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Definition of Field artillery
1. Noun. Movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops).
Definition of Field artillery
1. Noun. The part of an army's artillery which consists of (light) fieldpieces (canons, howitzers) which are mobile enough to deploy on the (battle) field, as opposed to the fixed guns in fortifications or naval artillery; usually excludes antiaircraft. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Field Artillery
Literary usage of Field artillery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"At this time the field artillery consisted of " position batteries " of three
18-pounders and one 8-inch howitzer, or of four 12-pounders and two 32-pounder ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The field-artillery gun is the 15- pounder breech-loader, calibre 3 inches.
The five-inch howitzers иге shrapnel and shell with ..."
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