- Joined
- Apr 1, 1999
- Location
- Martinsburg, WV
Howitzer
Shell-firing artillery piece of medium size, firing it's projectiles with a lighter charge - and hence, a lower velocity and higher trajectory - than a gun of equivalent caliber. While the howitzer's maximum range was shorter than the gun's, it's explosive shells were valuable against troops, and it's wheeled carriage let it be used in the field. Larger-caliber howitzers were used in sieges.
Shell-firing artillery piece of medium size, firing it's projectiles with a lighter charge - and hence, a lower velocity and higher trajectory - than a gun of equivalent caliber. While the howitzer's maximum range was shorter than the gun's, it's explosive shells were valuable against troops, and it's wheeled carriage let it be used in the field. Larger-caliber howitzers were used in sieges.
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