heavy guns designed to bombard fortifications, cities, and other fixed targets. They are distinct...
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Rocket artillery is a type of artillery equipped with rocket launchers instead of conventional guns or mortars. Note that the "Calibre" of rocket projectiles...
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Nuclear artillery is a subset of limited-yield tactical nuclear weapons, in particular those weapons that are launched from the ground at battlefield...
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Anti-aircraft warfare (redirect from Air defense artillery)
guns include "AA", "AAA" or "triple-A" (abbreviations of "anti-aircraft artillery"), "flak" (from the German Flugzeugabwehrkanone), "ack-ack" (from the...
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The Regiment of Artillery is a combat/fighting arm of the Indian Army, which provides massive firepower during all ground operations of the Indian Army...
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The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery (French: Le Régiment royal de l'Artillerie canadienne) is the artillery personnel branch of the Canadian Army...
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C-RAM (redirect from Counter Rockets, Artillery and Mortar-Fire)
rocket, artillery, and mortar, abbreviated C-RAM or counter-RAM, is a set of systems used to detect and/or destroy incoming rockets, artillery, and mortars...
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Mughal artillery included a variety of cannons, rockets, and mines employed by the Mughal Empire. This gunpowder technology played an important role in...
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An artillery museum is a museum exhibiting the history and artifacts of artillery. In addition to actual or replica ordnance (guns, mortars, ammunition...
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Shell (projectile) (redirect from Artillery shell)
still used for an artillery or mortar projectile in some European languages. Shells are usually large-caliber projectiles fired by artillery, armoured fighting...
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The United States Field Artillery The "U.S. Field Artillery March" played in 1944 by the Boston Pops Problems playing this file? See media help. The United...
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The Artillery is a formation of the Singapore Army, comprising four active battalions—the 20th, 21st, 23rd and 24th Battalions—and an undisclosed number...
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An artillery observer, artillery spotter, or forward observer (FO) is a soldier responsible for directing artillery and mortar fire support onto a target...
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Artillery games are two or three-player (usually turn-based) video games involving tanks (or simply cannons) trying to destroy each other. The core mechanics...
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Modern Artillery (stylized as MODERN ARTillery) is the third studio album by Australian punk rock band the Living End, released on 28 October 2003 internationally...
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Portsmouth F.C. (redirect from Royal Artillery Portsmouth F.C.)
and were created by the supporters of Royal Artillery (Portsmouth) Football Club, a British Army artillery regiment team, who were the most popular and...
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light artillery saber was a saber of about 42 inches in length with a curved, single-edged blade and iron scabbard. The U.S. Model 1840 light artillery saber...
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The artillery of World War I, improved over that used in previous wars, influenced the tactics, operations, and strategies that were used by the belligerents...
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Naval artillery is artillery mounted on a warship, originally used only for naval warfare and then subsequently used for more specialized roles in surface...
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ARTHUR (redirect from ARTHUR Artillery Hunting Radar)
ARTHUR (an acronym for "artillery hunting radar") is a counter-battery radar system originally developed jointly for and in close co-operation with the...
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the Artillery is/was a general officer of artillery, and may be: General of the Artillery (Germany) and Austria-Hungary General of the Artillery (Imperial...
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